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NW sports from the AP

AP-NW–1st SportsMinute,474 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) – Mike Trout homered twice and drove in five runs to lead the Los Angeles Angels to a 13-6 rout of the Seattle Mariners last night. Trout started the onslaught in the […]

3rd Oregon News Minute from the AP

AP-OR–3rd NewsMinute,271 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) – A custody dispute in Salem has ended with seven people injured. Police tell the Statesman Journal a mother was trying to drive away from a volatile situation yesterday when her car struck three people […]

Save the Riders Dunes submitting signatures

Hundreds of letters and signed petitions urging the U.S. Forest Service to keep several miles of trails through vegetated areas of the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area open will be delivered to ODNRA headquarters in Reedsport tomorrow morning. Barb Rowland, a member of the group Save The Riders Dunes says […]

Ice machine woes continue

Port of Siuslaw Commissioners heard an update yesterday on the status of the commercial ice machine.  After a seven year effort by community members to get it installed, it made and delivered two batches of ice before breaking down. Getting it repaired has been an arduous task with cost estimates […]

Irene helps local officials

Leaving more than 40 dead in her wake, as well as more than a billion dollars in damage across 11 states, Hurricane Irene could hardly be called a false alarm.  But, there are still those who were critical of preparedness efforts in areas where the storm’s damage was slight.  Those […]

2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute,300 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press OREGON CITY, Ore. (AP) – An Oregon judge will decide who is responsible for paying about $26,000 in medical bills that piled up after the state took custody of the young daughter of two members of a faith-healing […]

1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

AP-OR–1st NewsMinute,299 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press UNDATED (AP) – Firefighters are close to containing Oregon’s biggest wildfire, burning in rangeland west of Fossil, but a new fire has erupted in timber at the crest of the Cascades outside Sisters. Fire officials say the Shadow […]

NW Sports from the AP

AP-NW–1st SportsMinute,379 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) – Mike Carp hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning, lifting the Seattle Mariners to a 5-3 victory over the Los Angeles Angels last night. Dustin Ackley, who had three hits […]