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2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 01/02/2014 09:29 AM AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/272 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   WASHINGTON (AP) – Philanthropy made a comeback in large donations in 2013 with the nation’s wealthiest donors giving more than $3.4 billion to charity. Nike co-founder and chairman Philip Knight and his wife, […]

NW Sports from the AP

Date: 01/02/2014 04:59 AM AP-NW–1st SportsMinute/256 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press   VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) – Valtteri Filppula had a goal and an assist as the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-2 on Wednesday night. The Lightning, whose […]

1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 01/02/2014 03:59 AM AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/255 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – A change in state law that took effect yesterday has prompted Lane County to end a program that has helped businesses recover their financial losses from people who deliberately […]

Explosive Device Found

24 December 2013 An apparent homemade explosive device found on a bench along the Munsel Creek Bike Path Saturday afternoon was rendered safe by the Eugene Bomb Squad.  Florence Police Lieutenant John Pitcher said local officers and Siuslaw Valley Fire cordoned off the area. The device was discovered about four […]

2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 12/24/2013 09:23 AM AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/252 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) – Federal budget cuts won’t hit next month’s federal subsidy checks to timber counties in Oregon. Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon says the White House Office of Management and […]