OR–1st NewsMinute/328 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A Portland Fire and Rescue spokesman says a 75-year-old woman suffered life-threatening injuries when the nasal tubing providing her with supplemental oxygen caught fire as she smoked a cigarette in her kitchen. Spokesman […]
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Local News: Boys and Girls Club Open House; Gas Prices Dip; Quince Street Closure; Crabbers Fight Pot Piracy
National Boys and Girls Club Week gives a chance for an inside look If you want to get an up close look at what’s going on behind the “blue door” at the Boys and Girls Club Teen Center, tonight is the night. The club will throw open the doors of […]
3rd Oregon News Minute from the AP
AP-OR–3rd NewsMinute/304 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press BAKER CITY, Ore. (AP) — A public uproar over plans to close thousands of miles of roads on the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest in Eastern Oregon has prompted the U.S. Forest Service to reconsider. Wallowa-Whitman Forest Supervisor Monica J. […]
2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP
AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/259 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Police say a 49-year-old man stripped naked at Portland International Airport as a protest against airport security screeners. Police say they arrested John E. Brennan of Portland for investigation of indecent exposure and disorderly […]
1st Oregon News Minute from the AP
AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/335 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A jury has convicted a Portland man who opened fire on police officers last year, rejecting his insanity defense. The Oregonian reports that 62-year-old Ralph Turner faces at least 10 years in prison on […]
NW Sports from the AP
AP-NW–SportsMinute/277 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Jason Donald tiebreaking single off Tom Wilhelmsen in the top of the seventh inning completed Cleveland’s comeback from seven runs down and lifted the Indians to a 9-8 victory against the Seattle […]
Local News: Maple Street Closure ok’d; Suspended Florence Officer back on the job; Florence Man facing theft charges
Rhody Street Closure Approved Maple Street between First and Bay Streets will become a pedestrian only retail mall during the 105th Rhododendron Festival next month. The Florence City Council approved an application last night submitted by the Florence Area Chamber of Commerce to relocate the traditional Vendors Fair. Despite critics […]
3rd Oregon News Minute from the AP
AP-OR–3rd NewsMinute/295 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — New data show Oregon high schools send six in 10 graduates to college. That’s a lot fewer than the state’s goal of having 80 percent of its young people earn a community college or […]
