Florence Oregon News

1st AP Oregon News Minute

AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/259 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Police say a man’s body has been pulled from the Willamette River near Skinner Butte Park in Eugene. The Eugene Register-Guard reported Wednesday it was possible the body was snagged in a shallow part […]

3rd AP Oregon News Minute

AP-OR–3rd NewsMinute/241 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) – A British Columbia lawyer for 12 victims of the 2012 charter bus crash on Interstate 84 near Pendleton have filed a lawsuit seeking $700 million. The East Oregonian reports the group is seeking a […]

2nd AP Oregon News Minute

AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/250 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The campaign to privatize the liquor business in Oregon is getting started. The Oregonian reports backers have already spent $30,000 on consultants. Oregonians for Competition filed petitions two weeks ago that could lead to […]

AP Northwest Sports Minute

AP-NW–SportsMinute/351 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) – Isaac Fotu led four players scored in double figures with 17 points as Hawaii beat Oregon State 79-73 in the fifth place game of the Diamond Head Classic yesterday. Garrett Nevels had […]

1st AP Oregon News Minute

AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/267 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Portland police have identified a man killed in a Christmas Eve domestic disturbance as 61-year-old Terry Lee Rolin. A police spokesman says the state medical examiner performed an autopsy yesterday and confirmed that Rolin […]

Explosive Device Found

24 December 2013 An apparent homemade explosive device found on a bench along the Munsel Creek Bike Path Saturday afternoon was rendered safe by the Eugene Bomb Squad.  Florence Police Lieutenant John Pitcher said local officers and Siuslaw Valley Fire cordoned off the area. The device was discovered about four […]

2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 12/24/2013 09:23 AM AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/252 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) – Federal budget cuts won’t hit next month’s federal subsidy checks to timber counties in Oregon. Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon says the White House Office of Management and […]