Prep basketball – Mapleton bounced from post season The Mapleton Sailors were eliminated from any further post season play in the Mountain West League Boys’ tournament Saturday, falling to the Lowell Devils 45-20 at Northwest Christian University in Eugene. Viking boys back into Play In round In the Far West […]
Month: February 2017
Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kelsey Plum scored 35 points to move into second place on the NCAA’s career scoring list and help Number 9 Washington beat Southern California 87-74 Sunday. Chantel Osahor had 16 points and 12 rebounds and became Washington’s career rebounding leader, finishing the game with 1,150. […]
Latest Oregon news, sports, business and entertainment
IMMIGRATION PROTEST Hundreds rally in Oregon’s capital for immigrant rights SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Statesman Journal reports that hundreds of people demonstrated in front of the Oregon State Capitol to support immigration rights. The newspaper says Yesica Navarro spoke in the Capitol Mall about growing up as an […]
Rain to ease Saturday, return Sunday; Hwy 36 closed again by slide; Oregon Pacific Bank shows improved profits; Port Commissioner expresses concerns
A brief respite from the rain… Florence has already received more than twice as much rain this month than it got in all of February last year… and more is likely to fall in the next ten days. According to data on the Florence Public Works website, a total of […]
College and prep basketball
7th ranked Ducks extend home win streak Dillon Brooks scored 20 points and number seven Oregon defeated a shorthanded Utah team 79-61 Thursday night to extend the Ducks’ home winning streak to 41 games. Jordan Bell added 17 points for the Ducks who will host Colorado Saturday at noon. The […]
Latest Oregon news, sports, business and entertainment
PORTLAND POLICE-MISCONDUCT Report: Portland officer fired over threats at poker game (Information from: The Oregonian/OregonLive, http://www.oregonlive.com) PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A newly released report on investigations into misconduct by Portland police says any officer resigned under threat of firing for driving drunk in a patrol car while on duty […]
Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press
SEATTLE (AP) â Investor Chris Hansen stressed patience and optimism Thursday in his ongoing effort to build an arena to house a possible NBA or NHL franchise in Seattle’s stadium district. Hansen said his group reevaluated the situation after the vote and decided to turn the project into a […]
Port manager evaluation concerns; Tiny homes and tiny gardens; free dental care; Lane County considering smoking age change; difficult rescue.
Port Commissioner expresses concern over evaluation Port of Siuslaw Commissioners gave Port Manager Steven Leskin an overall “meets expectations” in 12 categories of his annual evaluation last month. But one of the commissioners say her colleagues “did not do the right thing” when it came to helping Leskin be more […]
