Date: 08/08/2012 03:59 AM OR–1st NewsMinute/244 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) – Firefighters have been granted special permission to use mechanized equipment – helicopters and chain saws – to battle several small wildfires in a wilderness area along the Oregon-California […]
Month: August 2012
Local Sports – Ems break streak; fall camps open in Corvallis and Eugene
The Eugene Emeralds put up 14 hits and capitalized on three errors as they broke a three-game losing streak last night with an 8-5 win over the Bears in Yakima. Three Ems pitchers combined to strike out 11. Mark Picca earned his fourth win in relief on the mound. The […]
Local News – Senior Center in the black; Sweet Creek Road; Relay for Life on 2 wheels
Senior Center Success Relies on Volunteers The Florence City Council heard a semi-annual report last night from the organization that operates the Senior Center. City Manager Jacque Betz says the facility is run without any public funds. Jacque Betz – “What’s amazing about this group is they are volunteers that […]
3rd Oregon News Minute from the AP
Date: 08/07/2012 10:42 AM OR–3rd NewsMinute/258 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) – A Medford woman who caught a burglar in her home says he was begging her to call police after the beating she gave him. Kathlene Brown says she found […]
2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP
Date: 08/07/2012 09:39 AM OR–2nd NewsMinute/246 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press RAINIER, Ore. (AP) – The Coast Guard is searching for a crewman who fell overboard from the Queen of the West sternwheeler while the boat was moored to a dock in the Columbia […]
NW Sports from the AP
AP-NW–1st SportsMinute/313 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Chris Tillman took a three-hit shutout into the eighth inning to extend a run of successful starts by Baltimore pitchers, and the Orioles beat Jason Vargas and the Seattle Mariners 3-1 […]
1st Oregon News Minute from the AP
AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/246 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press SISTERS, Ore. (AP) — A fast-moving new wildfire is threatening about 100 vacation homes in central Oregon. A Central Oregon Interagency Dispatch Center spokeswoman says the Geneva 12 wildfire had burned across about 1,600 acres or 2½ square […]
Local Sports – West Team wins at Shrine All Star Contest
Last Second Field Goal propels Dodson Coached West squad to victory A 42-yard field goal as time expired lifted the West squad to a 31-28 victory in the 60th annual Shrine East West Football All Star Game Saturday afternoon in Baker City. The West, coached by Siuslaw’s Tim Dodson, got […]
