AP-OR–1st NewsMinute,352 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press HILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) – Authorities in the Portland suburb of Hillsboro say a tractor-trailer rig and a Max light rail train collided, injuring eight people. Hillsboro fire spokesman Storm Smith said truck driver John Stanton of El Paso, […]

AP-OR–3rd NewsMinute,263 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – The Eugene City Council today debates whether to give Occupy Eugene demonstrators an exemption to camp out at the downtown Alton Baker Park. KVAL reports the camping is against the city code, but council […]

AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute,221 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Triple-A reports the average price of gasoline in Oregon is $3.79 a gallon, down 4 cents in the past month but 34 cents higher than the national average. Some metro prices from AAA today […]

AP-OR–1st NewsMinute,333 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) – A woman’s body has been found in a wooded area of Astoria, and police are awaiting an autopsy to determine how she died. Astoria Police Deputy Chief Brad Johnston says it’s too early to […]

AP-OR–3rd NewsMinute,343 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The Oregonian reports it has received a letter from David Joseph Pedersen, who’s accused with his girlfriend of killing four people in a crime spree through Washington, Oregon and California. The newspaper reports Pedersen […]

AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute,283 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press RAINIER, Ore. (AP) – ODOT says a section of U.S. Highway 30 will be dedicated Monday to a Rainier police chief shot and killed in January. Transportation officials tell KGW that the “Chief Ralph Painter Memorial Highway” will […]