Florence Oregon News

Safe and adequate access required for fire protection

4 April 2014 Safe and Adequate Access Required for Fire Protection Firefighters west of Medford could only stand and watch this week as flames completely destroyed a home in the community of Applegate.  Nobody was injured when one tire of a fire engine broke through the wood decking of a […]

2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 04/04/2014 09:30 AM AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/281 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Oregon’s troubled health insurance exchange says more than 200,000 people have now signed up for health coverage through Cover Oregon. Numbers released yesterday show that just under 59,000 people have […]

NW Sports from the AP

Date: 04/04/2014 04:59 AM AP-NW–SportsMinute/263 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – Coco Crisp homered leading off the bottom of the 12th inning to lift the Oakland Athletics to a 3-2 win over the Seattle Mariners last night. Crisp, […]

1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 04/04/2014 03:59 AM AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/252 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Police used a beanbag shotgun on a man who had been reported walking in and out of traffic and banging on cars in southwest Portland. Sgt. Pete Simpson says the […]

Matt Henry Leaving Siuslaw High School

3 April 2014 High School Principal Moving On The community of Gervais, midway between Salem and Woodburn in the northern Willamette Valley, will have a new superintendent of schools this summer. Matt Henry will take over the administration of the Gervais School District in July.  He’s been principal at Siuslaw […]

2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 04/03/2014 09:17 AM AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/249 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Oregon State University has paid $1,000 plus $100,000 in legal fees to a former student to settle a lawsuit over the confiscation of distribution boxes for a conservative-leaning student newspaper. […]

NW Sports from the AP

Date: 04/03/2014 04:59 AM AP-NW–SportsMinute/268 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) – James Paxton pitched seven scoreless innings of two-hit ball and Robinson Cano drove in his first run for the Seattle Mariners last night in an 8-2 victory […]

1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 04/03/2014 03:59 AM AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/261 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press UNDATED (AP) – Authorities say the explosion that hit a liquefied natural gas storage facility in Eastern Washington earlier this week threw 250-pound pieces of steel up to 300 yards through the air. A […]