Date: 07/03/2013 05:29 AM AP-NW–SportsMinute/274 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) – Kendrys Morales homered twice and tied a career high with six RBIs to lead the Seattle Mariners past the Texas Rangers 9-2 last night. Morales had […]
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1st Oregon News Minute from the AP
Date: 07/03/2013 03:59 AM AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/256 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) – A deal that would have raised new revenue and cut public pension benefits fell apart in the Oregon Senate yesterday when the tax bill failed to get enough Republican […]
Fleenor rebuffed; Crews mop up Douglas County blaze; Lawmakers allocate largest ever school funding amount
2 July 2013 Port Selects New Leadership The Port of Siuslaw Commission last night demonstrated they might be independent thinkers; while one of them displayed a bit of confusion. Sole incumbent Bill Fleenor opened the special meeting in the chair’s seat and watched while four newcomers to the five member […]
3rd Oregon News Minute from the AP
Date: 07/02/2013 10:27 AM AP-OR–3rd NewsMinute/270 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Parts of eastern Oregon can expect another day of 100-degree heat today while marine air pushing in from the coast has started reducing high temperatures in western Oregon. Forecasters […]
2nd Oregon News Minute from theAP
Date: 07/02/2013 09:29 AM AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/277 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. home prices jumped 12.2 percent in May from a year ago, the most in seven years. Real estate data provider CoreLogic says Oregon home prices rose 15.5 percent, the […]
1st Oregon News Minute from the AP
AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/257 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Senate has given final legislative approval to a plan intended to cap the number of offenders housed in state prisons. The bill, which passed the Senate 19-11 yesterday, now goes to Gov. […]
NW Sports from the AP
Date: 07/02/2013 05:29 AM AP-NW–SportsMinute/257 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – A person with knowledge of the deal says former Portland Trail Blazer Eric Maynor has agreed to a contract with the Washington Wizards. Maynor will serve as […]
Fire Danger on the Rise; Legislature on the Wane. Port Commission swearing and Feds work on more logging
1 July 2013 Fire Danger on the Rise Summer may have been delayed, but it certainly has not been denied. Proof of that came yesterday on Sparrow Park Road just north of Gardiner, when a wildland fire consumed logging equipment and blackened more than ten acres. Crews from Coos Forest […]