Date: 06/29/2015 03:59 AM AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/231 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Fire officials say sparks from a passing freight train caused a 30-acre grassland fire in Portland on Friday. The Oregonian reports investigators determined the fire started in multiple locations a […]
Florence Oregon News
Crisis team opens school for classmates of drowning victim
Administrators at Siuslaw High School have set up a crisis team that will be available from four to eight pm today, then again tomorrow from ten until two for friends and classmates of Jose Dela Mora. Superintendent Ethel Angal said counselors will be on hand for anyone who wants to […]
17-year old dies while swimming in Woahink Lake
26 June 2015 Body of drowning victim recovered Searchers recovered the body of a 17-year old Florence boy who drowned after a swimming accident in Woahink Lake yesterday afternoon. Jose Dela Mora and friends were swimming to a popular sand bar in the north end of the lake near Honeyman […]
2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP
Date: 06/26/2015 09:31 AM AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/292 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Students living in the United States without legal permission could qualify for state financial aid under a measure that has cleared the Oregon Senate. Lawmakers decided two years ago to […]
NW Sports from the AP
Date: 06/26/2015 04:59 AM AP-NW–SportsMinute/274 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) – Damiris Dantas converted a go-ahead three-point play with 18 seconds left and the Minnesota Lynx rallied past the Seattle Storm 76-73 last night. Minnesota overcame an 18-point deficit, […]
1st Oregon News Minute from the AP
Date: 06/26/2015 03:59 AM AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/283 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Gov. Kate Brown says “there simply isn’t a path forward” for a proposal to raise taxes, pay for transportation projects and repeal a carbon-reduction program. Republicans have been united in […]
Florence Habitat earns unique distinction
24 June 2015 Local Habitat chapter earns ‘first in the nation’ The Florence Chapter of Habitat for Humanity is; at least as far as Ken Gaylord can tell; the only such chapter in the country with approval as a Medicaid provider. No, volunteers aren’t providing medical care. Instead, says Gaylord, […]
2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP
Date: 06/25/2015 09:24 AM AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/276 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A Keizer man has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for his role in the fatal heroin overdose of a Clackamas nurse practitioner. The Oregonian reports that Joel Zavala-Espinosa […]




