5 August 2013 Tribe accepts return of Cultural Site The historic site of a Native American village on the rocky coast of Coos County was returned to tribal ownership Saturday. Bob Garcia, the chair of the Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians accepted the transfer of […]
Florence Oregon News
Ems head into All Star Break off a win
The Eugene Emeralds head into the Northwest League All Star break today coming off a 6-1 win over the Tri-City Dust Devils yesterday… but that followed two straight losses Friday and Saturday, 6-3 and 6-5. The three-day break comes with the Emeralds at 7-and-6… tied with Salem-Keizer for the lead […]
3rd News Minute
Date: 08/05/2013 10:56 AM AP-OR–3rd NewsMinute/221 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press WOODBURN, Ore. (AP) – A 23-year-old man has been beaten to death in Woodburn. The Oregonian reports officers found the man when they responded to a report of an assault early yesterday, and […]
2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP
Date: 08/05/2013 09:37 AM AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/309 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press DENVER (AP) – John Backowski says he feared for his son’s life when the young man went snowboarding. Backowski tells the Denver Post he would talk to his son after every report of […]
NW Sports from the AP
Date: 08/05/2013 04:59 AM AP-NW–SportsMinute/283 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) – Seldom-used Henry Blanco hit a two-run homer in the seventh inning off Wei-Yin Chen, and the Seattle Mariners beat the Baltimore Orioles 3-2 yesterday behind left-hander Joe […]
1st Oregon News Minute from the AP
Date: 08/05/2013 03:59 AM AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/313 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press MOUNT HOOD, Ore. (AP) – Authorities say rescuers have recovered the body of a Colorado snowboarder killed when an ice tunnel collapsed on Oregon’s Mount Hood. Twenty-five-year-old Collin Backowski had been missing since […]
Dune Fest; Florence Got Talent; Wildland Fire Death
2 August 2013 It’s billed as the Most Fun A Family Can Have on the Sand Today is day three of the annual five-day Dune Fest on the sand south of Reedsport. A stretch of sand just below the Umpqua Lighthouse has been transformed into a small city with the […]
2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP
Date: 08/02/2013 09:28 AM AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/255 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – An Oregon firefighter died on the first day of what is typically the Pacific Northwest’s busiest month for wildfire, the 28th wilderness fire crew member killed this year in […]