Florence names top cop As of yesterday afternoon Florence has a new police chief. Lieutenant Ray Gutierrez, a 30-year veteran of the Florence force, will be the top cop in the city. Gutierrez was on vacation when former Chief Maury Sanders retired suddenly two weeks ago. Yesterday was the first […]
Month: January 2012
3rd Oregon News Minute from the AP
AP-OR–3rd NewsMinute,281 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Three falcons are making hundreds of seagulls nervous at Metro’s Central Transfer Station for Portland garbage. A California falconry business — Airstrike Bird Control — was hired after hundreds of gulls descended. They’re feeding […]
2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP
AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute,303 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A 14-year-old La Center, Wash., boy who collapsed during a middle school basketball practice has died in a Portland hospital. Legacy Emanuel Medical Center last night reported the death of Cody Sherrell. He had […]
1st Oregon News Minute from the AP
AP-OR–1st NewsMinute,348 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Police tossed tear gas canisters into a rural southeast Portland home to end a five-hour standoff and flush a muddy, bloody man who had run into the house and fired at least two shots. […]
NW Sports from the AP
AP-NW–1st SportsMinute,293 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Alabama split the games and swept the titles. The Crimson Tide was voted No. 1 in the final AP poll for the eighth time, tying Notre Dame for the most […]
Local News – Wyden makes stops in Florence and Reedsport; Fire destroys home; County Commission asked to make cuts
Coastal Residents get up close and personal with Senator U.S. Senator Ron Wyden spoke to overflow crowds in Florence and Reedsport yesterday afternoon. They were Town Hall meetings number 606 and 607 since he was first elected 16 years ago. Ron Wyden – “What I’m trying to do is to […]
3rd Oregon News Minute from the AP
AP-OR–3rd NewsMinute,307 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A farmer and instructor for the Portland Meat Collective believes there was political motivation behind the theft of 23 rabbits. Levi Cole says the rabbits were taken from his property in a burglary Saturday, […]
2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP
AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute,287 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press HANOVER, N.H. (AP) – The dean of Dartmouth College says a student has died while studying abroad in Barcelona, Spain. The Dartmouth newspaper reports that Crispin Scott of Seattle was found dead in an apartment on Saturday. The […]
