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September 18, 2018 at 2:02 pm

Oregon using Facebook to remind inactive voters to register

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — In this era of manipulators using social media to interfere in elections, Oregon officials moved Tuesday to use Facebook to bolster...

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September 13, 2018 at 4:38 pm

Oregon sues OxyContin maker, saying it minimized risks

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon's attorney general on Thursday sued the pharmaceutical company that makes OxyContin, saying it misrepresented the risks and benefits of the...

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September 12, 2018 at 4:12 pm

Oregon wildlife officials to hunt for killer cougar

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon wildlife officials with guns and dogs will hunt for a cougar believed to have killed a woman while she was...

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This July 18, 2018, photo provided by Lisa Christon shows the black Lab named Lucy at McMenamins Gearhart Golf Links in Gearhart, Ore. The discovery of Lucy led to the unravelling of a criminal case Monday, Sept. 10, 2018, against an Oregon man who had begun serving a 50-year prison sentence. Joshua Horner, a plumber from the central Oregon town of Redmond, was convicted on April 12, 2017, of sexual abuse of a minor. (Lisa Christon via AP) LA111 LA111

September 10, 2018 at 12:21 pm

Labrador dog named Lucy saves Oregon man from sex conviction

A plumber serving a 50-year sentence is now free, and won't face retrial on a charge of sexual abuse of a minor. The Oregon Innocence...

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September 6, 2018 at 4:02 pm

Crime by foreigners fuels sanctuary state debate in Oregon

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A man suspected of being in the United States illegally ran a red light while drunk on a street in Oregon's...

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September 5, 2018 at 4:48 pm

South African returns to US over molestation charges

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A South African man flew to Oregon to face multiple sex-abuse charges that were lodged against him a quarter-century ago, the...

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In this Monday, Aug. 6, 2018, photo, Oregon Democratic U.S. congressional candidate Jamie McLeod-Skinner stands next to her teardrop trailer in Redmond, Ore., before setting off again on the campaign trail in eastern Oregon, a conservative district that voted for Donald Trump for president in 2016. McLeod-Skinner is fighting what many consider to be an uphill battle to unseat Republican U.S. Rep. Greg Walden in the November election, but is undaunted and buoyed by victories of a couple other Democrats in Trump territory. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky) RPAS801 RPAS801

September 4, 2018 at 11:04 pm

In Oregon'sTrump Country, Democrat campaigns hard for U.S. House seat VIEW

Jamie McLeod-Skinner is traveling the 2nd District - as big as North Dakota - in her Jeep, pulling a tiny trailer she sometimes sleeps in....

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September 1, 2018 at 5:53 pm

Oregon lawmakers battle labor commission’s #MeToo inquiry

Oregon state legislative leaders have been accused of allowing a sexually hostile environment at the Capitol in Salem.

August 31, 2018 at 4:25 pm

Oregon lawmakers battle labor commission’s #MeToo probe

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon's Legislature on Friday battled the state labor commissioner's attempt to investigate sexual harassment in the Capitol, saying he lacks jurisdiction...

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August 29, 2018 at 2:06 pm

Wolf pups born in Oregon’s Cascade Mountains

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Imagine camping in the forest near Oregon's towering Mount Hood, and hearing wolves howling. That prospect became more real on Wednesday...

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