Fireworks explosion injures two Two Florence area teens suffered severe burns in an explosion Wednesday afternoon south of Florence. Siuslaw Valley Fire Marshall Sean Barrett said a group of youth were – quote – “experimenting” and poured gasoline in an underground storage tank sometime Tuesday at a home near East […]
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3rd Oregon News Minute from the AP
Date: 07/06/2012 10:43 AM OR–3rd NewsMinute/325 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) – The woman accused of receiving a $2.1 million fraudulent tax refund from the state of Oregon is in custody after a court hearing in Salem. Krystle Reyes was originally […]
2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP
Date: 07/06/2012 09:28 AM OR–2nd NewsMinute/247 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press DUNDEE, Ore. (AP) – Records show a Dundee woman who was killed along with her two children on July 4 had sought an order to keep her husband away from the kids because […]
1st Oregon News Minute from the AP
Date: 07/06/2012 03:59 AM OR–1st NewsMinute/255 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press FLORENCE, Ore. (AP) – Authorities say a half dozen young people celebrating the Fourth of July along the Oregon coast poured gasoline into an underground tank before one tossed fireworks into it – […]
NW Sports from the AP
Date: 07/06/2012 05:29 AM NW–SportsMinute/252 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The agent for Portland restricted free-agent Nicolas Batum (bah-TOOM’) tells The Associated Press that his client has reached a verbal agreement with the Timberwolves on a new […]
An historic look at the Declaration of Independence – KCST’s Our Town for July 2012
What better way to spend the Fourth of July than by hearing from the man who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence. That’s how Bob Sneddon, the host of KCST’s Our Town spent his holiday. “It was definitely one of the high points in my 17-year […]
Local News: Time increases patriotism; Flags line the streets; Congressional Candidate; Siuslaw Hall of Fame
Time increases feelings of patriotism for many… Yesterday was a day of sunshine, fireworks and flags. Local American Legion Post Commander Mike Bones says he didn’t always get the feeling he now has on the Fourth of July. Mike Bones – “The older I get… I don’t know what it […]
Local Sports: Emeralds Darn the Sox; Blasters Wing the Gulls
Eugene starter Justin Hancock allowed only one hit and struck out seven in five innings work last night at PK Park; and the Emeralds found their missing offense to top the Aqua Sox 9-1 last night. Ems left fielder Jeremy Baltz was two-for-three at the plate with a double and […]