AP-NW–Sports Right Now/592 MARINERS-ROYALS Salvador Perez sends Royals to 4-3 win over Mariners KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Salvador Perez ripped a double off the wall in the ninth inning, scoring Whit Merrifield and Jarrod Dyson and giving the Kansas City Royals a 4-3 victory over the Seattle Mariners Thursday […]
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AP-OR–2nd Right Now/1229 POLICE SHOOTINGS-PROTESTS-PORTLAND Police: Man with gun arrested at Portland protest PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Police say they’ve arrested a man who displayed a gun during a Portland rally to protest the deaths of two black men shot by police in Minnesota and Louisiana. Portland police said on […]
Power of flOreNcE; Rhody repairs delayed; gas prices steady; Casino non-smoking expanding
6th annual Power of Florence coming July 16th The third Saturday in Florence has been set aside for “doing good deeds” each year for the past five years. Power of Florence organizer Kaylee Graham says July 16th will be no different. Kaylee Graham – “We have service projects like weeding […]
Emeralds fall in Everett
12-1 loss on the road for Eugene The Aqua Sox unleashed 14 hits and pounded the Eugene Emeralds 12-1 last night in Everett. The Emeralds committed two errors on the night. Eugene’s only run of the evening came in the seventh inning after Tyler Payne got on base with a […]
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AP-NW–Sports Right Now UPDATE/1268 MARINERS-ASTROS Gomez, Valbuena help Astros to 9-8 win to sweep Mariners HOUSTON (AP) — Carlos Gomez had three RBIs and finished a home run shy of the cycle and Luis Valbuena hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the eighth inning to help the Houston Astros sweep […]
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AP-OR–2nd Right Now/1182 PORTLAND CAR-BOMB PLOT Christmas bomber case appeal challenges NSA surveillance PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Civil rights attorneys say surveillance evidence used to convict a Somali-American man who plotted to bomb a Christmas tree-lighting ceremony was unconstitutionally gathered through the U.S. government’s warrantless foreign surveillance program. Mohamed Mohamud […]
Multiple calls for firefighters on the Fourth; Special Olympics Torch Run; Mapleton drowning death; Coos Bay Rail Tunnel renovations
Fourth of July a busy one for firefighters Firefighters and other emergency responders were quite busy over the holiday weekend… and particularly on the Fourth of July. That’s when they responded to seven different calls. Two of those calls were especially concerning according to Assistant Chief Marvin Tipler with Siuslaw […]
Emeralds use homers for win again
Galindo and Pieters each go long For the second night in a row home runs made the difference for the Eugene Emeralds as they came from behind for a 6-2 win over the Everett Aqua Sox. Wladimir Galindo had a solo home run in the second; then Chris Pieters capped […]