School Budget Gains Tentative Approval… Sports Funding Likely Restored The Siuslaw School Budget Committee wrapped up their work earlier this week, putting the finishing touches on a proposed budget that, if approved by elected officials, would add three teachers; increase programs; and would change the way athletics at the […]
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3rd Oregon News Minute from the AP
OR–3rd NewsMinute/284 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A federal appeals court in Portland hears arguments today in a lawsuit filed by 15 men who say their rights were violated because they are on the U.S. government’s no-fly list. They’re asking […]
2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP
OR–2nd NewsMinute/283 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) – A man protesting logging in Oregon state forests climbed up a flagpole yesterday at the Capitol in Salem, and came down 90 minutes later to go to jail. The Cascadia Forest Defenders says […]
NW Sports from the AP
NW–1st SportsMinute/247 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The Portland Trail Blazers say forward LaMarcus Aldridge had surgery on his right hip. The arthroscopic procedure repaired a slight labral tear. Dr. Marc Philippon performed the procedure in […]
1st Oregon News Minute from the AP
OR–1st NewsMinute/328 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Police have arrested three young men for investigation of murder in a fatal shooting at a home in northeast Portland. Officers responded to a report of shots fired late Wednesday night and found […]
Local Sports – Siuslaw Hall of Fame; Sandblasters tryouts
2012 Sandblasters Tryouts Youth baseball players age 19 or under who are interested in playing American Legion ball this summer are being invited to tryouts at Siuslaw High School over two weekends later this month or in early June. Three Rivers Sandblasters coach Dave Deutschmann will return this year, he […]
Local News: Cleanup for Rhody; Ballot Returns Lagging; Rural POs spared
Time to clean up for annual festival… The weather forecast for this weekend is calling for sunny and relatively warm, as well as much drier conditions than the past several months. That would make it pretty good for cleaning up, mowing grass, pulling weeds and trimming shrubs in preparation for […]
3rd Oregon News Minute from the AP
OR–3rd NewsMinute/216 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The Portland Police Bureau has called a news conference today to announce the cold case unit has solved three homicides. The victims were killed in 1980 and 1981. PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Police […]