AP-OR–1st NewsMinute,448 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Demonstrators from the Occupy Portland encampment marched to a Portland hotel to protest an appearance by JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon. The Oregonian reports that about 50 protesters demonstrated at the Hilton for about […]
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Local News Digest – Quality Child Care; Bank Transfer Day; Boat Launch; Daylight Savings
Quality Child Care seeing results of fund drive After a more than two year effort, backers of a new community child care facility are moving to the next stages of development. Jenny Alberty with Quality Child Care of Florence says they met their building fund goal of just over $300-thousand. […]
3rd Oregon News Minute from the AP
AP-OR–3rd NewsMinute,297 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) – A senior housing complex in Springfield threatens to evict a 70-year-old veteran for hanging the American flag on an outside wall. Edward Zivica has been clashing for more than a year with St. Vincent […]
2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP
AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute,261 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – If Iraq War veteran Scott Olsen’s injury during a California protest comes to stand as a symbol of the Occupy Wall Street movement, protesters in Portland also hope it draws attention to the city’s […]
NW Sports from the AP
AP-NW–1st SportsMinute,483 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press RENTON, Wash. (AP) – Marshawn Lynch is putting the struggles of the Seattle Seahawks run game on himself. Even with one of the youngest offensive lines in the NFL, he says it’s his responsibility […]
1st Oregon News Minute from the AP
AP-OR–1st NewsMinute,379 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press COQUILLE, Ore. (AP) – A College Place, Wash., man has been sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter and other charges in the deaths of his wife and her 8-year-old son in a […]
Local News Digest: Port Suspends Mgr. Search; Gas prices dip; Body Art
Port of Siuslaw to temporarily suspend search for new manager It turns out the search for a new manager for the Port of Siuslaw is going back to square one after all. Following a private Executive Session yesterday afternoon, Port Commission President John Buchanan made the announcement. John Buchanan– “Process […]
3rd Oregon News Minute from the AP
AP-OR–3rd NewsMinute,270 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Some Occupy Portland demonstrators admit that drug and alcohol use at Lownsdale and Chapman squares is becoming a problem. Some told KATU that drug use and drinking could be taking away from the political […]