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NW Sports from the AP

Date: 07/18/2012 05:29 AM NW–SportsMinute/250 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press   KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Justin Smoak and Michael Saunders each hit two-run homers and the Seattle Mariners beat the Kansas City Royals 9-6 last night. Every Mariners starter had […]

Local News: Marine Debris Cleanup; Wildfire; Home Prep; School Levy; Whales

States to get token marine debris cleanup funding It’s been described as a “slow-motion environmental disaster” that could take years to unfold.  The March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan unleashed hundreds of thousands of tons of household, industrial and environmental detritus into the Pacific Ocean… some of which has […]

NW Sports from the AP

Date: 07/17/2012 05:29 AM NW–SportsMinute/267 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press   KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Casper Wells homered and drove in a career-high five runs, all of them against Jonathan Sanchez, and the Seattle Mariners beat up the Kansas City […]

Local News – Municipal Judge; Power Outage; State Wildfires; Horse Creek Logging

Municipal Judge Evaluation Set for This Evening. The Florence City Council will meet in private executive session this evening to discuss the job performance of the Municipal Court Judge.  Rick Brissendon’s contract for a similar position in Cottage Grove was recently terminated because officials there said he ran a slow […]