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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, […]

3rd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 04/10/2013 10:20 AM OR–3rd NewsMinute/309 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   SALEM, Ore. (AP) – About a dozen people carried signs in downtown Salem yesterday to protest the decision to allow a US Bank branch to cut down five mature trees. Demonstrator Mark Wigg […]