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1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 09/06/2012 03:58 AM OR–1st NewsMinute/306 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   SALEM, Ore. (AP) – A Salem man charged with murder in a fatal confrontation in a Walmart parking lot had been released from the county jail three weeks earlier because of overcrowding. The […]

Local News – Heceta PUD hearing; Gas Prices; Our Town

September 5, 2012 Water PUD Formation Hearing Set… A public hearing, conducted by the Oregon Department of Energy in two weeks, will allow area residents the chance to have a say in the possible formation of a new People’s Utility District that would take over the Heceta Water District.  Kathy […]

3rd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 09/05/2012 10:45 AM OR–3rd NewsMinute/262 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The Portland City Council is prepared to pay more than $150,000 in lost disability payments to firefighter Tom Hurley. The matter is on today’s agenda, although the city is […]

2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 09/05/2012 09:28 AM OR–2nd NewsMinute/305 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The Portland City Council considers a $57 million contract today for new underground water storage tanks. The proposal for Kelly Butte is opposed by Commissioner Amanda Fritz who says […]

NW Sports from the AP

Date: 09/05/2012 05:29 AM NW–SportsMinute/332 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press   SEATTLE (AP) – Cody Ross hit a tying three-run homer in the sixth inning, Ryan Lavarnway connected two batters later and the Boston Red Sox snapped their seven-game losing streak […]

1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 09/05/2012 03:59 AM OR–1st NewsMinute/283 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   CHEMULT, Ore. (AP) – Oregon State Police and the Klamath County district attorney’s office are investigating the death of a man after passers-by restrained him when they saw him behaving erratically. The Oregonian […]