Suspected Pipe Bomb Closes Highway… turns out to be non-explosive Initially described as being a pipe bomb, a suspicious object kept Highway 126 just east of Florence closed for more than three hours last night. Police and transportation officials closed the highway around eight pm after finding a – quote […]
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3rd Oregon News Minute from the AP
AP-OR–3rd NewsMinute,277 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) – A Lane County sheriff’s deputy shot and wounded a woman who was armed with a gun outside a home near Springfield. Deputies responding to a domestic violence report Monday night say she refused to […]
2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP
AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute,286 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press FLORENCE, Ore. (AP) – A stretch of state highway near Florence has reopened after a state police bomb squad checked out a reported suspicious object on a bridge. A stretch of Oregon Highway 126W east of Three Rivers […]
NW Sports from the AP
AP-NW–1st SportsMinute,433 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) – Carlos Peguero had four hits, including a two-run homer, in the Seattle Mariners’ 9-8 loss to the Colorado Rockies yesterday. Peguero collected his fifth spring homer and three singles. He […]
1st Oregon News Minute from the AP
AP-OR–1st NewsMinute,342 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press FOREST GROVE, Ore. (AP) – Fire officials in Forest Grove say a farm worker was using a cutting torch on a metal drum when it exploded, setting fire to the man’s clothes. Fire Division Chief Dave Nemeyer said […]
Local News – Local man facing theft and burg charges; Beach Cleanup sweats the small stuff; Advance Directives; Preserving Foods
As many as a dozen burglaries may have been cracked with one arrest Police say they’ve recovered stolen goods valued at $40-thousand, and so far, made one arrest in relation to as many as a dozen burglaries in Western Oregon. 28-year old Jesse Leon Johnson is facing several theft, […]
Local Sports – Athlete of the Week
Taking a look at Coast Radio Sports… Prep softball yesterday… the Marshfield Pirates were in Florence for a non-league double-header against the Siuslaw Vikings and took both games… but they were very different. In game one, the Vikings held a one-run lead, but the Pirates capitalized on a fielding error […]
3rd Oregon News Minute from the AP
AP-OR–3rd NewsMinute,241 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Portland School Superintendent Carole Smith says the district needs to eliminate 110 teaching jobs and 38 administrative jobs and to close two small schools to balance the budget for the coming year. She made […]