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Herbicide Spraying Begins; Water Protection Zone Questioned; Drive In; Pursuit Ends in Four Flats

12 September 2013 Negotiations Fail… Herbicide Application Begins Today Heceta Water District President Bob Hursh has had several conversations in recent days with Doug Charnock, one owner of a 62-acre parcel that was logged earlier this summer.  Most of the property drains into Clear Lake, the district’s sole water source. […]

2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 09/12/2013 09:28 AM AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/263 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The National Weather Service reports record-breaking heat in parts of western Oregon. Yesterday’s high at Portland International Airport was 95, beating the old record for the date of 94 […]

NW Sports from the AP

Date: 09/12/2013 04:59 AM AP-NW–SportsMinute/312 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press   SEATTLE (AP) – Brad Peacock gave up one run in six innings and Chris Carter singled in two runs to lead the Houston Astros to a 6-1 victory over the […]

1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 09/12/2013 03:59 AM AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/315 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The Oregon Court of Appeals has upheld the murder conviction of a man who slashed his girlfriend’s throat and tossed her body into a Washington County woodlot. Delfino Hurtado-Navarrete […]

Cost Cutting Move Could Cost Peace Harbor; Coos Bay Bombs; Kids Tri; Our Town

11 September 2013 Cost Cutting Move Could Cost Peace Harbor A federal budget-cutting proposal threatens to reduce Medicare payments to 15 rural Oregon hospitals, including Peace Harbor.  Hospital and state officials say it could threaten their futures.  According to a report compiled by the East Oregonian in Pendleton, the proposal […]