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1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 09/22/2014 03:59 AM AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/265 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. (AP) – Police in Cottage Grove say one of its officers shot an armed man in the foot in a confrontation. Police Chief Mike Grover tells the Register-Guard that the man […]

Peace Harbor Looks to Expand Emergency Department

19 September 2014 Peace Harbor Emergency Expansion Announced A fund drive to help pay for a dramatic expansion of the emergency department is underway at Peace Harbor Medical Center. Foundation Director Michele Douglass said they’ve been quietly working for the past several months to gather pledges and donations. Michele Douglass […]

2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 09/19/2014 09:29 AM AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/229 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Protesters blocked railroad tracks that lead to the oil terminal on the Columbia River at Port Westward near Clatskanie last night. The group Portland Rising Tide said one protester tied […]

NW Sports from the AP

Date: 09/19/2014 04:59 AM AP-NW–SportsMinute/257 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) – Logan Morrison hit a three-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning that broke a scoreless tie, and the Seattle Mariners boosted their wild-card hopes with […]

1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 09/19/2014 03:59 AM AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/254 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Activists opposed to oil train shipments are blockading the tracks that lead to an oil-by-rail terminal on the Columbia River at Port Westward near Clatskanie. Portland and Western Railroad, which […]

Presence of pipe bomb closes justice center; prompts advisory

18 September 2014 Justice Center Closed by Presence of Pipe Bomb A pipe bomb found near 22nd street and transported to the Justice Center yesterday afternoon was “the real thing” according to interim Florence Police Chief Lynn Lamm. Lamm said a police auxiliary member was fueling a vehicle at Pacific […]