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Local News Digest – Water, Wind, Trains and the Flu

City says they offered to waive rights to water service in UGB… The Heceta Water District Commission says they’re opposed to the City of Florence taking over water service to areas in the Urban Growth Boundary.  But, says city manager Bob Willoughby, a revision to Florence’s Water Master Plan several […]

2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute,279 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Police are investigating shootings that killed one man and wounded another last night in Portland. Police were called to a home in northeast Portland before 9 p.m. and found a man who was fatally […]

Downed trees cause power outage and block road

Power crews are working this morning to restore power to a large swath of area south of the Siuslaw River.  The early morning winds and heavy rain are getting the blame for causing several trees to fall across power lines and Canary Road two miles east of Highway 101.  

NW Sports from the AP

AP-NW–1st SportsMinute,294 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press RENTON, Wash. (AP) – The bye week couldn’t be coming at a better time for the Seattle Seahawks. They’re coming off an impressive 36-25 win over the New York Giants, but injury concerns are […]

1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

AP-OR–1st NewsMinute,304 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) – A former Salem mayor was among those joining in an Occupy Salem demonstration on the steps of the Oregon state Capitol. Former Mayor Mike Swaim told a crowd that the Statesman Journal estimated at […]

3rd Oregon News Minute from the AP

AP-OR–3rd NewsMinute,271 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – An autopsy today may confirm a body found in a Jeep in Oregon is a missing Washington man whose wife was killed in what an investigator calls a “vicious, vile reign of terror” by […]