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Wildfires; Simple Interest; and Sharrows

9 June 2014 Oregon Wildfire Season Begins in a Big Way Oregon firefighters are battling a pair of fast-moving blazes northwest of Bend and have built preliminary containment lines on two sides of the fires. Crews hoped the lines would hold through hot and windy weather yesterday. The two fires, […]

NW Sports from the AP

Date: 06/09/2014 05:00 AM AP-NW–SportsMinute/328 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) – Felix Hernandez struck out a career-high 15 in seven innings before Endy Chavez keyed a five-run ninth with a tiebreaking RBI single, leading the Seattle Mariners […]

1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 06/09/2014 04:00 AM AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/292 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press BEND, Ore. (AP) – Firefighters battling two fast-moving wildfires northwest of Bend have built preliminary containment lines on two sides of the blaze. Crews hoped the containment lines would hold through hot and windy […]

Encounters of the Cougar Kind

6 June 2014 Possible brushes with big cats prompt advice from biologist A Florence man, taking a cigarette break in his back yard during the early morning hours one day last week was startled by something large crashing against his fence. That was followed by several cries in the night. […]