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Idaho Uses FBI Agents to Detain Oregon Motorcycle Riders

For most people, a ticket for running a red light is not a two-hour ordeal.

(SALEM, Ore.) - A group of motorcyclists from Oregon, California, Washington and Australia say police were unnecessarily harsh during a traffic stop in Idaho Wednesday night.

Gas Price Hikes Follow Crude Oil Price Increases

Gas prices are up for the third week in a row, as the national average for regular unleaded jumps eight cents this week to $2.64 while Oregon's average shoots up ten cents to $2.79.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Oregon AAA says pump prices have increased every day since July 21, until today, when the national average dropped two-tenths of a cent overnight.

Gas prices are up for the third week in a row, but are still well below last year's record levels. The national average for regular unleaded jumps eight cents this week to $2.64 while Oregon's average shoots up ten cents to $2.79.

Police Identify Four Teens Killed in Crash Near Clatskanie

Quadruple Fatal Traffic Crash on Highway 30 also injures another driver and a fifth teen.

(CLATSKANIE, Ore.) - Police say four teenagers died and a fifth was critically injured Monday morning when the sport utility vehicle they were in collided with a van on Highway 30 about one mile west of Clatskanie in Columbia County.

The teenagers are from Clark County, Washington and their names are not being released until after Oregon State Police investigators have confirmed next of kin notifications are completed.

Eleanor Roosevelt Day

Washington State Governor Chris Gregoire proclaimed August 14, 2006 as Eleanor Roosevelt Day.

(RAYMOND, Wash.) - Eleanor Roosevelt, as portrayed by Storyteller Debbie Dimitre, makes her fourth appearance in four consecutive years at the Northwest Carriages Museum in Raymond, Sunday, August 9, 2009 at 2:30 p.m.

Ms Dimitre does her presentation at this- one of three unique museums in Northern Pacific County, as a mature Mrs. Roosevelt surrounded by carriages; a few with realistic looking horses which would have been familiar during the First Lady’s childhood.

Triple Homicide Suspect Captured in Thurston County, Washington

Police have been searching for the man for days.

(OYLMPIA, Wash.) - The suspect wanted in connection with three murders in Union County, Oregon was captured in Thurston County, Washington less than an hour ago.

42-year old Gregory Alvin Cook, aka Gregory Alvin Mitts, was arrested by Thurston County Sheriff's Office working in cooperation with the Union County Major Crime Team.

Amber Alert Issued in Washington

The suspect vehicle is a 1994 Ford Explorer Washington license plate number 255UBD.

(KITTITAS, Wash.) - Police in Washington say two male juveniles, Parker Norris and Preston Norris, were taken by their mother, Nicole Butcher, this morning from their residence in Kittitas, Washington.

The first victim is Parker Norris is a White Male, 2 Years Old, 2 feet 10 inches tall, 35 pounds, with blonde hair and blue eyes. The second victim, 3-year old Preston Norris, a white male, is three feet tall, weighs 35 pounds, with blonde hair and green eyes.

LOCATED SAFE - Missing Fishing Boat Crew Contacts Coast Guard

The Kay Ann was missing but Coast Guard officials are in contact and the crew is safe.

(ASTORIA, Ore.) - The crew of the 39-foot fishing vessel Kay Ann contacted the Coast Guard at approximately 1:30 p.m. Friday. The crew of the Kay Ann were two hours from Astoria when they called to inform officials they were fine.

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Mellon, homeported in Seattle, and two C-130 Hercules search plane crews from Coast Guard Air Station Sacrame
nto, Calif., searched for the boat since late Thursday after the Kay Ann was reported overdue.

Longview Man Drowns Saving 3-year Old`s Life

"He made the ultimate sacrifice, giving his life for that little girl" - Cowlitz County Sheriff's Captain Mark Nelson

(KELSO, Wash.) - Police in Washington say 20-year old Alan Heck of Longview is missing and presumed drowned after saving a three year old from drowning in the Cowlitz River near Kelso.

Happy Vally Stabbing Murder Suspect Arrested

Ruben Ateaga was arrested for charges of Murder and second-degree Assault.

(VANCOUVER, Wash.) - Clackamas County Sheriff's Office detectives arrested the suspect believed responsible for the July 12th stabbing murder in Happy Valley. Clackamas Jim Strovink says the arrest was made Thursday around 5:45 p.m., "with the generous cooperation of the Vancouver Police Department."

Police Need Help Locating Missing Man

Anyone with information to help find John Adkins is asked to call Oregon State Police Northern Command Center dispatch at 1-800-452-7888.

(LONG BEACH, Wash.) - Oregon State Police detectives are assisting Long Beach, Washington police with the investigation of a missing Albany man last seen July 5th at the Port of Ilwaco on the south Washington coast.

Sergeant Kevin Martin with the Long Beach, Washington Police Department, says 53-year old John Curtis Adkins, left with two men on the 48-foot fishing vessel "Tiger" from Garibaldi, Oregon on the Fourth of July weekend, heading for Ilwaco, Washington.