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Crude Prices Jump, but Gas Prices Hold Fairly Steady

Oregon's average for regular unleaded drops half a cent to $2.06 this week.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - The price of crude oil reached its highest price in about two months this week, but drivers are not seeing any dramatic swings in gas prices.

Oregon's average for regular unleaded drops half a cent in the past week to $2.06, while the national average gains a penny to $1.94.

Op Ed: Healthcare Reform
Demonstrates Power
Of Honest Dialog

Obama Sensitivity Overcomes Bad Government Image.

(EUGENE, Ore.) - Did YOU watch President Obama confront head-on the major, most slippery problem/issue facing his new Administration -- HEALTHCARE ?

I did --then watched-again on replay, to “see with own eyes” open, honest, democratic dialog destroying the myth about failure of government, always, on ANYthing. This first-of-a-series by our new President was a truly unheard-of spectacle “on-air/from D.C.”.

Pump Prices Dip Slightly after Increasing for Several Weeks

The Oregon average for regular unleaded drops a couple cents this week to $2.10, while the national average falls six cents to $1.90.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Gas Prices are are coming down a little after rising since late December. Oregon's average for regular unleaded drops two cents in the past week to $2.10, while the national average falls six cents to $1.90.

Crude oil prices have increased a few dollars in the past week, but have stayed between about $34 and $48 per barrel since early December.

Salem Police Department is Seeking the Public`s Help in Identifying Suspect

According to bank records, the stolen credit card has been used several times in both Salem and Eugene.

(Salem) - The Salem Police Department is seeking the public's help in identifying a person of interest in a burglary which occurred on February 6th in the 2600 blk of 25th St. SE. The person in the photograph is using a credit card taken in the burglary. According to bank records, the stolen credit card has been used several times in both Salem and Eugene.

Anyone with information about the person in the photo is asked to call Detective Johnson at (503)588-6050.

Elder Assisted Living Facility Hit With Second Lawsuit

“Our position is that you don’t get a second chance, let alone a third, when it comes to protecting vulnerable senior citizens” Attorney Kelly Clark

(EUGENE, Ore.) - Elderberry Square, an assisted living facility located in Florence, Oregon is the subject of a second lawsuit in as many years, alleging severe neglect and abuse.

The $1,000,000 lawsuit was filed today in Lane County Circuit Court against Elderberry Square, brought by the wife and guardian of an 80-year old man, who at the time of his admission to the facility was suffering from advanced dementia.

Oregon Gas Prices Edge Up Over the $2 Mark

Both national and state averages have jumped up about 14 cents in the past month.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Oregon's average for regular unleaded is now more than $2 a gallon, and the national average is close behind. Oregon's average jumps up nine cents in the past week to $2.05, while the national average increases four cents to $1.93. Both averages are up about 14 cents in the past month.

AAA Oregon Public Affairs Director Marie Dodds says, "As pump prices rise, the cost of crude oil is still in the basement at about $40 per barrel. There's been a disconnect between oil and gas prices since the start of 2009 as U.S. refiners processed less crude oil and slashed their gasoline output."

Possibility of Refinery Strike Impacts Gas Prices

Gas prices continue to creep up, with the national average for regular unleaded jumping another five cents in the past week and the Oregon average going up half a cent.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Pump prices show increases over the past week on anxiety over a possible refinery strike by the United Steel Workers Union that would impact about a third of the nation's plants that refine crude oil, according to Oregon AAA.

`Tracking Oregon`s Boundaries` Depicts Pacific Northwest between 1802-1861

Map exhibit will be displayed at capitol as part of the state's 150th birthday celebration

(EUGENE, Ore.) - The period between 1802 and 1861 was a time of exploration and settlement in the Pacific Northwest, specifically in the area that would become Oregon in 1859. An exhibition of rare maps from this time period will be displayed through the month of February in the capitol building in Salem as part of the state's sesquicentennial celebration.

The exhibit, "Tracking Oregon's Boundaries: Maps from 1802 to 1861," highlights more than 60 years of the changing topography, geography and political boundaries of the region. Many of the maps were commissioned by the U.S. government and were created by the best cartographers of the time. One is from the same printing of the map used to plan the Lewis and Clark exploration, with the area from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean virtually blank.

Crude Prices Fall while Gas Prices Keep Climbing

As a new U.S. president begins his term, there seems to be a disconnect between oil and gas prices. Crude oil has been hovering below $40 per barrel, yet we've seen pump prices increase. In fact, our Oregon average is up 23 cents in the past month to $1.96 a gallon.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Oregon AAA's Marie Dodds says gas prices seem to be defying gravity as they continue to rise, even though crude prices have been hovering below $40 per barrel.

Last Friday, crude closed at $34.78, the lowest price since April 2005, when the nationwide average for regular unleaded was $1.76 per gallon. The national average now is $1.84, up five cents in the past week. Oregon's average increases four cents to $1.96.

Almost $2 Million Available for Hynix Trade Workers

U.S. Department of Labor announces nearly $2 million grant to provide assistance to trade-affected workers in Oregon.

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a $1,891,738 grant to assist approximately 651 trade-affected workers of Hynix Semiconductor Manufacturing America Inc. in Eugene, Oregon.