Associated Press

1st AP Northwest News Minute

Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) – The Oregon House of Representatives has approved landmark legislation that not only raises the state’s minimum wage for all workers to the highest level in the country, but does so through an unprecedented three-tiered system that […]

NW sports from the AP

Date: 02/18/2016 04:59 AM AP-NW–SportsMinute/220 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) – Obafemi Martins has posted on social media that he has decided to leave the Seattle Sounders and join a Chinese club in Shanghai. Martins posted a lengthy goodbye […]

1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 02/18/2016 03:59 AM AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/267 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) – The Oregon House has passed a bill to protect the identity of the officer who fatally shot refuge standoff spokesman Robert “LaVoy” Finicum in January. The Oregonian reports representatives approved […]

2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 02/17/2016 09:26 AM AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/232 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The former executive director of a Portland nonprofit is facing charges for allegedly embezzling $144,000 from the group. The Oregonian reports that Herman Bryant was indicted Feb. 1 on theft […]

NW Sports from the AP

Date: 02/17/2016 04:59 AM AP-NW–SportsMinute/207 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press UNDATED (AP) – Sue Bird has signed a multi-year deal with the Seattle Storm. The 35-year-old Bird was the top free agent in the WNBA this season, although she was always […]

2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 02/16/2016 09:27 AM AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/219 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) – A bill that would allow out-of-state investors to enter Oregon’s burgeoning pot industry has cleared its first major hurdle in the state Legislature. The measure would remove a two-year residency […]