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MARINERS-PADRES Ramirez homers twice as Padres rout Mariners 14-6 SAN DIEGO (AP) — Alexei Ramirez homered twice and matched his career high with five RBIs, and Adam Rosales and Wil Myers also homered for the San Diego Padres, who beat the Seattle Mariners 14-6 Wednesday night several hours after executive […]

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Date: 06/02/2016 06:20 AM AP-OR–2nd Right Now/1286 FOSTER CARE-SHUTDOWNS Oregon shuts down 4 Medford-area adult foster homes (Information from: Mail Tribune, http://www.mailtribune.com/) MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) – Officials in Oregon have shut down four adult foster care homes, including one that accepted extra Medicaid funds but didn’t hire the necessary caregivers. […]

Local disaster response planning to be tested

a Cascadia Rising – A reminder to get ready A four-day exercise for emergency response planners next week will test communications and other preparations in place in the event of a large scale earthquake and tsunami.  Siuslaw Valley Fire and Rescue Chief Jim Langborg says while the drill won’t directly […]

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AP-NW–Sports Right Now/541 PADRES-MARINERS Seattle uses 5 home runs to pummel San Diego 16-4 SEATTLE (AP) — Seth Smith hit two of Seattle’s five home runs and finished with four RBIs, Adam Lind and Kyle Seager both hit three-run homers, and the Mariners pummeled San Diego 16-4 on Tuesday. Seattle […]