Date: 06/12/2013 10:40 AM AP-OR–3rd NewsMinute/254 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A Portland postal worker who took $135,000 in postal funds blamed a gambling addiction when she was sentenced in federal court to 1 ½ years in prison. Lavon Mendoza-Cruz […]
Florence Oregon News
2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP
Date: 06/12/2013 09:29 AM AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/307 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The hit cable TV show “Portlandia” is coming back for two more seasons of comedy that lovingly skewers overzealous progressives, hipsters and folks who go to extremes to live […]
NW Sports from the AP
Date: 06/12/2013 05:29 AM AP-NW–SportsMinute/298 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) – Aaron Harang pitched a two-hitter for his second shoutout of the season, leading the Seattle Mariners to a 4-0 victory over the Houston Astros last night. Harang […]
1st Oregon News Minute from the AP
Date: 06/12/2013 03:59 AM AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/254 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) – The Oregon Senate delayed a vote on a $6.6 billion funding package for schools when it was clear it wouldn’t pass. The move yesterday is the latest wrinkle in […]
Heceta Light Re-lit; Read for Need; Dunes City at 50; Yard Debris
11 June 2013 The light is on… After a two-year closure and a $1.6-million renovation the Heceta Head Lighthouse now looks very much like it did when it first opened in 1894. The historic structure, 12-miles north of Florence underwent a complete renovation since closing in August 2011. A team […]
Beavers Clinch Corvallis Super Regional – Oregon State Opens Basketball Facility
The Beavers are headed to Omaha… Oregon State held off Kansas State 4-3 last night in Corvallis to capture the third and deciding game of the Corvallis Super Regional. Danny Hayes hit a two-run home run; Ben Wetzler struck out five, walked five and gave up three earned runs over […]
3rd Oregon News Minute from the AP
Date: 06/11/2013 10:44 AM AP-OR–3rd NewsMinute/282 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) – Congressman Peter Defazio went shopping at a Winco grocery store in Springfield yesterday to show how little food stamps would buy for one person for one week. He set […]
2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP
Date: 06/11/2013 09:29 AM AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/340 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) – Medford police say a man accused of trying to grab a 5-year-old boy away from his mother has been arrested. Lt. Mike Budreau said 47-year-old Robert Vincent Jones was […]