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17 strikeouts spur Viking victory; Siuslaw softball posts loss; and #12 Oregon picks up a midweek win

Prep baseball… Siuslaw came away from the first day of the North Marion tournament with a split… winning the opener, then falling in the nightcap.  Jake Thompson threw a seven-inning-one-hit-17-strikeout-complete game for a three-run shutout of host North Marion.  The Vikings managed five hits in the effort, including a Joe […]

3rd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 03/27/2013 10:30 AM OR–3rd NewsMinute/335 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Chemeketa Community College is working with a group to manage a free-roaming colony of cats that live in a wooded area on campus. The Statesman Journal says Salem Friends […]

2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 03/27/2013 09:29 AM OR–2nd NewsMinute/250 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   REEDSPORT, Ore. (AP) – The company planning a wave energy project off the south Oregon coast says it may not be finished this year. Ocean Power Technologies says regulations, business and financial factors […]

NW Sports from the AP

Date: 03/27/2013 05:29 AM NW–SportsMinute/451 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press   SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Sacramento is in a stronger position to convince the NBA to keep the Kings from moving to Seattle with a deal now in place to build […]

1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 03/27/2013 03:59 AM OR–1st NewsMinute/387 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A crowd of about 200 people turned out for a rally last night in Portland in support of gay marriage. The Oregonian reports that the rally also drew Oregon […]

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 […]