Local News Florence receives funding for major bike and pedestrian improvement. The third time is the charm. After two previous unsuccessful attempts to secure grant funding for a major pedestrian and bicycle route along the Siuslaw River, the City of Florence struck paydirt last week. 205 – “We were […]
Florence Oregon News
Local Sports: Sandblasters & Emeralds Results
Sandblasters Baseball: It was a battle into the late innings last night in Florence with the Sandblasters coming out on top of the Corvallis. Jake Thompson took the win in relief for the 9 / 7 victory. Eugene Emeralds Baseball: The road weary Em’s fell last night in Everett to […]
Associated Press Regional News #3
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) – A 17-year-old from Grants Pass has fallen to his death from a cliff above the Rogue River. The Josephine County sheriff’s office says Garth Hall had been fishing with a friend near Hellgate Viewpoint yesterday […]
Associated Press Regional News #1
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A man listed on state records as a predatory sex offender and charged with stabbing a 10-year-old boy Sunday in Portland was on parole for a 1990s case involving accusations he tried to infect children with […]
Northwest Sports
Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) – Casper Wells hit a go-ahead, three-run double with two out in the seventh inning and the Seattle Mariners beat the slumping Baltimore Orioles 6-3 last night. Miguel Olivo and Dustin Ackley added back-to-back […]
Local News: Burglaries bag Florence man; State opens tsunami debris collection sites; Lane layoffs final; and Congress approves county payments
Florence man facing burglary charges Police say photographic evidence obtained through an investigation led them to arrest a 35-year old Florence man for two recent burglaries in the area. But, investigators say, there could be more victims and they’re seeking public help in identifying what they believe to be stolen […]
3rd Oregon News Minute from the AP
Date: 07/02/2012 10:26 AM OR–3rd NewsMinute/255 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Police say the man accused of stabbing a 10-year-old boy in the restroom of a Portland fast-food restaurant is a registered sex offender. Police arrested 49-year-old Adam Lee Brown […]
2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP
Date: 07/02/2012 09:29 AM OR–2nd NewsMinute/223 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The AAA auto club reports the average price of a gallon of gasoline in Oregon is $3.62, down 15 cents in a week and 64 cents in a month. […]