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1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 07/29/2015 03:59 AM AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/269 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Oregon will allow marijuana sales to adults beginning Oct. 1, nearly a year sooner than originally planned. Gov. Kate Brown signed a bill allowing existing medical marijuana dispensaries to temporarily […]

Emeralds start 2nd half with a shout

28 July 2015 11 hits power Eugene to 9-5 win The Eugene Emeralds started the second half of the Northwest League season with a 9-5 win over the Boise Hawks last night at home. The Hawks scored first, taking a lead in the top of the first inning, but the […]

2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 07/28/2015 09:19 AM AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/272 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A 24-year-old woman has been sentenced to six years in prison for attacking a stranger with a knife outside a Milwaukie bar. The Oregonian reports that Danielle Welsh had pleaded […]

NW Sports from the AP

Date: 07/28/2015 05:00 AM AP-NW–SportsMinute/305 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) – Paul Goldschmidt hit his 22nd homer of the season in the first inning and scored the go-ahead run in the 10th on Jake Lamb’s sacrifice fly as the […]

1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 07/28/2015 04:00 AM AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/284 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Authorities in Oregon are investigating suspicious packages sent to government buildings around the state. Oregon State Police said Monday that some of the packages contained an unknown substance. Oregon State […]

Power rate increases expected by 2016

27 July 2015 Bonneville Power raising wholesale rates The Bonneville Power Administration announced last week wholesale electricity rates will be going up on average 7.1-percent over the next two years. The impact that will have on retail rates on the central coast haven’t yet been determined, but Chris Chandler with […]

2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 07/27/2015 09:15 AM AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/245 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Eugene police say they’ve arrested a 78-year-old man in a woman’s suspicious death last week. The Register-Guard reports police said they arrested Howard Richard Stull on a murder charge as […]