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AP Northwest Sports Minute

Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press BOULDER, Colo. (AP) – Askia Booker scored a career-high 27 points, 11 in the last 4:40, and No. 20 Colorado rallied in the second half to hand No. 10 Oregon its first loss of the season […]

1st AP Oregton News Minute

Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press LINCOLN City, Ore. (AP) – The police chief in the Oregon coastal town of Lincoln City says a woman who fatally shot herself after an hours-long standoff with police, and a man who was injured by a police car had […]

Disaster Preparation

3 January 2014 As Simple as 1-2-3 Despite a great deal of attention over the past several years on the possibility for a local disaster, the fact is: many people in the area are still not prepared. That may be human nature, but Joan Edwards, the education coordinator for the […]

2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 01/03/2014 09:26 AM AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/287 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   HILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) – Police in Hillsboro say they arrested an on-call state caseworker for investigation of drunken driving while the woman reportedly was responding to an abuse incident to help officers on […]

NW Sports from the AP

Date: 01/03/2014 04:59 AM AP-NW–SportsMinute/373 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press   PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Wesley Matthews had 25 points, including five of Portland’s 21 3-pointers, and the Trail Blazers routed the Charlotte Bobcats 134-104 last night. The Blazers hit their […]

1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 01/03/2014 03:59 AM AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/262 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The man who led Oregon’s problem-plagued health insurance exchange has submitted his resignation. Rocky King has been on medical leave since Dec. 2. His resignation is effective at the […]

2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 01/02/2014 09:29 AM AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/272 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   WASHINGTON (AP) – Philanthropy made a comeback in large donations in 2013 with the nation’s wealthiest donors giving more than $3.4 billion to charity. Nike co-founder and chairman Philip Knight and his wife, […]