AP-OR–3rd NewsMinute,331 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press ASHLAND, Ore. (AP) – Southern Oregon University and Jackson County health officials are hoping to get money to fund a study looking at Ashland’s low rate of children vaccinations. The Mail Tribune reports that in 2010, 25 percent […]

AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute,301 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Drivers caught talking on their cellphones are losing the “I have to use it for work” excuse next week. That loophole in Oregon’s phoning-while-driving ban will be eliminated, one of dozens of new laws […]

AP-OR–1st NewsMinute,308 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Police say a 22-year-old man has been jailed on a murder charge in a killing at a Salem motel, and another man has been arrested. Police identified the suspect yesterday as Hugh Crow II […]

AP-OR–3rd NewsMinute,270 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Police say four people were arrested after they pitched tents on Eugene City Councilor George Poling’s lawn objecting to his vote to close an Occupy Eugene campsite. Poling tells the Register-Guard that on Sunday […]

AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute,269 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) – The director of a new health insurance marketplace for individuals and small businesses says the federal government lobbed “a grenade” into the plan this month. But Oregon Health Insurance Exchange director Rocky King says […]

AP-OR–1st NewsMinute,290 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Police say a man broke into an Oregon couple’s home and started swinging an unlit Tiki torch while they slept Christmas morning. Aaron Kirchmann of Aloha tells KGW-TV that he awoke to find the […]