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 those, about half […]
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2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP
Date: 05/31/2013 09:29 AM OR–2nd NewsMinute/258 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The Oregon Farm Bureau is suing the U.S. Department of Labor. The suit accuses the department of failing to respond to a public records request about actions last summer […]
NW Sports from the AP
Date: 05/31/2013 05:29 AM NW–SportsMinute/282 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) – Nick Franklin hit his first two big league home runs to give the Seattle Mariners a 7-1 victory over the San Diego Padres yesterday. Kendrys Morales, […]
1st Oregon News Minute from the AP
Date: 05/31/2013 03:59 AM OR–1st NewsMinute/252 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – An American Muslim is alleging he was beaten with batons by prison interrogators while held in solitary confinement overseas for more than three months. Yonas Fikre (YOH’-nahs FEE’-kray) filed […]
2nd Northwest AP News Minute
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The Oregon Farm Bureau is suing the U.S. Department of Labor. The suit accuses the department of failing to respond to a public records request about actions last summer in Oregon. The Oregonian reports the bureau […]
1st Northwest AP News Minute
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – An American Muslim is alleging he was beaten with batons by prison interrogators while held in solitary confinement overseas for more than three months. Yonas Fikre (YOH’-nahs FEE’-kray) filed a lawsuit yesterday in U.S. District Court in Oregon against the FBI and State Department, claiming they […]
AP Northwest Sports Minute
NW–SportsMinute/282 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) – Nick Franklin hit his first two big league home runs to give the Seattle Mariners a 7-1 victory over the San Diego Padres yesterday. Kendrys Morales, Brendan Ryan and Endy Chavez […]
3rd Northwest AP Minute
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Portland Fire and Rescue says a 6-year-old boy fell out a second-story window early last night at a home in southeast Portland. KOIN reports the boy was conscious and breathing when emergency responders took him to Doernbecher Children’s Hospital. HILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) – A 38-year-old Aloha […]