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1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 09/12/2013 03:59 AM AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/315 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The Oregon Court of Appeals has upheld the murder conviction of a man who slashed his girlfriend’s throat and tossed her body into a Washington County woodlot. Delfino Hurtado-Navarrete […]

Cost Cutting Move Could Cost Peace Harbor; Coos Bay Bombs; Kids Tri; Our Town

11 September 2013 Cost Cutting Move Could Cost Peace Harbor A federal budget-cutting proposal threatens to reduce Medicare payments to 15 rural Oregon hospitals, including Peace Harbor.  Hospital and state officials say it could threaten their futures.  According to a report compiled by the East Oregonian in Pendleton, the proposal […]

NW Sports from the AP

Date: 09/11/2013 04:59 AM AP-NW–SportsMinute/399 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press   SEATTLE (AP) – Maya Moore scored 20 points and Lindsay Whalen added 19 to help the Minnesota Lynx clinch their third consecutive Western Conference title with a 73-60 victory over […]

Another Attempt to Head off Herbicide; Siuslaw Dredging; LC Planning Commission; Coastal Lawmakers

10 September 2013 Anti Herbicide Negotiations Could Be Revived Heceta Water District Commissioners will hear a proposal from a citizen advocating more action to prevent spraying of herbicide within the watershed of Clear Lake, the district’s sole source of drinking water. Commission president Bob Hursh said herbicide opponent Nancy Herzberg […]

3rd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 09/10/2013 10:58 AM AP-OR–3rd NewsMinute/237 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Central Point Republican state Rep. Dennis Richardson says he no longer supports the Columbia River Crossing project. The Oregonian reports Richardson supported a bill in the last legislative session […]

2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 09/10/2013 09:34 AM AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/215 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Demonstrators gathered outside the Federal Building in Portland yesterday to protest the proposed U.S. attack on Syria. KGW reports similar demonstrations were held in Beaverton and Vancouver. The demonstrators […]