PORTLAND POLICE CHIEF Mayor returns Portland Police Chief Mike Marshman to job (Information from: The Oregonian/OregonLive, http://www.oregonlive.com) PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland’s police chief has been returned to full duty by the city’s mayor. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Mayor Ted Wheeler returned Mike Marshman to duty Wednesday. The mayor says […]
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No sanctuary status at schools; Rotary offering professional development; More eclipse camping; Free floats; and higher gas prices
Siuslaw schools not seeking sanctuary status The Siuslaw School Board meets tonight… and despite what some people have been talking about, they will not be considering a resolution declaring local schools as “sanctuaries”. Andy Grzeskowiak – “Rumor mill has got us doing extra work this week. Apparently somebody has made […]
National Library Week; Rhody float for free; buck off your chowder; ShakeAlert in Oregon; Home grown teachers
Siuslaw Public Library celebrates… This week is National Library Week and the theme is Libraries Transform. Meg Spencer is the director of Siuslaw Public Library. She says that statement is so true… Meg Spencer – “We really can change people’s lives. You know, I think of the people who come […]
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SEATTLE (AP) — James Paxton shut down Houston for the second time in a week, pitching seven innings of four-hit ball and leading the Seattle Mariners to a 6-0 win over the Astros in their home opener Monday. The Mariners rebounded nicely from Sunday’s ugly ninth-inning meltdown against the […]
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POT USER DATA-OREGON Oregon set to shield marijuana user data from US officials SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon state lawmakers have given final approval to a bill that would shield the names, birthdates and other identifying information of marijuana users from being accessed by federal drug agents amid worries […]
Roads temporarily blocked by Friday storm; Planning Commission to hear partition request; Plover recovery; Florence seeing NW best disignation; Rhody Chowder returns, sort of.
Dozens of downed trees and small slides cause problems Friday A small slide on Mercer Lake Road two miles east of Highway 101 closed that roadway for most of the day Friday. A small slide came down that morning, pulling down power lines in the process. By the end of […]
Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Albert Pujols hit his 592nd career homer and a tying two-run single in the ninth inning before Cliff Pennington’s drive to the wall capped the Los Angeles Angels’ rally from a six-run deficit for a 10-9 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Sunday. Robinson Cano […]
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OREGON-PLANE CRASH Family members who died in plane crash had zest for life HARRISBURG, Ore. (AP) — The three members of a California family killed in an Oregon plane crash are being described as fun-loving go-getters with a zest for life. The Friday crash killed 42-year-old John A. Zitting; […]




