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1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 11/08/2013 03:59 AM AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/262 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   OREGON CITY, Ore. (AP) – A nonprofit has been denied an $8 million grant for a 40-unit apartment building on the 1-acre lot where Ward Weaver hid the bodies of two girls he […]

2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 11/07/2013 09:20 AM AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/270 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   SALEM, Ore. (AP) – New state data show that Oregon Health Plan members are making fewer visits to the emergency room and more visits to primary care providers. Per-person spending growth fell by […]

NW Sports from the AP

Date: 11/07/2013 04:59 AM AP-NW–SportsMinute/357 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press   RENTON, Wash. (AP) – Seattle Seahawks center Max Unger and defensive end Red Bryant did not participate in practice yesterday as each went through the mandated concussion protocol after being […]

1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 11/07/2013 03:59 AM AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/258 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A letter carrier’s spray intended to fend off aggressive dogs accidentally went off inside a Portland, Ore., post office yesterday, sending three employees to the hospital to have their […]

Weather Advisory – Stormy Weather On the Way

From the National Weather Service: …A WET AND WINDY THURSDAY ON TAP FOR SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON… A STRONG PACIFIC COLD FRONT WILL BRING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS TO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST THURSDAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER BEHIND THE COLD FRONT…WITH SNOW AFFECTING THE CASCADE PASSES BY […]

2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 11/06/2013 09:28 AM AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/204 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Larry Niswender is set to retire at the end of the month as director of the Oregon Lottery, but he could stick around for six months as an adviser […]