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Sandblasters drop season opener

16 June 2015 Taking a look at Coast Radio Sports: The Three Rivers Sandblasters committed five errors in their season opener yesterday; falling 9-1 to the Withnell Dodgers in Florence. Zach Inskeep, Jonathon Bennison and Tyler Campbell accounted for the ‘Blasters only hits. Brad Snow went six innings on the […]

2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 06/16/2015 09:29 AM AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/274 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A former cheerleader from the Portland suburb of Lake Oswego has pleaded guilty to helping a 31-year-old man take her former schoolmate to Washington for prostitution. The Oregonian reports that […]

NW Sports from the AP

Date: 06/16/2015 04:59 AM AP-NW–SportsMinute/260 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Kyle Seager hit his 11th home run with a solo shot in the eighth, Taijuan Walker struck out six in seven innings, and the Seattle Mariners beat […]

1st Oregon News from the AP

Date: 06/16/2015 03:59 AM AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/263 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) – House Speaker Tina Kotek is unveiling a proposal to gradually raise Oregon’s statewide minimum wage to $13 an hour by 2018. Kotek’s proposal would allow cities to select an even […]

City utility fees to increase

15 June 2015 Council to hear proposal Florence residents can expect to see an extra couple-of-dollars added to their utility bills come July 1st. The Florence City Council will consider fee increases this evening for water, wastewater and stormwater. The average increase for those three categories will total $1.47 per […]

2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 06/15/2015 09:18 AM AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/248 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) – A former executive of a southern Oregon helicopter company faces sentencing for falsifying weight records for a helicopter that crashed while carrying firefighters in 2008, killing nine people. Steven Metheny […]

NW Sports from the AP

Date: 06/15/2015 04:59 AM AP-NW–SportsMinute/269 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) – Rookie Lance McCullers and four relievers combined for a two-hitter and Evan Gattis tied a career high with four hits, helping the Houston Astros cruise to a 13-0 […]