SEATTLE (AP) – Raul Ibanez hit a two-run homer and Joe Saunders pitched into the seventh inning to lead the Seattle Mariners over the slumping Chicago White Sox 4-2 last night. Tom Wilhelmsen, who had blown three of his last four save opportunities, gave up a two-out RBI single to […]
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Local News – Relay For Life – Oregon Legislature – World Oceans Day
Relay For Life Heads Back to Miller Park The American Cancer Society Relay for Life will be at MillerPark this year after all. After more than a decade at that location, organizers of the annual event had opted to move it to Hans Peterson Field. They had, they felt, […]
2nd AP Oregon News Minute
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A head-on crash has left a motorist dead and a Portland police officer injured. Police say the two vehicles collided late last night on Northeast Portland Highway. Police say preliminary information indicates that the civilian driver crossed over the median and struck the police car head-on. […]
1st AP Oregon News Minute
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) – Sparks from a car may have caused a wildfire that has burned 115 acres above Grants Pass. The Mail Tribune reports investigators believe the blaze likely started Saturday along the northbound lane of Interstate 5. The Oregon Department of Forestry is asking for help identifying the […]
AP Northwest News Minute
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Scott Diamond pitched six shutout innings and Josh Willingham hit one of Minnesota’s four home runs as the Twins trounced the Seattle Mariners 10-0 yesterday. Chris Herrmann hit his first major league homer and Ryan Doumit and Brian Dozier also connected for the Twins. Willingham drove in […]
Tsunami Drill Draws Sparse Turnout – Free Fishing – Cannery Station – Athlete of the Year Finalists
May 31, 2013 Sparse Participation in Tsunami Drill A community wide tsunami evacuation drill yesterday caught many in the community by surprise. It appears that maybe only about 40 to 50 area residents responded to a “reverse 9-1-1” call, telling them about the drill and urging them to participate. Of […]
3rd Oregon News Minute from the AP
Date: 05/31/2013 10:49 AM OR–3rd NewsMinute/263 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The director of the Oregon Health Authority says the state human resources department will review whether his staff did anything wrong in managing a survey of children’s dental health […]
3rd Northwest AP News Minute
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The director of the Oregon Health Authority says the state human resources department will review whether his staff did anything wrong in managing a survey of children’s dental health during a Portland campaign on fluoridation. Director Bruce Goldberg tells The Oregonian the inquiry will cover all […]