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NW Sports from the AP

AP-NW–1st SportsMinute,299 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) – Mercedes Wetmore scored a career-high 16 points to help Washington beat Seattle 72-53 last night. Reserve Mackenzie Argens added 12 points and nine rebounds for Washington in a clash between crosstown […]

1st Oregon News from the AP

AP-OR–1st NewsMinute CORRECTION,298 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press (Eds: Removes extraneous words from 3rd item.) PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A group affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement marched through downtown Portland yesterday, protesting the student loan system and the debt students incur. The hour-long […]

Local News Digest – LIHAP Apps suspended; City posts newsletter; Port to talk ice and manager; Gas prices; and Who’s in Charge of the Pac-12 South?

Applications for Low Income Heating Assistance put on hold In a little less than two weeks about 5,000 Lane County households signed for a federal program that provides an average of $300 credit towards home heating bills.  With just over half as much money as they had last year, Lane […]

NW Sports from the AP

AP-NW–1st SportsMinute,297 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press STORRS, Conn. (AP) – Freshman Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis scored 25 points and Bria Hartley added 18 as No. 4 Connecticut extended its record home winning streak to 85 last night with a 112-53 rout of […]

Local News Digest: Peer Court; School Board; Pounding and Christmas Trees

Community Discussion on Florence Peer Court It’s been around for many years, but many people in the community aren’t aware of Peer Court.  For the past several years it’s been held in conjunction with the Boys and Girls Club and Mo Young with the Lane County Prevention Program says it […]