Local News

Suit seeks compensation from City of Florence; Douglas County investigates Loon Lake homocide; Japanese debris could be culturally significant; Another PERS revision proposal.

26 March 2013 Uninhabitable house prompts lawsuit against city Mike and Colleen Ohran say they’ve written off the house… now all they want is for the City of Florence to pay them to raise the level of their property on the northern edge of town. The Florence couple filed suit […]

3rd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 03/26/2013 10:36 AM OR–3rd NewsMinute/263 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Ten people have been arrested in a food stamp fraud investigation in Salem. The investigation concerned whether customers at a produce store were exchanging food benefits for cash. Police […]

2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 03/26/2013 09:25 AM OR–2nd NewsMinute/277 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   OCEANSIDE, Ore. (AP) – More debris that may have come from the Japanese tsunami has been reported at Oceanside Beach. Parks officials say the 16-foot-long object is made of heavy wood and has […]

1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 03/26/2013 03:59 AM OR–1st NewsMinute/332 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   SEATTLE (AP) – The governors of Washington and Oregon are urging the White House to evaluate the effects of greenhouse gas emissions from leasing and exporting the nation’s coal. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee […]

NW Sports from the AP

Date: 03/26/2013 05:50 AM NW–SportsMinute/567 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press   SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) – Shacobia Barbee scored 20 points, including a key 3-pointer with 2:03 left, and No. 4 seed Georgia held off Iowa State’s furious second-half rally for a […]