11 April 2013 Hungry Kids Prompt Compassionate Response Marilyn Barba was shocked when she heard about it. Marilyn Barba – “We found out that there’s such a need that nobody knew about of hungry children on the weekends that some of them had resorted to going through dumpsters.” She’s not […]
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Prep Schedules
On the track today will be the Mapleton Sailors… they’re in Monroe for a seven-way track and field meet. Coming up on the schedule tomorrow will be Viking baseball at home for a Far West double-header against South Umpqua at home. That could change however because of field and weather […]
3rd Oregon News Minute from the AP
Date: 04/11/2013 10:39 AM OR–3rd NewsMinute/294 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press HILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) – A beaver dam on city property is flooding the yard of a Hillsboro couple. Barney Lewis and Laura Biro told KATU when they complained about the same problem two […]
2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP
Date: 04/11/2013 09:29 AM OR–2nd NewsMinute/346 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) – The Oregon state Senate is scheduled to vote today on a Democratic plan to cut pension benefits for retired government workers. The measure would save state and local governments […]
NW Sports from the AP
Date: 04/11/2013 05:29 AM NW–SportsMinute/458 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Kobe Bryant scored a season-high 47 points and the Los Angeles Lakers pulled closer to a playoff berth with a 113-106 win over the short-handed Portland […]
1st Oregon News Minute from the AP
Date: 04/11/2013 03:59 AM OR–1st NewsMinute/338 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Police say they have arrested a Portland man for harassing the families of victims of the mass shooting in Aurora, Colo., last July. Kevin Purfield is accused of emailing, […]
RBI Double Lifts Vikings to Win; Siuslaw Softball loses league opener; Ducks down the Beavers
Kenneth Thrall hit his first homerun… a two RBI shot that gave the Vikings the lead in the 4th inning. Then, in the top of the sixth, Josh Iabichello hit an RBI double to score the go-ahead run, breaking a tie and lifting the Siuslaw Vikings to a 3-2 win […]
More tsunami debris; Gas prices take seasonal fall in the spring; Dem tax plan draws fire; 2nd Saturday returns
10 April 2013 More tsunami debris removed from beach near Florence Walkers on the beach south of the Siuslaw River Jetty Sunday afternoon made an interesting discovery. What appears to be the top part of a torii, an entry arch into a sacred site in Japan. It’s believed the torii […]