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Southern Oregon grapples with shooting death of Black teen Aidan Ellison
The gathering commemorated the life of a Black teenager who was recently killed in Ashland. A white man has been charged with second-degree murder in Ellison's death.

Supreme Court wrestles with non-unanimous juries case
Louisiana, Oregon and Puerto Rico could be forced to retry hundreds or thousands of people if the court’s decision were to be made retroactive
Oregon officials raise alarms amid ‘frenzy’ of poaching
Oregon police are seeking help in tracking down the people behind “a frenzy” of poaching cases, including one in which a black bear was found decapitated in October.

Eugene reports fewer hate, bias incidents in 2019, but anticipates an increase this year
The number of bias crimes reported in Eugene in 2019 was about even with the year before, but the city received fewer reports of non-criminal incidents.
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and wife, Priscilla Chan, give $500,000 to Oregon drug decriminalization measure
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative becomes a major new source of money for the Oregon initiative that also would shift millions of dollars in cannabis tax revenues toward drug treatment.

Racial justice protester suspected in Portland shooting death killed by law enforcement
Just hours after an interview was posted online in which Michael Forest Reinoehl took responsibility for the fatal shooting of Patriot Prayer supporter Aaron J. Danielson, Reinoehl has been killed in an attempted arrest in Lacey, Washington, near Olympia.
Suspect arrested in downtown Portland assault
Police arrested Marquise Love, who is suspected of assaulting a man.
Oregon Appeals Court To Hear Case Challenging Fingerprint Science
For decades, fingerprints have been used as irrefutable evidence linking a person to a crime. But recently, science has found the way fingerprints are collected and analyzed is subject to error.

Report: Hate And Bias Crimes Increase In Eugene, Race Remains Top Motivator
Eugene documented 70 percent more reports of hate and bias activity in 2017 compared to the year before, and race remains the leading motivating factor behind such activity.

News Roundtable | Levees | Tattoo Removal
Fires, earthquakes and hurricanes ... we hear about a different potential disaster: Portland's old levee system. Also, we learn about a group that helps people get rid of tattoos, and we get analysis from our news roundtable.