Date: 03/18/2015 03:59 AM
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Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Oregon hospitals say they won’t reduce their spending on services that benefit the community, even though they’re seeing far fewer uninsured patients. An Oregon hospital industry group says its members will provide free care to anyone who earns less than double federal poverty level and is not on Medicaid.
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) – A 19-hour police standoff in the southern Oregon community of Medford has ended with officers fatally shooting a man they say fired at them from a house. The Mail Tribune reports that police identified the man killed as 49-year-old Andrew Shipley of Medford. Seven Medford officers have been placed on paid administrative leave while the shooting is investigated.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Attorneys made their opening statements in the trial of a man charged with killing a Hillsboro mother of six in August 2012. Eloy Vasquez-Santiago’s case has garnered extra media attention because his father has been held in jail as a material witness for more than 900 days and his brother was held for more than 700 days before giving a video deposition. Police have not found the body of Maria Bolanos-Rivera.
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) – Police in Medford say an 83-year-old man who reportedly left home on Sunday to search for pine cones has been found dead, with his dog still by his side. Searchers found David Froling’s body in a heavily wooded area about a mile from his truck. His dog was in good health and was returned to family members.
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