Local News

1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 12/11/2012 04:03 AM OR–1st NewsMinute/360 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) – A 22-year-old former college student from Peru has been sentenced to at least 50 years in prison for killing his year-old son and the baby’s 19-year-old mother in 2011. […]

Former businessman, civic leader Stu Johnston passes away

Former Mayor Passes Away at 87 Being called a pillar of the community is quite often an exaggeration.  But if you use the term in a description of Stu Johnston you could be accused of minimizing his contributions to the Florence area. The longtime resident, businessman and civic leader passed […]

Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Scholarship Offer

A $300.00 scholarship is offered to all students, in the Florence-Mapleton-Deadwood areas, by the Martin Luther King Jr. committee and it’s generous donors, for an essay about Dr. King’s work on Economics, Ethics and Equity and how they relate to each other. The essay should be 1000 words or less, […]

3rd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 12/10/2012 10:34 AM OR–3rd NewsMinute/279 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The Department of Human Services is investigating what may be the largest case of welfare client fraud in Oregon history. The Oregonian reports investigators say Donte Marquis Muhammad and […]

2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 12/10/2012 09:29 AM OR–2nd NewsMinute/240 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   BEAVERTON, Ore. (AP) – The Washington County sheriff’s office says a clerk was tied up but unharmed by a robber this morning at a Beaverton motel. Deputies say a man wearing a black […]

NW Sports from the AP

Date: 12/10/2012 05:29 AM NW–1st SportsMinute/256 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press   SEATTLE (AP) – Marshawn Lynch had three touchdown runs and Seattle set a franchise record for points in a 58-0 win over Arizona on Sunday. Seattle kept firm grasp […]