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1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

AP-OR–1st NewsMinute,275 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) – Unionized Boeing Machinists have voted overwhelmingly to approve a four-year contract extension, granting the company a long stretch of labor peace and likely ending a federal complaint that had become a hot topic for Republican […]

NW Sports from the AP

AP-NW–1st SportsMinute,440 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) – Oregon State University says a 19-year-old football player collapsed last night and later died. Athletics spokesman Steve Fenk says Fred Thompson was playing basketball at a recreation center on the […]

Local News – Remembering Pearl Harbor – Gas prices plummet – Oregon Prescription Plan – Council pursing CM contract

Pearl Harbor… 70 years ago today Margaret Thorngate remembers watching a car full of old men in a parade in her home town of Carpinteria, California when she was 8-years old.  That was in 1931.  Her mother told her the men were veterans of the Civil War… 70 years earlier.  […]

NW Sports from the AP

AP-NW–1st SportsMinute,316 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) – Mike Leach has been introduced as the new head football coach at Washington State. Leach was introduced at a rally in the student union building that included hundreds of fans, […]