AP-NW–1st SportsMinute,249 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) – David Akers kicked four field goals, including a 39-yarder with 2:57 left to give San Francisco the lead, and the 49ers held on for a 19-17 victory over the Seattle Seahawks […]
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AP-OR–1st NewsMinute,287 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) – The State of Oregon is looking to sell $18,000 worth of lethal drugs now that Gov. John Kitzhaber has declared a moratorium on the death penalty as long as he’s in office. The Bend […]
Oregon Public Employees Retiring, Whale Watch Spoken Here & Monday Morning Holiday Closures
Oregon public workers are turning in their retirement paperwork at increasing rates. The Public Employees Retirement System says more than 8,000 have filed in 2011, and that’s up 44 percent from the average of recent years. The Salem Statesman Journal reports that officials are offering two explanations. One is that […]
Local Sports
The Viking boys closed out the Bandon Dunes Holiday Basketball Invitational with a 67 – 36 victory over Santiam Christian. Jake Thompson lead the scoring with a total 19 points for the Vikings. Siuslaw is on the home court this afternoon for a non league double header against the Tillamook […]
AP Regional News
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – A University of Oregon faculty member is recovering from arm burns and some cuts suffered in a chemical explosion in a lab at a campus science building. The man was treated at Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend in Springfield. The university says the explosion was […]
Local News – Retiring Oregon Public Employees – Whale Watch Spoken Here & Monday Morning Holiday Office Closures
Oregon public workers are turning in their retirement paperwork at increasing rates. The Public Employees Retirement System says more than 8,000 have filed in 2011, and that’s up 44 percent from the average of recent years. The Salem Statesman Journal reports that officials are offering two explanations. One is that […]
AP Regional News
CHICAGO (AP) – Another man whose family feared had become a victim of serial killer John Wayne Gacy has been found alive, this one in Oregon. Cook County deputies say Theodore Szal (ZAWL) went missing from the Chicago area in 1977 at age 24. His case bore enough similarities […]
Local Sports
Athlete of the Week: Siuslaw basketball standout John Dodson has been named Coast Radio Sports’ Athlete of the Week. The Viking forward led scoring with 16 points in the team’s first victory of the year, a 54-50 win over Junction City. He also helped clinch the win by grabbing a […]




