PRESIDENTS DAY-PROTESTS Thousands of demonstrators across US say ‘Not My President’ Thousands of demonstrators across the U.S. have turned out to challenge Donald Trump in a Presidents’ Day protest dubbed Not My President’s Day. The numbers weren’t close to the million-plus who thronged the streets following Trump’s inauguration a […]
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School board to hear positive behavior; lots of rain so far; Port Commission to discuss auction; Toxins in shellfish; PTA goes around the world
School Board to hear positive behavior presentation Members of the Siuslaw School Board will meet twice this week in special sessions. The first meeting, tomorrow afternoon at Siuslaw Middle School, will be to view a presentation of a program called Positive Behavior Support Intervention. That’s a program aimed at improving […]
Prep basektball – Vikings advance to play in round; College ball: Oregon gets revenge, Oregon State gets first win
Prep basketball – Mapleton bounced from post season The Mapleton Sailors were eliminated from any further post season play in the Mountain West League Boys’ tournament Saturday, falling to the Lowell Devils 45-20 at Northwest Christian University in Eugene. Viking boys back into Play In round In the Far West […]
Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kelsey Plum scored 35 points to move into second place on the NCAA’s career scoring list and help Number 9 Washington beat Southern California 87-74 Sunday. Chantel Osahor had 16 points and 12 rebounds and became Washington’s career rebounding leader, finishing the game with 1,150. […]
Latest Oregon news, sports, business and entertainment
IMMIGRATION PROTEST Hundreds rally in Oregon’s capital for immigrant rights SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Statesman Journal reports that hundreds of people demonstrated in front of the Oregon State Capitol to support immigration rights. The newspaper says Yesica Navarro spoke in the Capitol Mall about growing up as an […]
Rain to ease Saturday, return Sunday; Hwy 36 closed again by slide; Oregon Pacific Bank shows improved profits; Port Commissioner expresses concerns
A brief respite from the rain… Florence has already received more than twice as much rain this month than it got in all of February last year… and more is likely to fall in the next ten days. According to data on the Florence Public Works website, a total of […]
College and prep basketball
7th ranked Ducks extend home win streak Dillon Brooks scored 20 points and number seven Oregon defeated a shorthanded Utah team 79-61 Thursday night to extend the Ducks’ home winning streak to 41 games. Jordan Bell added 17 points for the Ducks who will host Colorado Saturday at noon. The […]
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PORTLAND POLICE-MISCONDUCT Report: Portland officer fired over threats at poker game (Information from: The Oregonian/OregonLive, http://www.oregonlive.com) PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A newly released report on investigations into misconduct by Portland police says any officer resigned under threat of firing for driving drunk in a patrol car while on duty […]