Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Nearly 10,000 state workers who enrolled a new health program face a monthly penalty since they didn’t fill out a required online survey by the deadline. The Public Employee Benefit Board says about 14 percent of […]
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Viking Sports – Softball Tames the Tigers
Viking Softball unloaded on the Bandon Tigers in two games Thursday… In game one, Kylie Brandt was three-for-three with five RBI as Siuslaw came out on top 16-2 in 4 ½ innings. Coach Sean O’Mara called it a “flawless defensive outing” for the Viks. In the nightcap, the Vikings exploded […]
Local News: Old Town Project Delayed; Easter Egg Hunts; Studded Tires; Preventing Child Abuse
Old Town Infrastructure on the cusp… but not quite ready to begin. Much of the pipe is ready to go, equipment is staged at the top of the hill on Quince Street, but work on the Old Town Infrastructure Improvement Project won’t get underway for another week and a half. […]
3rd Oregon News Minute from the AP
AP-OR–3rd NewsMinute,291 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press BEAVERTON, Ore. (AP) – A driver is facing charges that he caused a bicycle rider to crash into the back of his car in Beaverton. Bicyclist Derrick Fleming says Christopher Williams cut in front of him Wednesday, causing […]
2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP
AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute,254 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) – A 54-year-old Oregon man who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 2010 shooting death of a neighbor has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. Anthony McOwen will get credit for the time he’s […]
NW Sports from the AP
AP-NW–1st SportsMinute,292 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press (Stations: Note contents in last item.) SEATTLE (AP) – A venture capitalist who wants to build a sports arena to bring professional basketball back to Seattle will pay for a study to determine the […]
1st Oregon News Minute from the AP
AP-OR–1st NewsMinute,324 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) – An Oregon prosecutor has told jurors that a woman was under the influence of three drugs when she killed two teens and injured another with her sport utility vehicle. Sophia Downing is on trial […]
Local News – Police confirm pipe bomb; Dialysis Clinic needs to cut costs; Reedsport Police investigating death; Florence 4th graders fight alien invaders
Highway 126 Closure Was Caused by Explosive Device The incident that closed Highway 126 just east of Florence for about three hours Tuesday evening turned out to be an explosive one after all says Oregon State Police Lieutenant Gregg Hastings. Gregg Hastings – “It was a pipe bomb. It was […]