Florence Oregon News

City utility fees to increase

15 June 2015 Council to hear proposal Florence residents can expect to see an extra couple-of-dollars added to their utility bills come July 1st. The Florence City Council will consider fee increases this evening for water, wastewater and stormwater. The average increase for those three categories will total $1.47 per […]

2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 06/15/2015 09:18 AM AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/248 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) – A former executive of a southern Oregon helicopter company faces sentencing for falsifying weight records for a helicopter that crashed while carrying firefighters in 2008, killing nine people. Steven Metheny […]

NW Sports from the AP

Date: 06/15/2015 04:59 AM AP-NW–SportsMinute/269 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) – Rookie Lance McCullers and four relievers combined for a two-hitter and Evan Gattis tied a career high with four hits, helping the Houston Astros cruise to a 13-0 […]

1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 06/15/2015 03:59 AM AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/278 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press CAVE JUNCTION, Ore. (AP) – Fire officials say a wildfire in southwest Oregon had grown, fanned by high winds and terrain. The so-called Buckskin fire was estimated at nearly 2 square miles, or about […]

2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 06/12/2015 09:12 AM AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/262 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A North Portland bicyclist whose spine was broken when a pickup driver struck him and then drove off is suing the city, TriMet and ODOT for $21 million. The Oregonian […]

NW Sports from the AP

Date: 06/12/2015 04:59 AM AP-NW–SportsMinute/242 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) – Giovanny Urshela hit his first major league home run, Shaun Marcum and his bullpen combined on a two-hitter and the Cleveland Indians beat the Seattle Mariners 6-0 yesterday. […]

1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 06/12/2015 03:59 AM AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/263 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Gov. Kate Brown has signed first-of-its-kind legislation that allows women to access birth control for a year at a time. The new law expands coverage that previously needed to be […]