Local News

Prep Basketball

Siuslaw Splits with Newport on the court Most of the region’s prep basketball games scheduled for last night were cancelled because of slick road conditions.  But a pair of games did play out here on the coast. In Newport the Viking girls fell to the Newport Cubs 59-27. For the […]

3rd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 12/11/2013 10:42 AM AP-OR–3rd NewsMinute/264 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The Clackamas County sheriff’s office is investigating an attack on a gay Portland man and his friend at Bagby Hot Springs as a possible hate crime. Lt. Robert Wurpes tells […]

Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 12/10/2013 05:59 PM AP-OR–NewsMinute/255 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   DURHAM, Ore. (AP) – The leader of Oregon’s troubled health insurance exchange says thousands of Oregonians who sent in their applications by the deadline may have to go elsewhere for temporary coverage – despite […]

NW Sports from the AP

Date: 12/11/2013 05:00 AM AP-NW–1st SportsMinute/225 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press   MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) – Przemek Karnowski scored a season-high 19 points, Kevin Pangos added 18 and No. 20 Gonzaga came from 10 points down to beat West Virginia 80-76 […]

Quality Child Care and Boys & Girls Club combine efforts

10 December 2013 A Combination of Child Care After a whirlwind courtship and romance, the non-profit Quality Child Care of Florence is now part of the Boys and Girls Club of Western Lane County. Jonathan Hicks – “We are going to continue the mission of Quality Child Care of Florence […]