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Lane County Whistle Blower Wins Settlement

28 July 2014 Lane County Whistle Blower Wins Settlement A Lane County employee who claimed she faced threats and retaliation when she “blew the whistle” on possible wrongdoing by a former Lane County Administrator is sharing in a legal settlement in excess of $40-thousand. Sally Pelkey received only $3,650 in […]

Taking a look at Coast Radio Sports…

28 July 2014 Sandblaster season comes to an end. On a hot streak entering the regional playoffs, the Three Rivers Sandblasters looked good Friday evening, downing the Doc Stewarts in Roseburg 8-5. A 5-2 Saturday afternoon loss to the Canyon Crushers bumped the ‘Blasters to the losers bracket, where they […]

2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/253 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — A concept for a proposed third bridge to link Oregon and Washington over the Columbia River has been revealed. The Vancouver Columbian reports the span championed by Clark County Commissioner David Madore would cross […]

Man Who Exchanged Fire With Reedsport Police Dies

25 July 2014 Man Who Fired at Police in Reedsport Dies… A Reedsport man, shot by police officers earlier this week, has died from his injuries. Oregon State Police Lieutenant Gregg Hastings said the man, 71-year old Glenn Ray Glancey had a handgun and exchanged shots with officers last Thursday. […]

Emeralds Win Second Straight

25 July 2014 Taking a look at Coast Radio Sports… Four Eugene Emeralds pitchers combined for eight strikeouts and held the Tri-City Dust Devils scoreless for a two-run shutout victory last night at PK Park. Thomas Dominy got the start and went two innings. Second reliever Aaron Cressley picked up […]

2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 07/25/2014 09:21 AM AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/238 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) – The state of Oregon is moving toward a smoking ban on all 362 miles of beaches along the Pacific coast. Earlier this year a ban on smoking was imposed at […]

NW Sports from the AP

Date: 07/25/2014 04:59 AM AP-NW–SportsMinute/239 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) – Wie-Yen Chen allowed five hits over eight innings and Delmon Young hit a three-run homer to give the Baltimore Orioles a 4-0 victory over the Seattle Mariners last […]

1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 07/25/2014 03:59 AM AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/253 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Federal officials say a relatively small number of the unaccompanied immigrant children who have been flooding into the United States have been sent to Oregon, Washington state and Idaho over […]