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NW Sports from the AP

Date: 08/26/2014 04:59 AM AP-NW–SportsMinute/256 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) – Miles Mikolas allowed three hits in eight scoreless innings, J.P. Arencibia singled home the go-ahead run in the fourth and the Texas Rangers opened a three-game set against […]

1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 08/26/2014 03:59 AM AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/265 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press BEND, Ore. (AP) – Earlier this summer, a Bend teenager sent up an $800 drone to shoot video of a wildfire threatening the city’s western edge. Fourteen-year-old Morgan Tien didn’t get into trouble because […]

City Manager Finalists All From Out of State

25 August 2014 No Northwest Finalists for Florence City Manager Job None of the eight finalists for the City Manager’s position are from the Pacific Northwest. The closest candidate geographically is William Kohbarger (KO-bar-grr) from Pahrump, Nevada, followed by Regan Bolli (BO-lye) of Ephraim, Utah. Three hail from Colorado, Roy […]

2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 08/25/2014 09:26 AM AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/270 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) – A convicted killer is back in custody after Oregon prison officials realized he was released a month too early. KPTV reports Marc Trice was released from the Oregon State Penitentiary […]

NW Sports from the AP

Date: 08/25/2014 05:00 AM AP-NW–SportsMinute/317 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press BOSTON (AP) – Dustin Ackley had three hits and scored three runs, Seattle’s bullpen was sharp for the second straight day and the Mariners beat Boston 8-6 yesterday for the Red […]

1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 08/25/2014 04:00 AM AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/336 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) – Biologists plan to recapture and re-collar OR-7, Oregon’s famous wandering wolf that is now a settled father of pups. The Medford Mail Tribune reports that the plan calls for recapturing […]

Curing Congress

22 August 2014 Curing Congress… Five years ago, Americans’ approval rating of the U.S Congress was at 39-percent. According to a recent Gallup Poll, that has now dropped to just 13 percent. That equates to seven out of eight people surveyed saying they do not approve of Congress. Despite being […]