Date: 09/15/2015 03:59 AM AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/258 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press BAKER CITY, Ore. (AP) – An Eastern Oregon wildfire has grown to nearly 20 square miles. The Dry Gulch fire is burning northwest of Richland. Crews are trying to stop it from spreading farther […]
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Rods and Rhodies deemed success
14 August 2015 Huge crowd fills Old Town As far as community events go, the annual Rods and Rhodies hot rod show in Florence was a big success says Cal Applebee. Cal Applebee – “The crowd, both on Saturday and Sunday was just phenomenal. People were down there in droves, […]
Vikings improve to 2-0 on the gridiron
14 September 2015 Rolls to 24-6 win over the Billies Preston Mitchell completed 9 of 18 passes and carried the ball 16 times for 129 yards as the Siuslaw Vikings rolled to a 24-6 non-league football victory over Pleasant Hill Friday night in Florence. Kenneth Thrall carried the ball 12 […]
2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP
Date: 09/14/2015 09:12 AM AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/269 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – In the wake of some of the West Coast’s largest wildfires, ranchers are wrestling with the loss of cattle and grazing land. Data show that the vast majority of 2,600 […]
NW Sports from the AP
Date: 09/14/2015 05:00 AM AP-NW–Sports Right Now/259 Latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports LOUIS (AP) – Greg Zuerlein kicked a 37-yard field goal in overtime and the St. Louis Rams survived an 18-point fourth quarter rally by the Seattle Seahawks, beating the two-time defending NFC champions 34-31 yesterday. The Seahawks […]
1st Oregon News Minute from the AP
Date: 09/14/2015 03:59 AM AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/272 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A federal grant could help the Portland Police Bureau make progress on a backlog of untested sexual assault kits that has more than doubled despite promises to eliminate it. The […]
Air gun triggers school lockdown
11 September 2015 Incident was over almost as soon as it began A report of an unknown person carrying what appeared to be a handgun on the sidewalk near Siuslaw Middle School yesterday morning triggered an immediate lockdown of schools. It also brought a very quick response from Florence Police […]
Sports: prep volleyball and football; college football
11 September 2015 Viking Volleyball splits on the road The Siuslaw Vikings came away from a long night last night with a non-league split on the volleyball court in Newport. They opened with a tough 5-game loss to Junction City in which Ali Scheer had 12 perfect serve-receive passes and […]