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NW Sports from the AP

Date: 01/10/2013 05:29 AM NW–SportsMinute/503 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press   SEATTLE (AP) – Investor Chris Hansen has contacted the Maloof family about buying the Sacramento Kings, setting up the possibility of the NBA’s return to Seattle. Hansen’s interest was confirmed […]

1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 01/10/2013 03:59 AM OR–1st NewsMinute/364 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Port of Portland commissioners have approved an incentive program to entice container-shipping companies to continue visiting the city amid a decline in productivity. The commissioners voted 7-2 yesterday to […]

Local News – Home Sales – Gas Prices – Summer Reading – Dunes City

9 January 2013 Home Sales Market Showing Encouraging Signs Home sales in Florence showed a measure of improvement in 2012 and that should translate into a gradual strengthening of property values.  But how long that takes is still anyone’s guess.  Tawfik Ahdab is a certified residential real estate appraiser.  His […]

NW Sports from the AP

Date: 01/09/2013 06:28 AM NW–SportsMinute/413 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press   RENTON, Wash. (AP) – Marshawn Lynch’s tremor-causing playoff touchdown run two years ago against New Orleans has been viewed millions of times on the Internet. It will be hard for […]

1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 01/09/2013 03:59 AM OR–1st NewsMinute/370 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The U.S. Department of Transportation has revoked a Canadian company’s authority to provide passenger service in the U.S. following an Oregon bus crash that killed nine passengers and left […]