Florence Oregon News

3rd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 12/11/2012 10:33 AM OR–3rd NewsMinute/259 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A driver who passed an Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife trooper going more than 90 mph had a message on the bumper that asked, “How’s my driving?” The […]

2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 12/11/2012 09:29 AM OR–2nd NewsMinute/298 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   MILWAUKIE, Ore. (AP) – Police are investigating the death of a woman in Milwaukie as suspicious. Officers who were dispatched to the home day to check on the woman found her dead. KGW […]

NW Sports from the AP

Date: 12/11/2012 05:29 AM NW–SportsMinute/417 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press   PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – LaMarcus Aldridge had 30 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Portland Trail Blazers to a 92-74 victory over the Toronto Raptors last night in a […]

1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 12/11/2012 04:03 AM OR–1st NewsMinute/360 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) – A 22-year-old former college student from Peru has been sentenced to at least 50 years in prison for killing his year-old son and the baby’s 19-year-old mother in 2011. […]

Former businessman, civic leader Stu Johnston passes away

Former Mayor Passes Away at 87 Being called a pillar of the community is quite often an exaggeration.  But if you use the term in a description of Stu Johnston you could be accused of minimizing his contributions to the Florence area. The longtime resident, businessman and civic leader passed […]

Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Scholarship Offer

A $300.00 scholarship is offered to all students, in the Florence-Mapleton-Deadwood areas, by the Martin Luther King Jr. committee and it’s generous donors, for an essay about Dr. King’s work on Economics, Ethics and Equity and how they relate to each other. The essay should be 1000 words or less, […]

3rd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 12/10/2012 10:34 AM OR–3rd NewsMinute/279 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The Department of Human Services is investigating what may be the largest case of welfare client fraud in Oregon history. The Oregonian reports investigators say Donte Marquis Muhammad and […]