Month: November 2011

NW Sports from the AP

AP-NW–1st SportsMinute,295 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press RENTON, Wash. (AP) – Deon Butler is ready to get back in a game after a nearly yearlong recovery from a broken right leg. Butler fractured his leg taking a knee to his shin […]

Local News Digest – Veteran’s Day; Manslaughter Charges; County Union Concessions; 35th Street Detour

Veteran’s Day Observances Tomorrow… Families of two area soldiers who died in the line of duty will be the Grand Marshals of tomorrow’ one o’clock Veteran’s Day Parade in Florence. Raymond Hill was killed while on a humanitarian mission to deliver school supplies in Iraq in 2005.  Bryce Scott was […]

3rd Oregon News Minute from the AP

AP-OR–3rd NewsMinute,266 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – A 75-year-old Eugene man blamed for a wrong-way fatal crash on Interstate-105 has been arraigned in Lane County on manslaughter and drunken driving charges. Police say Eldridge Maready’s pickup truck was going the wrong […]

NW Sports from the AP

AP-NW–1st SportsMinute,296 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press RENTON, Wash. (AP) – Seattle Seahawks fullback Michael Robinson, a former offensive star at Penn State, held back tears while talking about what’s happening at his alma mater. Robinson spoke in front of his […]

Local News Digest – Siuslaw PRIDE; Coos Rail; Crab Bounty; Gas Prices; EAS Test; and Siuslaw Cross Country

Siuslaw Pride hopes to draw school and community closer Participation, Respect, Inspiration, Dedication and Excellence… the acronym spells out PRIDE and that’s what students at Siuslaw High School are encouraged to exhibit in the classroom.  But it doesn’t stop there.  The goal of teachers and staff members at the high […]