Month: June 2014

2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 06/10/2014 09:26 AM AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/263 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Oregon Veterans Administration medical centers fared poorly in a national audit. The state’s facilities recorded some of the nation’s longest wait times for primary care, specialist care and mental health […]

Northwest Sports from the AP

Date: 06/10/2014 04:59 AM AP-NW–SportsMinute/259 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) – Robinson Cano drove in two runs with a bases-loaded double and the Seattle Mariners blanked the Tampa Bay Rays for the second straight game, 3-0 yesterday. […]

Wildfires; Simple Interest; and Sharrows

9 June 2014 Oregon Wildfire Season Begins in a Big Way Oregon firefighters are battling a pair of fast-moving blazes northwest of Bend and have built preliminary containment lines on two sides of the fires. Crews hoped the lines would hold through hot and windy weather yesterday. The two fires, […]

NW Sports from the AP

Date: 06/09/2014 05:00 AM AP-NW–SportsMinute/328 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) – Felix Hernandez struck out a career-high 15 in seven innings before Endy Chavez keyed a five-run ninth with a tiebreaking RBI single, leading the Seattle Mariners […]