LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bryce Alford scored 29 points and No. 3 UCLA routed Washington 98-66 on Wednesday night for its eighth straight win despite losing starter TJ Leaf to injury. Lonzo Ball added 19 points, seven rebounds and eight assists for the Bruins (27-3, 14-3 Pac-12), who improved […]
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DRUNK DRIVER SENTENCE Drunk driver who killed passenger gets 6 years in prison (Information from: The Oregonian/OregonLive, http://www.oregonlive.com) PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A California man has been sentenced to more than six years in prison for killing his passenger in a drunken driving crash southwest of Portland last summer. […]
Tiny House at Home Show; Gas prices surge; final personnel shift at WLAD; Woman accused of murder told police two stories
Tiny house can be smart The Florence Home and Garden show will start its third decade this weekend with a new display out front… a tiny home. This home is a “SMART” one according to Nathan Watson of Tiny SMART Homes of Albany. Nathan Watson – “SMART is meant more […]
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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) — Marcus Morris scored a career-high 37 points, including Detroit’s first seven in overtime, and the Pistons rallied from a 13-point, third-quarter deficit to beat the Portland Trail Blazers 120-113 on Tuesday night. Ish Smith had 12 points, seven assists and seven steals for the […]
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EUGENE REST STOPS Eugene council makes permanent 2 programs for homeless (Information from: The Register-Guard, http://www.registerguard.com) EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — The Eugene City Council has unanimously voted to make permanent two programs that provide those without homes legal and safe places to sleep. The Register-Guard reports city councilors on […]
Record rainfall in February; Fraudville brings real cash; Water improvement on Rhody; Crash injures one.
Wet enough for you? Florence receives an average of just under nine-inches of rain each year during the month of February. That’s according to statistics compiled by the City of Florence and going back to 1957. Those charts also show the previous record rainfall in February came in 1999 when […]
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UNDATED (AP) — Kansas is the new No. 1 in The Associated Press college basketball poll. The Jayhawks (26-3) moved up two places to the top spot, receiving 58 first-place votes Monday from the 65-member national media panel. Gonzaga (29-1) fell to fourth after losing its first game of […]
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Man, dog found dead; Portland police call deaths suspicious PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Police are investigating after finding a man and a dog dead inside a Portland residence. Portland police said in a news release that officers responded to a report of a dead man and dog inside a […]




