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1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

AP-OR–1st NewsMinute,338 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) – A jury in Medford has found a Jackson County man guilty of manslaughter, but not murder, in the 1996 killing of a 15-year-old girl in the rural community of Ruch (roosh). William Frank Simmons […]

2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute,315 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – A Creswell couple have pleaded not guilty to second-degree manslaughter in the death of their 16-year-old son. The Lane County sheriff’s office contends Austin Sprout died Dec. 20 of an unspecified condition that doctors […]

1st Oregon Sports Minute from the AP

AP-OR–1st NewsMinute,303 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) – For the second time, help from a Democrat has allowed Republicans to put the brakes on one of Gov. John Kitzhaber’s health initiatives. GOP lawmakers in the House targeted a bill creating a health […]

NW Sports from the AP

AP-NW–1st SportsMinute,311 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press PEORIA, Ariz. (AP) – Hector Noesi was used mainly out of the bullpen during his time with the Yankees but figures prominently in the Seattle Mariners’ plans for its starting rotation. Noesi will be […]

3rd Oregon News Minute from the AP

AP-OR–3rd NewsMinute,270 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press BEAVERTON, Ore. (AP) – Boston Red Sox slugger Jacoby Ellsbury and World Cup soccer star Megan Rapinoe are the big winners at last night’s Oregon Sports Awards. Ellsbury, the former Madras High and Oregon State standout, won the […]

2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute,249 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Seventy-nine inmates died in Oregon prisons in the past two years, and the Department of Corrections said nothing to the public about all but one of them. The Statesman Journal compiled the information from […]