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NW Sports from the AP

Date: 06/11/2012 05:29 AM NW–SportsMinute/358 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press   SEATTLE (AP) – Andre Ethier (EE’-thee-ur) awakened from a recent slump with his fourth career grand slam to cap a six-run second inning and Chad Billingsley pitched the Los Angeles […]

Local News: LUBA Remands Dunes City Septic Ordinance; Japanese Dock Stripped of Life; O’Mara Named Mapleton Superintendent; Siuslaw Pride

Land Use Board of Appeals Says Dunes City Ordinance Needs More Work A state panel says the Dunes City Council made some procedural errors last fall when it voted to repeal a controversial septic tank inspection ordinance.  In its place, the council voted to enact an ordinance that required the […]

2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

OR–2nd NewsMinute/277 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   SALEM, Ore. (AP) – The Kitzhaber administration plans to charge a 75-cent-a-month tax on prepaid cellular phones, despite the objections of Verizon and T-Mobile and a possible court fight. Users of other cellphones and land lines already […]

1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

OR–1st NewsMinute/333 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   ALOHA, Ore. (AP) – The Washington County, Ore., sheriff’s office has identified the deputy who fatally shot a 52-year-old Aloha man last weekend. Sgt. Bob Ray said yesterday the deputy was Brian McLeod, a 12-year sheriff’s department […]