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Ems head into All Star Break off a win

The Eugene Emeralds head into the Northwest League All Star break today coming off a 6-1 win over the Tri-City Dust Devils yesterday… but that followed two straight losses Friday and Saturday, 6-3 and 6-5. The three-day break comes with the Emeralds at 7-and-6… tied with Salem-Keizer for the lead […]

3rd News Minute

Date: 08/05/2013 10:56 AM AP-OR–3rd NewsMinute/221 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   WOODBURN, Ore. (AP) – A 23-year-old man has been beaten to death in Woodburn. The Oregonian reports officers found the man when they responded to a report of an assault early yesterday, and […]

2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 08/05/2013 09:37 AM AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/309 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   DENVER (AP) – John Backowski says he feared for his son’s life when the young man went snowboarding. Backowski tells the Denver Post he would talk to his son after every report of […]

NW Sports from the AP

Date: 08/05/2013 04:59 AM AP-NW–SportsMinute/283 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press   BALTIMORE (AP) – Seldom-used Henry Blanco hit a two-run homer in the seventh inning off Wei-Yin Chen, and the Seattle Mariners beat the Baltimore Orioles 3-2 yesterday behind left-hander Joe […]

1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 08/05/2013 03:59 AM AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/313 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   MOUNT HOOD, Ore. (AP) – Authorities say rescuers have recovered the body of a Colorado snowboarder killed when an ice tunnel collapsed on Oregon’s Mount Hood. Twenty-five-year-old Collin Backowski had been missing since […]

Emeralds End Skid

Northwest League Baseball The Eugene Emeralds used three runs in the sixth inning to get a lead… then added the winning run in the eighth before holding off a late game rally by the Tri-City Dust Devils for a 4-3 Northwest League baseball victory last night in Pasco, Washington.  Four […]

2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 08/02/2013 09:28 AM AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/255 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – An Oregon firefighter died on the first day of what is typically the Pacific Northwest’s busiest month for wildfire, the 28th wilderness fire crew member killed this year in […]