Florence Oregon News

3rd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 05/16/2013 10:26 AM OR–3rd NewsMinute/257 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Portland’s TriMet mass transit system has 70 executives and managers earning more than $100,000 a year. KOIN reports that compares to 51 high-paid executives for the Denver transit system […]

2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 05/16/2013 09:22 AM OR–2nd NewsMinute/272 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Former Beaverton middle school teacher Logan Storm has been arraigned in Portland on sex abuse charges dating back to 2007. Multnomah County prosecutors had originally charged Storm in 2011 […]

NW Sports from the AP

Date: 05/16/2013 05:50 AM NW–SportsMinute/368 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press   SEATTLE (AP) – The man behind the bid to return professional basketball to the Puget Sound region is sounding down, but not out, following the vote by the NBA Board […]

School Budget Seeking Input; Gas Prices Skyrocket; Ballots Returned; Peace Officers Memorial Day

15 May 2013 School Budget Process Relies on Public Involvement Earlier this year there was talk of possible teacher layoffs but most recently that has swung to shortening the school year.  The important thing to remember, according to Siuslaw School Budget Committee Chair Duane “Boomer” Wright, is that so far […]