16 May 2013 Two Teachers, Four School Days and other cuts proposed Five alternatives for balancing the budget in the coming year were presented to the Siuslaw School Budget Committee last night. All were different variations on a common theme that involved reducing staff by two employees through attrition; shortening […]
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Ducks drop Dogs… Bone up for Beavers.
J.J. Altobelli drove in two runs on a seventh inning squeeze play to break a one-one tie and lead number 10 Oregon to a 4-1 win over Gonzaga yesterday. The non-conference game at PK Park was the final one before the Ducks host number six ranked Oregon State for a […]
3rd Oregon News Minute from the AP
Date: 05/16/2013 10:26 AM OR–3rd NewsMinute/257 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Portland’s TriMet mass transit system has 70 executives and managers earning more than $100,000 a year. KOIN reports that compares to 51 high-paid executives for the Denver transit system […]
2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP
Date: 05/16/2013 09:22 AM OR–2nd NewsMinute/272 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Former Beaverton middle school teacher Logan Storm has been arraigned in Portland on sex abuse charges dating back to 2007. Multnomah County prosecutors had originally charged Storm in 2011 […]
NW Sports from the AP
Date: 05/16/2013 05:50 AM NW–SportsMinute/368 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) – The man behind the bid to return professional basketball to the Puget Sound region is sounding down, but not out, following the vote by the NBA Board […]
1st Oregon News Minute from the AP
Date: 05/16/2013 03:59 AM OR–1st NewsMinute/268 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) – The father of missing Utah mother Susan Powell says authorities have spent two days searching a rural Oregon property for her remains. Chuck Cox says the search didn’t turn […]
School Budget Seeking Input; Gas Prices Skyrocket; Ballots Returned; Peace Officers Memorial Day
15 May 2013 School Budget Process Relies on Public Involvement Earlier this year there was talk of possible teacher layoffs but most recently that has swung to shortening the school year. The important thing to remember, according to Siuslaw School Budget Committee Chair Duane “Boomer” Wright, is that so far […]
Reedsport Golfer Claims State Title; Ducks Come From Behind
Reedsport’s Monica Vaughn posted a one-under par 71 in the final day of the OSAA Golf Tournament at Eagle Crest in Redmond yesterday to edge Henley’s Kaitlin Collom for the individual title. Collom put up a one-over par performance dropping her to 141 on the 36-hole championship… Vaughn carded a […]




