Author: Bob

Loss of timber dollars impacting Lane County

Lane County Budget Concerns The Lane County Budget Committee got to work in Eugene yesterday.  They’re already aware that this budget year is going to be very tight.  West Lane County Commissioner Jay Bozievich said the end of the Secure Rural Schools Act which provided funding to timber dependent counties […]

1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 03/31/2016 03:59 AM AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/273 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Oregon has joined the national backlash against a North Carolina law that prevents local governments from protecting people on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity when they use […]

NW Sports from the AP

AP-NW–SportsMinute/233 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press PEORIA, Ariz. (AP) — Seattle ace Felix Hernandez pitched three innings in the Mariners’ 7-5 loss to the San Diego Padres yesterday in his final start before opening day. Hernandez allowed four runs — all […]

Adaptive Salmon

Noted biologist to speak this evening There has been a lot of talk in recent years about the impacts of habitat loss and environmental change on native salmon.  While the major changes have threatened the very existence of wild Coho and other salmonids, the fish themselves are pretty adaptive. Rebecca […]

2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 03/30/2016 09:12 AM AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/269 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A Portland massage therapist arrested earlier this month has been indicted on new charges that he sexually abused six additional women. The Oregonian reports that Benjamin Collura is now facing […]