Associated Press

1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 08/02/2013 03:59 AM AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/248 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Firefighters trying to control lightning-caused wildfires in Central Oregon are mourning the loss of one of their own. Fire officials say a falling tree killed a firefighter and injured […]

2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 08/01/2013 09:26 AM AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/236 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Police say the driver of an SUV is dead after her car crossed the centerline and collided head-on with an ambulance near the Eugene Airport. The Register-Guard reports 57-year-old […]

NW Sports from the AP

Date: 08/01/2013 04:59 AM AP-NW–SportsMinute/349 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press   BOSTON (AP) – Stephen Drew singled in the winning run in the 15th inning to lift the Boston Red Sox to a 5-4 victory last night over the Seattle Mariners, […]

1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 08/01/2013 03:59 AM AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/264 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A U.S. House committee has advanced legislation aimed at increasing timber harvests on former Oregon & California Railroad lands in Western Oregon. The provision was included in a sweeping […]

2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 07/31/2013 09:27 AM AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/270 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   TROUTDALE, Ore. (AP) – Authorities say it took firefighters and a medic nearly three hours to rescue a 19-year-old Portland man who tumbled about 100 feet down a steep trail east of Portland. […]

NW Sports from the AP

Date: 07/31/2013 04:59 AM AP-NW–SportsMinute/347 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press   BOSTON (AP) – Rookie Brandon Workman struck out nine while picking up his first major league win, allowing one run over six innings as the Boston Red Sox beat the […]

1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 07/31/2013 03:59 AM AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/248 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Japan has agreed to resume importing Northwest soft white wheat two months after a genetically modified rogue strain of the crop appeared in an Oregon farmer’s field. The Oregon […]

3rd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 07/30/2013 11:19 AM AP-OR–3rd NewsMinute/212 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   FOREST GROVE, Ore. (AP) – A three-alarm fire has damaged the Oregon Holiday Products business in Forest Grove. Firefighters found black smoke when they arrived at about 4 this morning to the large […]