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1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 02/28/2014 03:59 AM AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/247 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Gov. John Kitzhaber and the Sen. Jeff Merkley are hailing the Obama administration’s decision to let people get tax credits if they bought health coverage directly from an insurance […]

18th Home and Garden

27 February 2014 18th Florence Home and Garden Show Set to Open Custom wood products, hot tubs, wood stoves, skylights and dozens of vendors offering products and services for your home and garden will pack the Florence Events Center this weekend. It’s the 18th annual Florence Home and Garden Show. […]

2nd Oregon AP News Minute

Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) – Interstate 84 has reopened through northeast Oregon. State Police said ODOT reopened the highway about 2 a.m. A 50-mile stretch east of Pendleton had been closed by hazardous driving conditions. Stretches of I-84 have been closed […]

1st Oregon AP News Minute

Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) – The Oregon Senate has voted to carve another hole in the state’s public records law. Senators approved a bill that would prohibit disclosure of agreements signed by ranchers over conservation of habitat for sage grouse, a […]

Manhunt prompts school lockdown

26 February 2014 Manhunt Prompts School Lockdown It looked far worse that it actually was.  Police stopped a vehicle a block away from Siuslaw Elementary School yesterday morning when they recognized a passenger in the vehicle as being wanted for parole violation.  Siuslaw Schools Superintendent Shawn Wiencek said schools were […]