“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 […]
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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 […]
2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP
AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute,218 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. – Anti-Wall Street protesters are planning to get an early start today as try to blockade West Coast ports from Anchorage to San Diego. Protesters plan to march on ports in Portland, Seattle, Tacoma and the […]