Author: Bob

Hollywood fiction and Northwest reality

8 June 2015 Hollywood fantasy and seismic activity are good reminders The combination of one of the summer movie season’s biggest debuts and a cluster of earthquakes off the Oregon Coast are serving as good reminders of the “seismic reality” in the northwest. Ali Ryan, the Earth Sciences Information Officer […]

2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 06/08/2015 09:09 AM AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/243 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – University of Oregon’s new president is going to be paid ninth-most out of 220 to public university leaders. The Register-Guard reports the Chronicle of Higher Education’s salary rankings put incoming […]

NW Sports from the AP

Date: 06/08/2015 04:59 AM AP-NW–SportsMinute/243 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) – Chris Archer became the first pitcher in more than 100 years to reach double-digits in strikeouts without a walk in three straight starts, leading the Tampa Bay Rays […]

1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 06/08/2015 03:59 AM AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/255 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press GOLD HILL, Ore. (AP) – Oregon State Police troopers are investigating after a patrol car driven by a Jackson County sheriff’s deputy struck and injured a 35-year-old man who was walking on Interstate 5 […]

Authorities seeking Camp Florence youth.

Authorities are looking for Josh Ward who walked away from an Oregon Youth Authority work detail in Florence Wednesday afternoon.  Ward, pictured to the right, was in the custody of OYA at Camp Florence for attempted sex abuse I and attempted robbery I.  His home of record is in Veneta […]

Don’t flush old prescriptions

29 May 2015 City of Florence cuts prescription take back program There are no longer any designated places in the community where you can get rid of old and unused prescription drugs. The City of Florence used to have a depository at the Florence Justice Center, but it was locked […]