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Court Denies Decade Old Casino Appeal; Oregon Lags All Other States in Health Care signups

18 November 2013 Court rejects Florence casino challenge The Oregon Court of Appeals has affirmed the governor’s right to enter into tribal gambling compacts. Four Florence property owners filed a lawsuit a decade ago claiming the Oregon Constitution prohibits casinos and the governor lacked the authority to sign a compact […]

Prep XC Regionals; College Football; First Family watches Beaver win on the court.

Mitchell Butler missed a trip to the national cross country finals by three seconds and the Siuslaw senior finished 11th overall at the Nike Cross Northwest seven-state regional Saturday in Boise, Idaho with a time of 15:59.8.  Mack Marbas was 14th overall with a time of 16:03.5. College Football The […]

2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 11/18/2013 09:29 AM AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/211 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Despite an ambitious start, Oregon has so far failed to enroll a single person in coverage through the state’s insurance exchange. The state has received about 18,000 paper applications, […]

NW Sports from the AP

Date: 11/18/2013 05:00 AM AP-NW–1st SportsMinute/257 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press   SEATTLE (AP) – Percy Harvin returned a kickoff 58 yards late in the first half to set up Russell Wilson’s 19-yard touchdown pass to Doug Baldwin, and the Seahawks […]

Dunes City Citizen Involvement; Coffee with the Superintendent; Beware of bears.

15 November 2013 Green Light For Dunes City Citizen Involvement The state agency that watches over citizen involvement in local land use actions gave a thumbs-up this week to Dunes City’s new Committee for Citizen Involvement ordinance.  The State Citizen Involvement Advisory Committee, based on direct input from some residents, […]