Use Ballot Drop Boxes to Deposit Your Vote… As of Friday afternoon eight out of ten Lane County voters hadn’t returned their primary ballots. It’s likely that by the time the final ballots are picked up tomorrow at eight pm, only another one in ten will have weighed in. Just […]
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Local Sports – Softball falls to fourth; Baseball splits; Track runs away
Track and Field Hayden Schaffner swept the 800 and the 1500 meters and the Siuslaw boys finished second in the team standings at Friday’s Wally Ciochetti Invitational in Cottage Grove. Jacob Eagan was second in the 300-meter hurdles with a personal best time of 42.27, and freshman Billy Jones cleared […]
3rd Oregon News Minute from the AP
OR–3rd NewsMinute/249 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press BEAVERTON, Ore. (AP) – The pastor of the Beaverton Grace Bible Church is suing a member who started an online blog. Julie Anne Smith says his Beaverton Grace Bible Church Survivors blog is a place for former […]
NW Sports from the AP
NW–SportsMinute/261 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) – Andy Pettitte (PEHT’-iht) made his much-anticipated return to the Yankees on Sunday, getting lavished with adoration while pitching into the seventh despite giving up a pair of two-run homers in […]
1st Oregon News Minute from the AP
OR–1st NewsMinute/335 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) – Police in Medford are investigating the death of a 31-year-old woman found in her apartment. The Jackson County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled that Maria Victoria McDonald died of asphyxiation, although the manner of […]
Local Sports – Far West Regular Seasons Wrap Up
It’s all on the schedule today and tomorrow… First up, prep softball will be at home for the Siuslaw Vikings as they wrap up the regular Far West Season against the Sutherlin Bulldogs… Post season play is on the line. The first game begins at three. Also on the diamond […]
Local News – School Budget; Reedsport Man Sentenced for Child Porn; Sea Lion Sculpture at Visitor Center
School Budget Gains Tentative Approval… Sports Funding Likely Restored The Siuslaw School Budget Committee wrapped up their work earlier this week, putting the finishing touches on a proposed budget that, if approved by elected officials, would add three teachers; increase programs; and would change the way athletics at the […]
3rd Oregon News Minute from the AP
OR–3rd NewsMinute/284 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A federal appeals court in Portland hears arguments today in a lawsuit filed by 15 men who say their rights were violated because they are on the U.S. government’s no-fly list. They’re asking […]