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NW Sports from the AP

Date: 11/19/2015 04:59 AM AP-NW–SportsMinute/277 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) – James Harden scored 45 points, including all nine for Houston in overtime, and the Rockets beat the Portland Trail Blazers 108-103 last night after firing Kevin McHale earlier […]

1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 11/19/2015 04:00 AM AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/220 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press HERMISTON, Ore. (AP) – A 47-year-old Idaho man died and several others were hospitalized in a collision involving 11 vehicles on Interstate 84 near Hermiston Tuesday evening. Oregon State Police say William Hernandez of […]

Ocean Woods may not be sold after all

18 November 2015 Residents speak out against proposed sale Lane County Administrator Steve Mokrohiskey (mo-kro-HI-skee) says concerns aired in the Florence area about the proposed sale of the 40-acre parcel of parkland known as Ocean Woods are being heard. Steve Mokrohiskey – “The signal we want to send to our […]

NW Sports from the AP

Date: 11/18/2015 05:00 AM AP-NW–SportsMinute/254 Here is the latest Northwest sports news from The Associated Press CHENEY, Wash. (AP) – The college basketball game between Seattle and Eastern Washington scheduled for Tuesday evening has been postponed because of a fierce wind storm in the Spokane region. Eastern Washington University said […]

1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 11/18/2015 04:00 AM AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/230 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The former head of an Oregon-based chain of retirement centers has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for defrauding investors of $130 million. Federal prosecutors said John Harder operated […]

County considers sale of Ocean Woods again

17 November 2015 Proposed park sale riles residents The possible sale of a 40-acre swath of dedicated parkland within the Florence Urban Growth Boundary caught some residents along Rhododendron Drive and Heceta Beach Road by Surprise recently. Charlie Campione, the President of the Heceta South Homeowners Association said the Lane […]

2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 11/17/2015 09:30 AM AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/212 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) – Officials are asking Oregon counties to send fewer inmates to state prisons in an effort to prevent an emergency prison expansion. The Mail Tribune reports that an unexpected growth in […]