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1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 04/01/2014 03:59 AM AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/249 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Oregon officials are backing off their proposal to prohibit sales of pot-infused treats at medical marijuana stores. In a new set of rules released yesterday, the Oregon Health Authority will […]

Traffic Delays on Highway 101 Bridge

Unwiring the Span Causing Traffic Delays Traffic across the Siuslaw River Bridge on Highway 101 will be facing delays over the next few days as a crew from Central Lincoln PUD works on removing a line that is no longer needed.  Robin Hicks – “We had an old submersible cable […]

1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/264 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press ALBANY, Ore. (AP) — The Linn County Sheriff’s Office says a 16-year-old Albany girl has been struck and killed by a train. The victim of the Saturday night accident has been identified as Sara-Tessa Lytle. A Union Pacific […]

1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

AP-NW–SportsMinute/255 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — LaMarcus Aldridge scored 28 points in his third game back from injury and the Portland Trail Blazers extended their winning streak to three games with a 105-98 victory over the Memphis […]

3rd AP Northwest News Minute

AP-OR–3rd NewsMinute Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Steady rain has raised the landslide danger in northwest Oregon and southwest Washington. The Oregon Department of Geology has issued a warning for slides on saturated slopes in the Coast Range, Willapa Hills, north […]

2nd AP Northwest News Minute

AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press NORTH PLAINS, Ore. (AP) – Authorities say a 31-year-old man whose body was found in a burned-out North Plains farmhouse after a standoff with Washington County deputies died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The Oregonian reports sheriff’s officials […]

1st AP Northwest News Minute

AP-OR–1st NewsMinute Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Oregon legislators and officials with the state’s troubled health exchange are considering whether to open the meetings of a legislative oversight committee to the public after journalists were told they could not attend. An […]