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New exec at Military Museum

Former Chamber Exec ends retirement After a brief six week retirement, former Florence Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Cal Applebee is back at work, but in a different venue. Applebee will take over May 1st as the new part time executive director at the Oregon Coast Military Museum near […]

Latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports

AP-NW–Sports Right Now/520 RANGERS-MARINERS Lewis, Odor lead Rangers past Seattle 7-3 SEATTLE (AP) — Colby Lewis allowed one run on four hits over six innings against Seattle’s struggling offense and Rougned Odor drove in three runs to lead the Texas Rangers to a 7-3 victory over the Mariners on Monday […]

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Date: 04/12/2016 05:38 AM AP-OR–Right Now/564 REMAINS FOUND-KLAMATH FALLS Human remains found near Klamath Falls park (Information in the following story is from: Herald and News, http://www.heraldandnews.com) KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) – Authorities are investigating after an unidentified man’s remains were found near a Klamath Falls park. The Herald and […]

Home sales pause briefly in Florence area

Pending sales prove “encouraging” First quarter home sales in the Florence area were in line with the same time period in the past three years.  But, compared with the final three quarters of 2015, they were down. 82 single family homes were sold between January 1st and March 31st.  That’s […]

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AP-NW–Sports Right Now/659 ATHLETICS-MARINERS Crisp homers, A’s overcome Hernandez’s gem to sweep Mariners SEATTLE (AP) — Coco Crisp hit a two-out homer in the 10th inning to help the Oakland Athletics overcome a dominant outing from Seattle ace Felix Hernandez and beat the Mariners 2-1 Sunday to sweep the three-game […]

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Date: 04/11/2016 04:00 AM AP-OR–Right Now/1107 FORESTLAND PURCHASE Eugene buys 100 acres, plans to make it part of trail system (Information in the following story is from: The Register-Guard, http://www.registerguard.com) EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – The city of Eugene has bought 100 acres of forestland that includes a hill with sweeping […]