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PTA Fitness Fair promotes healthy learning

20 November 2015 Booster club fun run precedes event The theme tomorrow at Siuslaw Middle School will be health and fitness. The PTA and Siuslaw Athletic Booster Club are teaming up for a pair of events. First up at nine: the Boosters “Civil War Fitness Challenge” three-K walk and five-K […]

2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 11/20/2015 09:08 AM AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/267 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) – Authorities say one man is dead after he was ejected from his vehicle in a crash near Cave Junction. The Mail Tribune reports state police say Jacob Shepherd had been […]

NW Sports from the AP

Date: 11/20/2015 05:00 AM AP-NW–SportsMinute/214 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) – Gabe York scored a career-high 23 points, including four 3-pointers, to lead four Arizona players in double figures and the No. 12 Wildcats pulled away in the […]

1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 11/20/2015 04:00 AM AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/240 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Oregon Rep. Kurt Schrader is one of 47 Democrats who joined with House Republicans to support making it harder for Syrian and Iraqi refugees to enter the United States. Rep. […]

Port Commission to restart manager hiring process

19 November 2015 Commissioners unable to reach agreement Port of Siuslaw Commissioners are not able to reach an agreement on who should take over as manager of the district. They met last night in a private session to talk about the five finalists they interviewed earlier this week. Commission President […]

Beavers and Owls, oh my!

19 November 2015 Oregon State and Rice on the court in Houston Oregon State Basketball is on the road to Houston this evening where they’ll take on the Rice Owls. It’s the fourth meeting ever of the two teams. The first was in 1956, which the Owls won. Oregon State […]

2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 11/19/2015 09:14 AM AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/297 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press SANDY, Ore. (AP) – An 80-year-old woman spent the night trapped in bed after a tree fell on her home east of Portland. The Sandy Fire District says it was alerted yesterday morning by […]