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3rd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 02/27/2013 10:36 AM OR–3rd NewsMinute/349 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   SALEM, Ore. (AP) – The EPA held a meeting in Salem yesterday to update the public on a preliminary assessment of four sites in west Salem connected to five cases of rare bone […]

Diamond Ducks Score Sans Hits

Four Oregon pitchers combined for 15 strikeouts and no walks, scattering 6 Portland hits over nine innings; and the number 14 ranked Ducks held off the Pilots for a 3-1 non-conference win on the diamond yesterday in Eugene. Oregon only managed three hits in the effort…  The first an RBI […]

2nd Oregon News Minute

Date: 02/27/2013 09:31 AM OR–2nd NewsMinute/275 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   SALEM, Ore. (AP) – TROUTDALE, Ore. (AP) – A 15-year-old teen who rescued an 8-year-old boy from a burning home in Troutdale is a finalist for a national award recognizing citizen heroes. Marcos […]

NW Sports from the AP

Date: 02/27/2013 05:29 AM NW–SportsMinute/328 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press   PHOENIX (AP) – Justin Smoak hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning, and the Seattle Mariners beat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-5. Franklin Gutierrez and Michael Saunders connected for consecutive […]

1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 02/27/2013 03:59 AM OR–1st NewsMinute/378 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Police say a 32-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman have been booked into Multnomah County Jail in connection with a stabbing outside a north Portland store. Two men were […]

Six Vikings earn Far West Basketball honors

A half-dozen Siuslaw Vikings earned recognition this week by Far West League basketball coaches in the all-league selections.  Jake Thompson was named to the first team for the boys; Mitchell Butler the second team; and Sam Johnson was selected for the “all-defensive” team.  On the girls side of the ball… […]