June 4, 2013
A Eugene, Ore., family whose lives changed after a drunken driving crash 10 months ago faces continuing medical and financial problems and has sued the young driver involved with the wreck, along with his parents. Chris Burgess early Aug. 12 …
May 2, 2013
Tens of thousands of immigrants living in Oregon without legal permission will be able to get four-year driver’s licenses starting Jan. 1 under a bill given final legislative approval by the House on Tuesday. The House passed the measure in …
May 1, 2013
The mother of an Oregon woman who died from drug toxicity seeks nearly $2 million in a lawsuit filed against a Eugene doctor and a clinic. The Register-Guard newspaper reports the suit alleges that Dr. Roy Blackburn prescribed too many …
April 30, 2013
Several cars burned about 10 p.m. Sunday at a southeast Portland car lot. The Oregonian reports it’s a tow lot. Portland fire and rescue says an electric fence was an added hazard. Extra firefighters were called because of limited fire …
April 17, 2013
A prolific thief motived by a drug problem helped boost property crime rates in multiple Oregon counties but now faces a 14-year prison sentence. Randy Steven Coenen Jr. was convicted of theft, identity theft, burglary and unauthorized use of a …
April 11, 2013
A lawsuit filed by a survivor and the estates of three people who died in an Eastern Oregon tour bus crash says the Oregon Department of Transportation didn’t do enough to make an icy stretch of Interstate 84 safe, including …
April 3, 2013
Three Northwest universities share a $625,000 National Science Foundation grant to train educators from Washington and Oregon coastal communities about earthquake and tsunami dangers. Oregon State University receives $315,000 as the lead institution, with $194,000 going to Central Washington University …
March 28, 2013
Firefighters say a rice bag intended as therapy for sore muscles got too much time in the microwave, burned a couch and then gutted an apartment in a Jackson County town. The Medford Mail Tribune reports that a resident of …
March 27, 2013
An Oregon lawmaker is proposing legislation to raise the age requirement for helmets on young bicyclists, but the bill is drawing opposition from bike advocates who say that instead of protecting young cyclists it would discourage people from riding. The …
March 21, 2013
Officials in Medford, Ore., say an emerging state plan for recovering from a major earthquake would keep their region isolated for a lengthy period because repair efforts to get traffic moving north-south would be focused east of the Cascade Range. …