AP-OR–1st NewsMinute,289 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Gov. John Kitzhaber’s administration has implemented a hiring freeze and other cost-cutting measures. The governor ordered the freeze yesterday at the request of legislative budget leaders. A memo to agency heads says positions “essential […]
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Local News – Vermont Health Care Speaker; Limiting Holiday Temptation; Fire District Sign in Violation of Code; Athlete of the Week
“How Vermont Won Health Care for All” speaking tour stopping in Florence Organizers of a landmark state law in Vermont that will alter the way that state’s residents pay for health care say medicine is a basic human right and is on a par with other ‘public good’ services such […]
3rd Oregon News Minute from the AP
AP-OR–3rd NewsMinute,216 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A Warm Springs man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for killing a bystander during a shooting. The U.S. attorney’s office says 23-year-old Ted Barney pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the […]
2nd Oregon News from the AP
AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute,230 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) – The 51-year-old Medford man accused of killing his wife and four young children and setting their house on fire last summer is due in court today. Jordan Criado (cree-AH’-doh) is expected to enter a […]
NW Sports from the AP
AP-NW–1st SportsMinute,291 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) – Undrafted rookie Doug Baldwin blocked a first-quarter punt that was returned by Michael Robinson 17 yards for a touchdown, then caught a 29-yard TD pass from Tarvaris Jackson in the third […]
1st Oregon News Minute from the AP
AP-OR–1st NewsMinute,303 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Hours after the Port of Portland shut down two of its four terminals when police arrested two people and seized weapons, about 400 anti-Wall Street protesters briefly disrupted a third terminal. Protesters blocked movement […]
3rd Oregon News Minute from the AP
AP-OR–3rd NewsMinute,245 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Police have arrested three people near an Occupy Portland protest at the city’s port. Police say they also found a gun and a sword when they pulled over a car with two men inside. […]
Local News – Sweet Creek Road Repairs; Siuslaw Schools; Museum Donation and Viking Sports
Sweet Creek Road Repairs to be Outlined A major repair for an 11-hundred foot long retaining wall along Sweet Creek Road is set to begin in the summer of 2012. The preliminary designs for that structure along the Siuslaw River, 2 miles south of Mapleton, will be introduced later this […]
