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Oregon Senators Tackle Alarming School Attendance Crisis with New Legislation
A bipartisan group of Oregon senators is planning to introduce legislation to address chronic absenteeism at schools in the state.
Oregon School Absenteeism Legislation In The Pipeline
Oregon Senators Suzanne Weber, R-Tillamook,…
Oregon Man Awarded $1.95 Million After Serving Nearly 30 Years in Prison for a Crime He Never…
Frank Gable (66) was awarded a $1,957,868 settlement after serving nearly 30 years in prison for a murder he never committed.
Yesterday (Tuesday), the Oregon Department of Justice agreed to pay the settlement to Gable for the wrongful…
Oregon Nurse’s Blood Alcohol Hits 3x Legal Limit After Work, Lands Third DUII Arrest in a Year
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. — A registered Springfield nurse, 39-year-old Jesse Flannery, was charged with felony DUII after allegedly leaving the PeaceHealth Riverbend hospital- where he worked at the time, visibly intoxicated in February. This is…
Bill Revamping Measure 114 Could Save 1,000 Lives in Oregon Over the Next Decade
Oregon’s contentious Measure 114 which tightens gun ownership controls came under the firing line when lawmakers heard evidence at a hearing on Monday on a bill that will modify the measure.
Plethora of Arguments Presented to a…
Portland Felon Fires Assault Rifle Rounds Into Apartment Below, Heads Back to Prison
A Portland man with a violent criminal history, Paul Kurt Mitchell, 41, was sentenced to two years three months in prison on Monday after firing a Romanian WASR-10/63 semi-automatic assault rifle into the floor of his North Portland…
Oregon Man’s Carjacking Rampage Ends with 15-Year Prison Sentence
MEDFORD, Ore. — The Oregon U.S. Attorney’s Office wrapped up a four-year case last Friday when Gregory Escobedo, Jr. (31) was sentenced to federal prison for carjacking three victims at gunpoint.
Escobedo was sentenced to 15 years and…
Coos County Deputies Arrest Two Suspects in Brutal Johnson Mill Pond Murder Case
Two people have been arrested and charged with murder by Coos County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) deputies following the discovery of the body of Larry Burkhow at Johnson Mill Pond on 12 March.
The following day, deputies arrested Elaine…
Oregon Hits 100,000 Electric Vehicle Registrations in Decade-Long Green Push
Oregon and nine other states' 2013 agreement to collectively register 3.3 million electric vehicles has reached fruition, with the state registering over 100,000 in the last 12 years.
Oregon Meets Electric Vehicle Registration…
Squatters Can be Evicted Within 24 Hours by Oregon Property Owners if House Bill is Passed
A bill legislating that squatters do not have tenant rights while illegally occupying privately owned premises will entitle Oregon property owners to evict them after serving 24-hour notices.
If passed, OR HB 3522 will circumvent legal…
Shoplifter Stabs Oregon Dollar Store Worker, Gets Bumped Off Bike and Tasered in Wild Police Chase
DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ore. — An alleged shoplifter who stabbed an employee of the Dollar General Store in Winston on Friday afternoon was ‘bumped’ off his bicycle by a police vehicle and then tasered by the arresting officer who believed the…