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2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 04/28/2015 09:29 AM AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/244 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press WOOD VILLAGE, Ore. (AP) – Property owners want $11.2 million for the former Wood Village dog track that’s spent the last few years empty while an effort to turn it into a casino fell […]

NW Sports from the AP

Date: 04/28/2015 04:59 AM AP-NW–SportsMinute/266 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Damian Lillard had 32 points and the Portland Trail Blazers avoided elimination from the playoffs with a 99-92 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies last night. Memphis led […]

1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 04/28/2015 03:59 AM AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/268 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) – An Oregon legislative committee heard an earful from local government officials about a proposal to strengthen the state’s public records laws in the wake of the scandal that led to […]

Kindergarten building in place

27 April 2015 Like pieces of a giant puzzle, a heavy-lift crane placed the sections of the new Siuslaw Kindergarten building into place last Thursday. Delivery of the modular building had been held up a few days the week before because the size of the sections made them difficult to […]

2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 04/27/2015 09:14 AM AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/256 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press BEND, Ore. (AP) – A new lone wolf has been tracked into Central Oregon. The Bend Bulletin reports the wolf’s GPS tracking collar indicates the wolf left the Imnaha Pack in Northeast Oregon weeks […]

NW Sports from the AP

Date: 04/27/2015 04:59 AM AP-NW–SportsMinute/274 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) – Clint Dempsey again got the better of Portland, scoring in his fourth straight game against Seattle’s rival with a 77th-minute goal in the Sounders’ 1-0 victory over the […]

1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 04/27/2015 03:59 AM AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/260 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Portland may tighten restrictions on new homes as community groups push to limit impacts of infill construction and demolition in close-in neighborhoods. The Oregonian reports Portland may rewrite parts of […]