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2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute,279 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – People from Portland to just north of San Francisco reported feeling a magnitude 5.3 earthquake centered 140 miles off the southern Oregon coast last night. The National Earthquake Information Center says there were no […]

NW Sports from the AP

AP-NW–1st SportsMinute,418 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) – The Oakland Raiders have agreed to acquire linebacker Aaron Curry from Seattle two years after the Seahawks selected him fourth overall in the draft. Raiders senior executive John Herrera says […]

Local News Digest – Fire Prevention; Flu Shots; Hazardous Waste; Gas Prices

It all started with Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow… It happened 130-years ago this week, leaving 100-thousand people homeless, killing 250 people and destroying more than 17-thousand structures over two-thousand acres.  It was the Great Chicago Fire of October 8th and 9th, 1871.  That conflagration is also credited with spawning the modern […]