Siuslaw Track and Field Siuslaw’s Hayden Schaffner ran the fastest time in the 800 meters Saturday evening at the Jim Robinson Pepsi Twilight meet in Roseburg. Schaffner’s 1:56.24 was not only the best at the meet, but the best in Oregon so far this season in any class. Schaffner along […]
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Local News – Maple Street Rhody Closure; Farley-Campbell Deployment; Coastal Cuisine; Tax Day?
Old Town Street Closure over Rhody Days Draws Fire An application to close one block of Maple Street during the annual Rhododendron Festival in May has drawn fire from neighboring businesses in Old Town. The Chamber of Commerce wants to move the annual Vendor Fair to the block of Maple […]
3rd Oregon News Minute from the AP
AP-OR–3rd NewsMinute/243 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — About 150 Occupy Portland protesters went on a field trip to Washington state this weekend to protest nuclear war, nuclear energy and nuclear waste. They visited Richland, next to Hanford nuclear reservation. Activist Helen […]
2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP
AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/261 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Prosecutors have dropped animal neglect charges against owners of 120 high-end horses rescued last year from a snowbound ranch in northeastern Oregon. The owner, 78-year-old Byrde Lynn Hill and her former husband Frank Baxter […]
1st Oregon News from the AP
AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/364 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press TURNER, Ore. (AP) — A man who gave himself up following a standoff with police in Turner is a worker with the state Department of Corrections. KATU reports that 39-year-old Michael Wilson Yann turned himself in at about […]
NW Sports from the AP
AP-NW–SportsMinute/270 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Marcus Thornton scored 20 points and made the winning jumper with 3.4 seconds left, lifting the Sacramento Kings to a 104-103 win over the Portland Trail Blazers. Thornton hit a 17-footer […]
Local News – Boys and Girls Club facing funding challenges; Florence Officials meet with Governor’s Representatives; Co-Speakers invite words and action; and a couple minor quakes
Increased Membership Brings Increased Funding Requirements A slight change in focus, and an expanded partnership with Siuslaw Schools over the past 18 months has been a boon to membership at the Boys and Girls Club. Director Ken Gaylord says the two organizations cooperated on the federal 21st Century Grant to […]
3rd Oregon News Minute from the AP
AP-OR–3rd NewsMinute/265 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland Mayor Sam Adams says he won’t implement an arbitrator’s ruling that a police officer fired after he shot an unarmed man in the back in 2010 should be reinstated. Adams said yesterday he […]
