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Local News – Flu Cases On The Rise

Flu Cases On the Rise Oregon is seeing a spike in flu hospitalizations. In the most recently available numbers, the state reports that there were 81 flu-related hospitalizations during the week of Christmas. That was a jump from 67 the week before and just 18 the week before that. Oregon […]

3rd AP News Minute

Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Police are investigating the death of a person whose body was found Sunday along a bike trail in west Eugene. Police told KVAL a barking dog got the attention of a woman walking on the Fern […]

2nd AP Oregon News Minute

Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The extreme cold in upper parts of the Midwest and remnants of the snowstorm in the Northeast are affecting some flights at Portland International Airport. KGW reports some flights today to Chicago, New York, Detroit and […]

AP Northwest Sports Minute

Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press BOULDER, Colo. (AP) – Askia Booker scored a career-high 27 points, 11 in the last 4:40, and No. 20 Colorado rallied in the second half to hand No. 10 Oregon its first loss of the season […]

1st AP Oregton News Minute

Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press LINCOLN City, Ore. (AP) – The police chief in the Oregon coastal town of Lincoln City says a woman who fatally shot herself after an hours-long standoff with police, and a man who was injured by a police car had […]

Disaster Preparation

3 January 2014 As Simple as 1-2-3 Despite a great deal of attention over the past several years on the possibility for a local disaster, the fact is: many people in the area are still not prepared. That may be human nature, but Joan Edwards, the education coordinator for the […]