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1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 02/22/2016 03:59 AM AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/216 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A church in southeast Portland was heavily damaged in an early morning fire. KATU-TV reports crews were called to Eastside Free Methodist church just before 2 a.m. yesterday. An arson […]

Coast Radio News and Sports for Tuesday, February 16th

16 February 2016 Criminally negligent homicide charged in October death A 70-year old Florence man is facing charges of criminally negligent homicide following an October 8th motorcycle crash that caused the death of an 89 year old Reedsport woman. David Ralph Cheeseman admitted to authorities that he had smoked marijuana, […]

Lawmakers approve increased minimum wages

Ternyik to Grand Marshal Parade Long time Florence resident Wilbur Ternyik will preside over the 109th Rhododendron Festival as Grand Marshal. The Festival Committee, under Chamber President Jenna Bartlett, made the announcement yesterday. Bartlett said Ternyik “played a pivotal role as an early leader in coastal conservation and many other […]

NW sports from the AP

Date: 02/18/2016 04:59 AM AP-NW–SportsMinute/220 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) – Obafemi Martins has posted on social media that he has decided to leave the Seattle Sounders and join a Chinese club in Shanghai. Martins posted a lengthy goodbye […]

1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 02/18/2016 03:59 AM AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/267 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) – The Oregon House has passed a bill to protect the identity of the officer who fatally shot refuge standoff spokesman Robert “LaVoy” Finicum in January. The Oregonian reports representatives approved […]