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AP-NW–Sports Right Now/921 STARS-STORM Stewart, Loyd help Storm hand Stars 5th straight loss, 83-69 SEATTLE (AP) — Jewell Loyd scored 25 points, Breanna Stewart added 22 points and five blocked shots and the Seattle Storm beat the San Antonio Stars 83-69 Wednesday. Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis had 10 points, Crystal Langhorne grabbed […]

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AP-OR–2nd Right Now/1122 TRAIN DERAILMENT-WATER DEQ says ground water contaminated after Mosier crash (Information from: KATU-TV, http://www.katu.com/) PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A monitoring well installed after last month’s train derailment near Mosier, Oregon, has detected oil contamination in the ground water. The state Department of Environmental Quality tells Portland station […]

Fire Danger; Tough rental market; Stiles to lead LCC; Gas prices steady; FEC and Pink Martini; SMART documentary showing in Florence

Fire Danger expected to take turn for worse Much of Western Oregon is officially entering fire season today, but in Western Lane County we’ve been there for about a month.  Tom Soward (SOARD), the wildland fire supervisor for the Oregon Department of Forestry in Veneta says while things have been […]

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AP-NW–Sports Right Now/618 WHITE-SOX-MARINERS Cabrera, Frazier homer as White Sox beat Mariners 6-1 SEATTLE (AP) — Melky Cabrera hit a tie-breaking homer leading off the seventh inning, Todd Frazier added a two-run shot in the ninth and the Chicago White Sox snapped a five-game losing streak with a 6-1 victory […]

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RANCHING STANDOFF Key Oregon refuge occupier pleads guilty PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A military veteran who the government says took leadership roles in two standoffs involving the Bundy family has pleaded guilty in Oregon and is expected to soon do the same in Nevada. At the federal courthouse in Portland, […]

Florence Voters to decide pot tax; deadline nearing for replacing health CO-OP coverage; Mercer Lake to get cellular boost; Pink Martini served up in Florence this fall; and Humane Society presenting animal rescue documentary

Recreational pot tax to be on November ballot Florence voters will be deciding on a new tax in the fall. Erin Reynolds – “A local marijuana tax, for recreational only, not medical, and that will be something you’ll see on the ballot in November.” City manager Erin Reynolds said City […]

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AP-NW–Sports Right Now/1060 WHITE SOX-MARINERS Lind’s pinch-hit homer in 9th lifts Seattle past White Sox SEATTLE (AP) — Adam Lind hit a three-run pinch-hit homer in the ninth inning to give the Seattle Mariners a comeback and walk-off 4-3 win over the Chicago White Sox last night. The Mariners handed […]

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AP-OR–2nd Right Now/1233 REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE-OFFENSIVE FACEBOOK POST GOP House candidate asked to withdraw over Facebook post (Information from: The Oregonian/OregonLive, http://www.oregonlive.com) PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon House Republicans are calling on one of their legislative candidates to withdraw from the November election because of an image posted on his Facebook […]