Rhody Street Closure Approved Maple Street between First and Bay Streets will become a pedestrian only retail mall during the 105th Rhododendron Festival next month. The Florence City Council approved an application last night submitted by the Florence Area Chamber of Commerce to relocate the traditional Vendors Fair. Despite critics […]
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3rd Oregon News Minute from the AP
AP-OR–3rd NewsMinute/295 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — New data show Oregon high schools send six in 10 graduates to college. That’s a lot fewer than the state’s goal of having 80 percent of its young people earn a community college or […]
2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP
AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/226 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon officials will release statewide unemployment figures for March on today. The jobless rate was 8.8 percent in February — the same as the month before. The rate has mostly been falling the past […]
1st Oregon News Minute from the AP
AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/335 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Lane County sheriff’s officers say an 84-year-old Eugene man who left a note expressing anger toward his wife of 60 years apparently shot her to death, then turned the gun on himself. Sgt. Cliff […]
NW Sports from the AP
AP-NW–1st SportsMinute/268 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Marcin Gortat had 20 points and 10 rebounds and Steve Nash had 13 assists to pace the Phoenix Suns to a 125-107 win over the Portland Trail Blazers last night. The […]
Viking Sports
Siuslaw Track and Field Siuslaw’s Hayden Schaffner ran the fastest time in the 800 meters Saturday evening at the Jim Robinson Pepsi Twilight meet in Roseburg. Schaffner’s 1:56.24 was not only the best at the meet, but the best in Oregon so far this season in any class. Schaffner along […]
Local News – Maple Street Rhody Closure; Farley-Campbell Deployment; Coastal Cuisine; Tax Day?
Old Town Street Closure over Rhody Days Draws Fire An application to close one block of Maple Street during the annual Rhododendron Festival in May has drawn fire from neighboring businesses in Old Town. The Chamber of Commerce wants to move the annual Vendor Fair to the block of Maple […]
3rd Oregon News Minute from the AP
AP-OR–3rd NewsMinute/243 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — About 150 Occupy Portland protesters went on a field trip to Washington state this weekend to protest nuclear war, nuclear energy and nuclear waste. They visited Richland, next to Hanford nuclear reservation. Activist Helen […]
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