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NW Sports Minute from the AP

Date: 07/11/2012 05:29 AM NW–SportsMinute/341 (Eds: Please note general sports interest in last 3 items.) Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press   ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – After a year in which tragedy struck the Mount Marathon race in Alaska, changes will be […]

1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 07/11/2012 03:59 AM OR–1st NewsMinute/254 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A lightning-sparked wildfire in southeastern Oregon has grown to more than 50,000 acres. A Bureau of Land Management spokesman says additional crews have deployed to the Long Draw fire […]

3rd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 07/10/2012 10:52 AM OR–3rd NewsMinute/245 (Eds: Fixing slugline to AP-OR–3rd NewsMinute ) Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – An animal-rights group says more than 11,000 wild predators were killed by federal trappers and shooters between 1998 and 2008 in Malheur […]

2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 07/10/2012 09:29 AM OR–2nd NewsMinute/264 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Portland airport police say an Eagle Point man who was told he couldn’t carry a loaded gun through a security checkpoint disregarded the recommendation that he check the pistol […]

NW Sports from the AP

Date: 07/10/2012 05:40 AM NW–SportsMinute/274 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press   PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – While speculation swirls about the Trail Blazers’ moves in free agency, the team is welcoming its three recent draft picks to Portland. Guards Damian Lillard and […]

1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 07/10/2012 03:59 AM OR–1st NewsMinute/258 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A massive wildfire in southeast Oregon prompted the evacuation of a Transportation Department station and temporarily halted southbound traffic on U.S. Highway 95. A Federal Bureau of Land Management […]