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Local Sports – Cole Named Athlete of the Week

Siuslaw Track and Field standout Ashlee Cole is Coast Radio Sports’ Athlete of the Week.  The sophomore thrower claimed the Far West District Title in the discus with a personal best throw of 95-feet, 9-inches.  She also finished third in the javelin with a toss of 104-feet, 4-inches. Honorable mention […]

3rd Oregon News Minute from the AP

OR–3rd NewsMinute/233 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Sen. Jeff Merkley says a proposed budget cut would surrender national forests to illegal marijuana growers. He recently wrote a letter in opposition to the Obama administration’s proposed two-thirds cut in the National […]

2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

OR–2nd NewsMinute/233 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A Portland jury has awarded $332,000 to two men, finding they were fired after they complained to Oregon regulators about the lack of an on-the-job toilet. The Oregonian reports that Douglas Eki and […]

NW Sports from the AP

NW–SportsMinute/366 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press   SEATTLE (AP) – Ichiro Suzuki (EE’-cheer-oh soo-ZOO’-kee) and the Seattle Mariners chased Texas’ Yu Darvish after just four innings in his shortest start of the season, and the Mariners rolled to their fourth win […]

1st Oregon News Minute

OR–1st NewsMinute/314 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   NORTH BEND, Ore. (AP) – Authorities in North Bend say a man has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after firing at police. The World newspaper of Coos Bay reports that police discovered the body of 27-year-old […]

Local News – Rhody Results – Nothing Short of Wild

Wow.  It really was nothing short of wild… Who knows, maybe it was the sunshine on Friday and Saturday.  Maybe it was the pent-up frustrations of a winter that brought some of the wettest weather to Oregon in recent memory. Or, maybe it was just time to have a party. […]