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1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 03/05/2014 03:59 AM AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/260 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Police in Eugene, Ore., say a man and a woman refused service at a pizza shop because they were intoxicated came back later and tried to set the shop […]

Police train for “active shooter”

4 March 2014 Practice Makes Perfect It had all the makings of a tense situation.  A report of an armed subject, possibly holding hostages inside a vacant restaurant building in Old Town Florence last week drew a large and heavily armed response. It was just a drill. Interim Florence Police […]

2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 03/04/2014 09:27 AM AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/287 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A Portland hospital nursing supervisor says a man rescued from a caved-in utility trench is listed in serious but stable condition in intensive care. The Oregonian reports that 21-year-old […]

NW Sports from the AP

Date: 03/04/2014 04:59 AM AP-NW–SportsMinute/255 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press   PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Kent Bazemore threw an alley-oop to Wesley Johnson for the go-ahead dunk with 6.9 seconds left and the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Portland Trail Blazers […]

1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 03/04/2014 03:59 AM AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/254 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Gov. John Kitzhaber is expressing pessimism about the ability for Cover Oregon to get its website fully functioning before the March 31 deadline for people to sign up for […]

Florence Considering Input on Garbage Tipping Fees

3 March 2014 City Council Asked to Weigh in on Waste Proposal A proposal by Lane County to increase the fees charged to commercial waste haulers at the Florence Transfer Site has drawn attention. Lane County’s Waste Management Division is seeking a ten-dollars-per-ton hike in “tipping fees”, the amount charged […]