Florence Oregon News

Public arts on the agenda

City Council expected to take next step in public art The Florence City Council is being asked to finalize a year-long planning effort that will incorporate more public art in the community. City Manager Erin Reynolds said an ad hoc city arts committee has been developing plans and possible projects. […]

NW Sports from the AP

AP-NW–1st SportsMinute/256 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press WILLOW, Alaska (AP) — The nearly thousand-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race got underway yesterday in Alaska. The race crosses long stretches of unforgiving terrain, including two mountain ranges and the wind-lashed Bering Sea […]

1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 03/07/2016 04:00 AM AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/377 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press NORTH BEND, Ore. (AP) – A Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued three surfers in distress near Devil’s Punchbowl State Park. Lincoln County 911 dispatchers received a call at 1:40 p.m. Saturday reporting that a […]

3rd AP Northwest News Minute

Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press  CENTRALIA, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say a house fire killed three children in western Washington state after their mother wasn’t able to rescue them as they slept upstairs. Police in Centralia say the overnight fire woke the woman sleeping downstairs […]