Mapleton Superintendent Leaving at End of School Year The Mapleton School Board is holding an emergency meeting this afternoon to discuss the process for finding a new superintendent. The ten-year veteran of that post, Kyle Tucker, will be taking an administrative position in Cottage Grove July First. Chair Carl West […]
Month: March 2012
3rd Oregon News Minute from the AP
AP-OR–3rd NewsMinute,260 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Police say a Eugene man accused of aiming his pickup truck at a neighbor out walking his dog has surrendered. The Register-Guard reports that Frank Ochoa was booked into the Lane County Jail yesterday […]
2nd Oregon News from the AP
AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute,265 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A group angling to put a bipartisan presidential ticket before voters has submitted what may be enough signatures to qualify for the Oregon ballot in November. The Oregonian reports that organizers for Americans Elect […]
1st Oregon News Minute from the AP
AP-OR–1st NewsMinute,327 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Jury deliberations will resume in Portland Tuesday in a lawsuit over the 2008 crash of a helicopter that killed nine firefighters on a wildfire in Northern California. A pilot who survived the crash and […]
NW Sports from the AP
AP-NW–1st SportsMinute,334 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) – Brock Motum scored 25 points to lead Washington State past Wyoming 61-41 in the quarterfinals of the College Basketball Invitational tournament on Monday night. Abe Lodwick added 16 points, 12 […]
Local News – County Tax Levy; Garbage Rates; Dog Park; 2012 Shamprock Run
Lane County Commissioners took a tentative step last week towards the possibility of seeking voter approval for a Local Option Tax Levy that would help fund public safety. West Lane Commissioner Jay Bozievich said the only decision made so far is to test the waters. 206– “Basically […]
Local Sports
Originally set to be played as a double header on Friday, the Siuslaw Vikings will open their 2012 Baseball season this afternoon with a single game against the Lancers in Eugene against Churchill… Oregon State will face TCU tonight in the quarterfinal bracket of the2012 CBI tournament tonight. The winner […]
AP Regional News
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) – Corvallis parks officials have decided that solving flooding caused by beavers at a local park will take a little engineering of their own. The Gazette-Times says beavers have caused flooding at the softball fields at Sunset Park by damming the Dunawi Creek for years. But […]