October 8, 2012 Lack of Rain Doesn’t Put Damper on Water Supply Most of the measurable precipitation in the Florence area over the past three months has come from fog… and the last considerable rainfall in the area is six months distant. Kathy Franzen lives on the banks of the […]
Florence Oregon News
3rd Oregon News Minute from the AP
Date: 10/08/2012 10:29 AM OR–3rd NewsMinute/256 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) – The Royal Caribbean call center in Springfield is hiring another 140 workers. The center now has more than 500 employees and plans to have 900 in the next few […]
2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP
Date: 10/08/2012 09:25 AM OR–2nd NewsMinute/286 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press LONGVIEW, Wash. (AP) – A worker who fell 200 feet from a Longview bridge into the Columbia River is presumed dead. The Cowlitz County sheriff’s office says another worker saw the man fall […]
NW Sports from the AP
Date: 10/08/2012 05:29 AM NW–SportsMinute/362 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) – Russell Wilson threw a 13-yard touchdown pass to Golden Tate with 35 seconds left in the third quarter to help the Seattle Seahawks beat the Carolina […]
1st Oregon News Minute from the AP
Date: 10/08/2012 03:59 AM OR–1st NewsMinute/288 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) – State forestry officials say a helicopter on a firefighting mission has made an emergency landing near Medford but no injuries were reported. Officials say that the pilot was the […]
Local News – Fire Danger High; Street and Bridge Repairs to Delay Traffic; OSP Seeking Help
October 5, 2012 Fire Danger Remains High A late evening fire Wednesday near the Presbyterian Church on Highway 101 burned about two-thousand square feet of brush and proved challenging for firefighters. A lack of wind helped immensely says Siuslaw Valley Fire Marshall Sean Barrett. Sean Barrett – “The fire was […]
3rd Oregon News Minute from the AP
Date: 10/05/2012 10:28 AM OR–3rd NewsMinute/245 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press TIGARD, Ore. (AP) – A man has been killed in an industrial accident in Tigard. Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue says he got his arm caught in a machine at a business last […]
2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP
Date: 10/05/2012 09:29 AM OR–2nd NewsMinute/252 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A woman in her 60s is suffering second-degree burns received in an overnight house fire in north Portland. Fire officials say firefighters had difficulty locating and extinguishing the flames […]