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• Ore. shooter bought 6 boxes of ammo before attack

  May 1, 2013 3:57 PM

  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The man who killed two people and wounded another at a suburban Oregon mall bought more than 100 rounds of ammunition in the days before the December attack. That information is in a 926-page report the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office released Wednesday. Jacob Roberts fired into... more »

• Johnson leads CU to 76-53 win over No. 19 Oregon

  March 7, 2013 11:44 PM

  BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - Xavier Johnson had a career-high 22 points, Spencer Dinwiddie added 17 and Colorado beat No. 19 Oregon 76-53 on Thursday night, completing a season sweep and thwarting the Ducks' bid to gain a share of the Pac-12 Conference title. The Buffaloes (20-9, 10-7) played without the... more »

• Oregon lawmakers advance teen tanning ban

  March 7, 2013 3:24 PM

  SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Oregon lawmakers have advanced a bill that would ban minors from using indoor tanning beds. The House voted 38-18 in favor of the bill Thursday. The measure now heads to the state Senate. Supporters include medical professionals who point to research that shows a link between... more »

• Oregon Senate approves medical mistakes mediation

  March 5, 2013 3:52 PM

  SALEM, Ore. (AP) - The Oregon Senate has passed a bill creating a new mediation process for patients injured by medical mistakes. The bill passed Tuesday in a 26-3 vote despite criticisms from some lawmakers who said it should have included limits on the amount of money that juries can... more »

• Pain killer problems in Colorado Play Video

  January 21, 2013 8:22 PM

  Colorado ranks high when it comes to abuse of prescription pain killers; in fact, only one state ranks higher in a recent study. Prescribing pain killers has been a concern for Doctor Mark Carroll from the beginning. When his practice - Alliance Family Practice and Urgent Care in Colorado... more »

• Volunteers scrape creatures from tsunami dock

  June 7, 2012 8:47 PM

  AP: The boxcar-sized dock that was torn loose by the tsunami in Japan and washed up on an Oregon beach has been scraped clean of seaweed, shellfish and other organisms and sterilized with torches to prevent the spread of invasive species. Chris Havel of the Oregon Department of Parks and... more »

• Magnitude 5.9 quake off Oregon coast; no damage

  April 11, 2012 7:50 PM

  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A 5.9-magnitude earthquake has struck about 160 miles off the Oregon coast, but there are no reports of damage. The quake was reported at about 3:40 p.m. local time Wednesday, west-northwest of the coastal city of Bandon, Ore. The West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center... more »

• Gov. Kitzhaber pitches health, education overhauls

  January 13, 2012 6:34 PM

  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - After a year spent developing plans for massive changes to the way Oregon delivers health care and education, Gov. John Kitzhaber faces a critical test in the Legislature next month when lawmakers must decide whether to implement his ideas or toss them aside. The Democratic governor... more »

• No. 9 Oregon rolls past Colorado 45-2

  October 22, 2011 7:02 PM

  BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - Playing without Darron Thomas and LaMichael James, No. 9 Oregon bulldozed injury-riddled Colorado 45-2 Saturday. The Ducks lost none of their quick-strike scoring ability without their injured quarterback and running back. Thomas was out with a knee injury and James missed his second straight game while... more »

• Oregon might not have 2 biggest stars at Colorado

  October 21, 2011 8:45 PM

  BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - Ninth-ranked Oregon's top two offensive threats might not play this weekend. That would normally cause the Colorado Buffaloes to exult or at least exhale. Nowadays, though, they can hardly muster smiles through so many grimaces. The Buffaloes (1-6, 0-3 Pac-12) are so banged up they'll be... more »

• Grandparents with webcam become new online stars

  September 15, 2011 6:26 PM

  MCMINNVILLE, Ore. (AP) - An unsuspecting Oregon couple's ascendance to YouTube stardom happened by accident. Grandparents Esther and Bruce Huffman unwittingly pressed "record" on their new laptop's web camera in mid-August. The resulting video, recorded without their knowledge, captures them goofing around, worrying about wrinkles in their faces... more »

• Multiple wildfires in Oregon

  September 2, 2011 7:53 AM

  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Firefighters working on a dozen major fires or groups of fires in central and eastern Oregon have things to worry about as the Labor Day weekend nears. Jeree Mills, a spokeswoman for the federal fire center in Portland, says hot, dry and windy weather is... more »

• Lost oregon hiker found

  August 3, 2011 6:11 AM

  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A woman who spent three nights in the Mount Hood National Forest after tumbling off a cliff says she ate berries, drank from a creek and tried to scoot to safety on her bottom because she couldn't walk. Hood River County sheriff's Detective Matt English... more »

• Investigation into stabbed mother and children begins

  July 19, 2011 8:28 AM

  MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - Investigators in Oregon are trying to figure out what led up to the discovery of a woman and her four children in their burning home. Each had been stabbed. Police believe the father stabbed them and set fire to the house. Fifty-one-year-old Jordan Criado is... more »

• Audit advises foreign securities for CO treasury

  July 12, 2011 6:17 PM

  DENVER (AP) - An audit of Colorado's Treasury Department recommends that it should consider expanding investments beyond only U.S. securities and look into foreign securities. Tuesday's audit says lawmakers should examine the possibility of eliminating statutory limits that require only domestic security investments. The audit conducted by Buck Global... more »

• Rox take lefty in first round of draft

  June 6, 2011 10:39 PM

  DENVER (AP) - The Colorado Rockies have selected University of Oregon left-handed pitcher Tyler Anderson with the 20th overall pick in the baseball draft. The 6-foot-4, 215-pound Anderson was 8-3 with a 2.17 ERA this season for the Ducks. He set a team record with 114 strikeouts. His fastball isn't... more »

• 'Extreme Makeover' family's health claims disputed

  May 20, 2011 6:16 PM

  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The ABC TV show Extreme Makeover tore down a family's mold-filled house in Las Vegas and built a new one so their two ill daughters would have a healthier place to live. But doctors in Oregon told state child welfare authorities that the girls are... more »

• Law enforcement shootings across U.S. resonate with locals

  January 24, 2011 8:35 PM

  Violence against police anywhere resonates with officers everywhere; especially in Colorado Springs, where memories are still fresh of Officers Ken Jordan and Jared Jensen who both died in the line of duty in 2006. Incidents like officer shootings from Sunday and Monday across the country bring back a fresh... more »

• BCS Bowls are set

  December 5, 2010 9:42 PM

  UNDATED (AP) - The Bowl Championship Series has officially designated Auburn and Oregon as the participants in the BCS title game January 10 at Glendale, Arizona. The Tigers will be seeking their first national championship since 1957 as Heisman Trophy favorite Cam Newton runs their high-powered offense. Heisman hopeful running... more »

• BCS Title Game is set

  December 5, 2010 1:23 AM

  (AP) - Oregon and Auburn have turned Sunday's final BCS standings into a formality. The top-ranked Ducks and No. 2 Tigers each capped perfect regular seasons with lopsided victories this afternoon, putting them in next month's BCS championship game. The Ducks' rushing tandem of LaMichael James and Kenjon Barner combined... more »

• Colorado voters get another heavy-ballot year

  October 13, 2010 8:18 AM

  Colorado voters are seeing it again: Nine proposals on the November ballot that would transform state policy on everything from bail practices to limits on government borrowing. To help voters wade through the issues, the state has issued a 100-page-plus voter pamphlet. Early voting starts Monday. Colorado... more »

• West coast vintners hope late harvest makes fine wine

  October 11, 2010 9:47 AM

  Growers along the West Coast are rushing to pick grapes after a cool summer led to a late harvest. Jon Emmerich of Silverado Vineyards in California's Napa valley says the harvest is running about three weeks behind because workers were waiting to let the grapes ripen. Growers in... more »

• Camel freed from sinkhole

  September 15, 2010 2:41 PM

  OREGON CITY, Ore. (AP) - It was an unusual call for Oregon firefighters: A 1,500-pound camel, named Moses, needed to be rescued. The call came in Tuesday night in Clackamas County after the Oregon City owners of the camel called firefighters to say that Moses had fallen into a... more »

• Brothers collide in head-on crash

  July 14, 2010 3:28 PM

  State police in Oregon say two brothers collided in a head-on crash that left one of the men critically injured and his wife dead. Lt. Pat Ashmore says a tow truck driven by 25-year-old John Arthur Harvey late Tuesday struck a Toyota Corolla driven by his 20-year-old brother, Westun... more »

• Vandalism, theft at Colorado's Canyons of the Ancients

  July 13, 2010 9:13 AM

  A conservation group says it's concerned about vandalism, looting and destruction at the Canyons of the Ancients National Monument in southwest Colorado and other protected lands. The nonprofit Conservation Lands Foundation, based in Durango, said Monday it's leading a volunteer restoration project at the Canyons of the Ancients. ... more »

• Coast Guard investigating copter crash that killed 3

  July 8, 2010 11:42 AM

  Investigators headed to La Push on the Washington coast to begin looking for the cause of a Coast Guard helicopter crash that took the lives of three crewmen and injured the fourth. Coast Guard spokesman Nathan Bradshaw in Seattle says the work will eventually involve recovering the wreckage from... more »

• Coast Guard copter crashes off Washington coast

  July 7, 2010 1:58 PM

  A spokesman for the U.S. Coast Guard says one of its helicopters has gone down off the Washington coast, and two crew members are missing. Petty officer Nathan Bradshaw in Seattle says rescue crews are looking for the missing crew off the waters of James Island, near La Push,... more »

• News outlets ask for Boy Scout records

  June 14, 2010 3:29 PM

  News organizations in Oregon have asked a Portland judge to release more than 1,000 files on suspected child molesters - records a jury used in April when it found the Boy Scouts of America liable for $20 million in damages. Lawyers for the journalists told Judge John Wittmayer on... more »

• Woman convicted of stealing from children's group

  June 4, 2010 9:13 AM

  The former executive director of a Jefferson County children's advocacy group has been convicted of stealing $20,000 from the organization and police have issued a warrant for her arrest. Cheryl Fugett of Denver was found guilty Thursday of eight counts of theft and two counts of forgery for taking... more »

• Homeless meters spreading from Colorado

  May 24, 2010 8:41 AM

  You may have noticed them inside the terminal at DIA. Standard parking meters--with all money going to help the homeless. They're also scattered around Denver. The idea is spreading. Springfield, Oregon is the latest city to install them. City Councilor Terri Leezer is the driving force behind... more »

• Oregon man sues over tree that fell and hurt him

  February 2, 2010 6:03 PM

  An Oregon man has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service and a logging company on allegations that they failed to cut down a tree before it fell and injured him. The suit filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Medford says Bert Fernandez of Prospect was driving... more »

• Giant squid invade California waters

  February 1, 2010 2:53 PM

  Giant squid weighing up to 60 pounds have invaded the California waters off Newport Beach and are being caught by sport fishermen by the hundreds. The squid showed up last week and anglers started booking twilight fishing trips over the weekend to catch them. The animals weigh between... more »

• 8 dead in Western avalanches so far this winter

  January 25, 2010 6:19 PM

  Avalanches have killed eight people in the West so far this winter. The latest was a Utah skier who died Sunday when a wall of snow broke away near Snowbasin resort. Utah Avalanche Center Director Bruce Tremper says more than a month of drought conditions followed by last week's... more »

• Oregon faith healers face trial in teen son's death

  January 19, 2010 10:46 AM

  Opening statements are set for Tuesday in the trial of an Oregon City couple charged with criminally negligent homicide in the death of their son, the latest Oregon case involving faith healing deaths. Jeff and Marci Beagley are accused of failing to provide adequate medical care for 16-year-old Neil Beagley,... more »

• Fighter jets escort passenger plane following "disturbance"

  January 6, 2010 6:53 PM

  Authorities say two F-15 fighter jets escorted a commercial flight bound for Hawaii back to Portland International Airport after a passenger became disruptive. A spokesman for North American Aerospace Defense Command says the fighter jets intercepted Hawaiian Airlines flight 39 at about 1 p.m. Wednesday, shortly after the pilot decided... more »

• Three Fort Carson soldiers die serving in Afghanistan

  January 5, 2010 7:51 AM

  The Defense Department says three Fort Carson soldiers were killed in an attack by insurgents in Afghanistan. They were identified Tuesday as 24-year-old Sgt. Joshua A. Lengstorf of Yoncalla, Oregon, 24-year-old Spc. Brian R. Bowman of Crawfordsville, Indiana, and 19-year-old Pvt. John P. Dion of Shattuck, Oklahoma. The military says... more »

• Court: Montana law allows doctor-assisted suicide

  December 31, 2009 2:56 PM

  The Montana Supreme Court says nothing in state law prevents patients from seeking physician-assisted suicide, paving the way for the procedure. A year ago, a state District Court judge ruled that the state's constitutional rights to privacy and dignity protect the right of terminally ill Montanans to get the drugs... more »

• Whiteout on Mount Hood where 2 climbers missing

  December 15, 2009 10:24 AM

  A dispatcher for an Oregon sheriff's office reports whiteout conditions on Mount Hood, where searchers have been looking for two missing climbers. Officials have to consider the high winds and heavy snow on Oregon's largest peak as they decide how to continue the search. The two, 24-year-old Anthony Vietti of... more »

• Injured swan hitches ride south for the winter

  November 13, 2009 4:41 PM

  An injured swan unable to fly south was facing a long, cold Alaskan winter before getting a "wing up" from Alaska Airlines. Marshmallow was found with an arrow lodged in her body in August. She's been in the care of the Alaska Sealife Center since that time. ... more »

• Report: Swine flu could overwhelm U.S. hospitals

  October 1, 2009 11:53 AM

  If a third of people wind up catching swine flu, 15 states could run out of hospital beds around the time the outbreak peaks, a new report warns Thursday. The nonprofit Trust for America's Health estimates the number of people hospitalized could range from a high of 168,000 in... more »

• Stinky blue-green algae blamed for dog deaths

  September 28, 2009 11:22 AM

  Waterways across the upper Midwest are increasingly plagued with ugly, smelly and potentially deadly blue-green algae, bloomed by drought and fertilizer runoffs from farm fields, that's killed dozens of dogs and sickened many people. Aquatic biologists say it's a problem that falls somewhere between a human health concern and... more »

• Big Foot found lurking on island

  September 13, 2009 10:19 AM

  Bigfoot has been spotted lurking on an island in Oregon. This faux-fur covered statue of the mythical creature was built on Ross Island near Portland. While nobody knows who built the sasquatch statue, it was first spotted over the Labor Day weekend. Many residents say they just enjoy... more »