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Vikings, Sailors and Braves post FB victories; Siuslaw XC tops the tree farm; Ducks start slow, Beavers almost ended too slow.

Prep Football J.B. Dodson had two interceptions, and the Siuslaw Vikings overcame a 7-7 halftime tie to edge the South Umpqua Lancers 28-21 in both teams’ Far West League Opener Friday night in Florence.  In other Far West games, Sutherlin outran Brookings-Harbor 44-37 and Douglas beat Marshfield 38-16.  Cottage Grove […]

2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 09/16/2013 09:29 AM AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/257 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – A 28-year-old Eugene man has been taken to a hospital for evaluation after some witnesses feared he was carrying a bomb near the University of Oregon campus yesterday. The […]

NW Sports from the AP

Date: 09/16/2013 04:59 AM AP-NW–SportsMinute/306 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press   SEATTLE (AP) – Marshawn Lynch scored on touchdown runs of 14 and two yards and added a seven-yard TD reception in the second half, Seattle flustered Colin Kaepernick into his […]

1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 09/16/2013 03:59 AM AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/311 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) – Oregon authorities are reminding the public to call them before moving old explosives after a man dropped off blasting caps at a fire station in Philomath. The Corvallis Gazette-Times […]

Marshfield downs Vikings in volleyball; Far West Football gets underway; Vols and Ducks; Beavers and Utes

Pirates Plunder Vikings It was the battle of the undefeateds last night on the Far West League volleyball court and Marshfield remains that way today after holding off the Siuslaw Vikings 3-1. The Vikings were tagged with their first loss of the season and fall to 4-1.  In other Far […]

3rd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 09/13/2013 10:59 AM AP-OR–3rd NewsMinute/247 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Kip Kinkel has lost another attempt to shorten the 111-year sentence he received for the 1998 mass shooting at Springfield’s Thurston High School. A Marion County judge rejected an […]