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PENDLETON — At least five people were killed and about 20 injured in a bus crash on Interstate 5 east of here this morning, according to the Oregon State Police. The bus lost control on the snow/ice-covered westbound lanes of I-84 near milepost 227, police said.

SPRINGFIELD — For the third time in less than 24 hours, a 20-something man was arrested here after allegedly shooting a .22-caliber handgun into the air early this morning. Kurt Stephen Elkins, 25, of Springfield, was charged with discharging a firearm within city limits, criminal mischief and disorderly conduct.

Five months ago change slapped Bob Swank, the longtime associate director of the Lane Council of Governments. Swank said LCOG’s new executive director, Brenda Wilson, handed him a letter with a severance agreement. She told him either to accept it or be fired, he recalled.

SPRINGFIELD — A 25-year-old Springfield man was charged with drunken driving, hit and run and eluding a police officer, among other charges, after police say he was so intoxicated that he hit several cars and other properties before abandoning his heavily damaged car and trying to flee on foot just …
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A 27-year-old Oakland, Ore. man who was en route to Eugene more than two weeks ago was reported missing by his family on Thursday. Brian Kenny Trumbo’s green Ford Expedition was found abandoned in a creek bed near Dorena Lake in Lane County on Dec.

LONG BEACH, Wash. — Ninety-two Dunlin, a Sandpiper-type of shore bird, were killed on Thursday when a car drove along the beach and through their flock just north of Cranberry Beach, according to the Wildlife Center of the North Coast in Astoria.

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Oregon State leads Texas, 20-10, at halftime of the Alamo Bowl tonight. The scoring started with Trevor Romaine’s 29-yard field goal with 9:12 remaining in the first quarter, the result of a 5-play, 25-yard drive.

The University of Oregon brought in $111 million in grants, contracts and other competitive awards for its research in fiscal year 2012, university officials said.

SPRINGFIELD — A 22-year-old Springfield man was arrested early this morning and charged with drug possession, stealing a handgun and unlawful use of it in what police say may have been a racially motivated neighborhood dispute. Jeffrey David Braden was taken into custody after the 2 a.m.

Call 2012 the year of the double take, 12 months of moments so exciting, strange or tragic that they almost needed an instant replay to confirm.