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Eugene police seized a huge haul of stolen goods — everything from jewelry and guitars to motorcycles and boat motors — earlier this month from two local properties, and now want to return the items to their rightful owners.

State lawmakers kicked off official consideration of the “Nike bill” today in Salem in hopes of passing the measure and adjourning by the end of the day.

RICE HILL — Police wrestled a Colorado man into custody on Thursday night after he allegedly acted up while traveling on a Greyhound bus, then challenged officers to fight.

SPOKANE — Spokane is starting to plan for the shops that will open in about a year to sell recreational marijuana.

MEDFORD — Police say a man who was upset he couldn’t watch local Fox programming from his satellite TV provider threatened to blow up the KMVU Fox 26 station in Medford and shoot a specific employee. Police arrested 47-year-old Jeffry Alan Sebastian Wednesday on charges of attempted coercion and harassment.

HILLSBORO — A driver who had a seizure and killed a 17-year-old pedestrian in Aloha is facing a manslaughter charge. KATU reports ( http://is.gd/UL9ufr ) 41-year-old Michelle Young of Aloha pleaded not guilty Thursday in the September death of Max McGregor.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The No. 5-seeded University of Oregon volleyball team will advance to its first NCAA Tournament final after defeating No. 1-seed Penn State in four sets Thursday night in the semifinals.

Former longtime Springfield Fire Chief Dennis Murphy pleaded “not guilty” on Thursday to a misdemeanor drunken-driving charge that stems from a single-vehicle traffic crash east of Springfield. Lane County sheriff’s deputies arrested Murphy, 65, on the afternoon of Nov.

A Lane County jury deliberated less than an hour today before finding a Saginaw man guilty of first-degree manslaughter for killing Teresa Grondona while driving drunk early Easter morning. Under Oregon law, 33-year-old Jeremy Henry faces a mandatory minimum 10-year prison term when he is sentenced next Wednesday.

It came down to the wire, but the two-Saturday Letter Carriers’ Food Drive reached its goal of amassing 160,000 pounds of food to be donated to FOOD for Lane County.