Date: 08/24/2012 05:29 AM NW–SportsMinute/290 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) – Shavonte Zellous’ buzzer-beating 3-pointer capped Indiana’s closing 15-0 run and lifted the Fever to a 68-66 victory over the Seattle Storm last night. Tamika Catchings had 18 […]
Florence Oregon News
1st Oregon News Minute from the AP
Date: 08/24/2012 03:59 AM OR–1st NewsMinute/275 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Firefighters are facing difficult and remote terrain in their battle to contain several Oregon wildfires. Crews say a fire burning on the Warm Springs reservation was 7 percent contained […]
Local News – Council Contentment – Kidnap Charges – Metal Recycling – Oregon Wildfires
Could Residents Be Content With Council? A scarcity of candidates on the ballot for the Florence City Council this fall could be a sign that residents are comfortable with the direction things are going. But not too comfortable says Mayor Phil Brubaker. Phil Brubaker – “Nobody’s contented about government anywhere… […]
3rd Oregon News Minute from the AP
Date: 08/23/2012 10:24 AM OR–3rd NewsMinute/272 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum has denied The Oregonian’s request for the names and personnel records of the Department of Revenue workers whose errors led to the biggest tax […]
2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP
Date: 08/23/2012 09:30 AM OR–2nd NewsMinute/269 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press HILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) – A man has pleaded guilty to felony murder in the 2009 hanging death of a Forest Grove woman – a murder disguised as a suicide. The Oregonian reports that […]
NW Sports from the AP
Date: 08/23/2012 05:29 AM NW–SportsMinute/281 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) – Eric Thames hit a tiebreaking, two-run double with two outs in the eighth inning, and the Seattle Mariners beat the Cleveland Indians 3-1 yesterday for their eighth […]
1st Oregon News Minute from the AP
Date: 08/23/2012 04:00 AM OR–1st NewsMinute/279 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) – The Jackson County sheriff’s office says a county corrections litter crew found a large pipe bomb along Pioneer Road in Medford. Spokeswoman Andrea Carlson says an state police bomb […]
Local News – Breakins, bicycles, gas prices and ballots
Police say burglaries likely related… Three burglaries and one attempted break in between late Sunday and early Monday morning are likely related. Florence Police Lieutenant John Pitcher said nothing of substance was taken at any of the locations and all were “door kick ins”. But, he added, all four businesses […]