Date: 07/10/2012 05:40 AM NW–SportsMinute/274 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – While speculation swirls about the Trail Blazers’ moves in free agency, the team is welcoming its three recent draft picks to Portland. Guards Damian Lillard and […]
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1st Oregon News Minute from the AP
Date: 07/10/2012 03:59 AM OR–1st NewsMinute/258 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A massive wildfire in southeast Oregon prompted the evacuation of a Transportation Department station and temporarily halted southbound traffic on U.S. Highway 95. A Federal Bureau of Land Management […]
Local News – Casino Access Plan Draws Fire; The healing power of birdsong; Are you ready? Library bronze
Late addition to Trans Plan draws strong feedback A previously approved housing development at the south end of Ocean Dunes Golf Links won’t be built after all. But, the Confederated Tribes of the Coos Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians want to move a proposed cross-town connection that was included in […]
3rd Oregon News Minute from the AP
Date: 07/09/2012 10:31 AM OR–3rd NewsMinute/272 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press ST. HELENS, Ore. (AP) – The Columbia County Sheriff’s office says a 21-year-old man has shot and critically wounded his mother. The Oregonian reports 50-year-old Dana Terry is in a Portland hospital in […]
2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP
Date: 07/09/2012 09:28 AM OR–2nd NewsMinute/274 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Experts say the Portland area’s manufacturing sector is poised to take off if such basic problems as worker training and industrial space are addressed. The Oregonian says nearly 20 […]
NW Sports from the AP
Date: 07/09/2012 05:29 AM NW–SportsMinute/339 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – Josh Reddick hit a game-ending RBI double in the 13th to send Oakland into the All-Star break with a .500 record as the Athletics beat the […]
1st Oregon News Minute from the AP
Date: 07/09/2012 03:59 AM OR–1st NewsMinute/254 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The National Weather Service has issued a red flag warning for fire danger in Oregon’s upper Hood River Valley and the western Columbia River Gorge. According to the warning, […]
Local News: Fireworks Explosion Injures Two; Is Your Computer Hacked? Police Chief’s Pet Peeve
Fireworks explosion injures two Two Florence area teens suffered severe burns in an explosion Wednesday afternoon south of Florence. Siuslaw Valley Fire Marshall Sean Barrett said a group of youth were – quote – “experimenting” and poured gasoline in an underground storage tank sometime Tuesday at a home near East […]