Florence Oregon News

1st AP Northwest News Minute

Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press OREGON CITY, Ore. (AP) – Police in Oregon say a slow-moving landslide has prompted evacuation orders for two apartment buildings south of Portland. Residents of 10 apartments at the Berryhill Townhouses and Apartments in Oregon City, about 13 miles south […]

AP Northwest Sports Minute

Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) – Russell Wilson continued his record pace throwing three touchdown passes, two to Doug Baldwin, and the Seattle Seahawks clinched a playoff spot for the fourth straight season with a 30-13 win over the […]

Slide kills one, destroys a home

Mercer Lake Road partially opened (updated 11:30AM) Mercer Lake Road reopened to one lane of traffic late this morning, with both lanes expected to open later today. Lane County Roads Department had kept it closed after a slide came down the steep slope above it, crashing into two homes and […]

NW Sports from the AP

Date: 12/18/2015 04:59 AM AP-NW–SportsMinute/276 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Micheal Warren scored eight of his 15 points in the final eight minutes to help Cal State Northridge pull away and beat Portland State 77-71 last night. […]

1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 12/18/2015 03:59 AM AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/268 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press LOWELL, Ore. (AP) – A Lowell charter school is no longer pursing a change to district policy that would have allowed teachers and administrators to carry guns in school. The Register-Guard reports that the […]

Christmas Baskets to get Turkeys after all

Annual project set for Saturday Donations of approximately $21-thousand will mean food boxes with the ingredients for a Christmas Dinner… including turkeys… will be handed out to an estimated 425 households Saturday morning in Florence. Organizers with the Soroptimist club had been concerned that the price and availability of turkeys […]

2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 12/17/2015 09:26 AM AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/250 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Police are looking for suspects in a Portland shooting that left one man dead outside a convenience store. The Oregonian reports witnesses had reported seeing a white SUV speeding past […]