Florence Oregon News

1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 04/28/2014 03:59 AM AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/262 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Authorities say a Marion County sheriff’s deputy and a cadet suffered minor injuries when their sport-utility vehicle crashed on Interstate 5. Oregon State Police troopers are investigating. Investigators say that […]

It Can Be Easy Going Green

25 April 2014 Going Green With Education Tomorrow’s Green Fair at the Florence Events Center is aimed at education.  Visitors will learn how they can save energy by changing the way they do things; how they can save money by reducing waste; and, learn how an innovative program uses things […]

NW Sports from the AP

Date: 04/25/2014 04:59 AM AP-NW–SportsMinute/259 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Houston has a LaMarcus Aldridge problem. The Trail Blazers’ All-Star forward has been dominating with more than 40 points in each of the opening two playoff games […]

1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 04/25/2014 03:59 AM AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/254 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The full Cover Oregon board today will take up an advisory panel’s recommendation that Oregon drop its trouble-plagued online health exchange for private policies. The advisory panel proposes that Oregonians […]

Expanded Landslide Database Released

24 April 2014 Oregon Geologists Offer Expanded Landslide Database A new, expanded statewide database of landslide locations was released this week by the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries.  The interactive, web-based map shows more than 46,000 known landslide locations in the state. The department hopes the tool will […]

2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 04/24/2014 09:26 AM AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/291 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The Marion County Commission has ordered a waste-to-power facility to stop accepting boxed medical waste after learning it might be using the remains of aborted fetuses from British Columbia to […]

NW Sports from the AP

Date: 04/24/2014 04:59 AM AP-NW–SportsMinute/247 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) – Kyle Seager hit a three-run homer with one out in the bottom of the ninth and the Seattle Mariners rallied for a 5-3 win over the Houston Astros […]