The reaction continues in Springfield to allegations that four young white people threatened a biracial teenager walking downtown on Memorial Day.
The Eugene Register-Guard reports community activists held a rally on Wednesday, and people who attended asked downtown business owners to post "Hate Free Zone" leaflets. Read More »
An outside review of seven shootings by Portland police officers found the biggest problem was a breakdown in communications.
The Los Angeles-based Office of Independent Review presented findings Wednesday to the city council. The study covered shootings between 2004 and 2010. Read More »
Economists said Tuesday that tax and lottery collections are
down slightly from their earlier projections. But the declines were
offset by legal settlements and accounting maneuvers approved
earlier this year to rebalance the state budget.Read More »
A federal appeals court in Oregon will hear arguments in a lawsuit filed by 15 men who say their rights were violated because they are on the U.S. government's no-fly list.Read More »
More details are surfacing in the on the job death of an Oregon State Hospital employee who died Wednesday night. 36-year old Matthew Barron of Salem reportedly died of natural causes between 6 and 6:30p.m. An autopsy is pending. Barron is survived by a wife and 3 children. He had worked for nearly three years as a mental health security technician.Read More »
The AAA auto club reports the average price of a gallon of gasoline in Oregon is $4.11. That's up 5 cents in a week and 16 cents in a month. It's 18
cents higher than the national average. Some metro prices from the AAA's Monday survey: Portland $4.09, Salem $4.11, Eugene-Springfield $4.15,
Medford-Ashland $4.17.Read More »
