Anglers on the Siuslaw River will be able to catch and keep wild coho salmon for the first time in many years beginning September 15th. Wildlife officials say it will be the largest coho fishery in 15 years. Salmon returns of the threatened species are high enough on 11 water […]
Florence Oregon News
1st Oregon News Minute from the AP
AP-OR–1st NewsMinute,242 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A fire on Mount Hood’s skirts is being fanned by strong winds. Officials say it has burned nearly 4,000 acres and is nearing electricity transmission lines. The blaze is one of four large fires […]
NW Sports from the AP
AP-NW–1st SportsMinute,283 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press RENTON, Wash. (AP) – The Seattle Seahawks claimed kicker Steven Hauschka off waivers from Denver yesterday after also picked up offensive tackle Jarriel King from the New York Giants and defensive tackles Landon Cohen […]
Health advisory lifted for water contact at Heceta Beach
It’s safe to go back in the water. That’s according to officials who lifted a public health advisory for Heceta Beach only 24 hours after imposing it yesterday. That’s when three separate water samples showed excessive levels of fecal enterococcus. Contact with contaminated water can cause gastroenteritis, skin rashes […]
3rd Oregon News Minute from the AP
AP-OR–3rd NewsMinute,279 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A man who killed a woman in a drunken driving crash in Portland has been sentenced to more than 20 years in prison. The Oregonian reports Circuit Judge Janice Wilson gave Jesse Lee Ream […]
2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP
AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute,285 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Drivers filling up at gas stations in Oregon this Labor Day weekend will find prices averaging $3.81 a gallon. Triple-A reports that’s 16 cents higher than the national average and 83 cents higher than […]
Back to school…
Danger could be just around the corner for thousands of Oregon school-age children says Marie Dodds with Triple-A. Some students are already back in the classrooms, but most of Oregon schools open next week. Dodds says there are some simple precautions that drivers can take to help keep the kids […]
Fall Beach Cleanup Coming
The annual Fall Beach Cleanup is just two weeks away. Oregon Parks Beach Ranger Trisha Wymore says volunteers are being sought for Saturday, September 17th from ten to one. There will be six volunteer check-in stations in the Florence Area and two in Reedsport. Last fall about seven-thousand people turned […]
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