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Ems end 1st half of season on a skid

27 July 2015 2nd half of Northwest League season begins tonight The Eugene Emeralds needed a three-game sweep over the weekend in order to even have a chance at winning the Southern Division title in the first half of the season. They had the sweep… but it was the wrong […]

NW Sports from the AP

Date: 07/27/2015 04:59 AM AP-NW–SportsMinute/247 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) – Franklin Gutierrez homered with one out in the bottom of the 10th inning yesterday to give Seattle a 6-5 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays, a game the […]

1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 07/27/2015 03:59 AM AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/255 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office says it arrested a 34-year-old woman for boating while intoxicated after the propeller of the pontoon boat she was steering struck a swimmer’s leg. KGW-TV […]

Armed response at Siuslaw High School draws spectators

24 July 2015 Training for the worst case… The armored personnel vehicle lumbered up to one of the front doors at Siuslaw High School yesterday afternoon, as armed and armored police officers ringed the perimeter. It was just a training exercise; one of several different scenarios that officers with the […]

Emeralds keep division hopes alive

24 July 2015 2-1 win at home snaps four game losing skid The Eugene Emeralds are only five-for-13 on the road, but their home record improved to 12-and-5 last night with a 2-1 win over the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes at PK Park. The Ems snapped a four-game losing streak and improved […]

2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 07/24/2015 09:15 AM AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/249 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – An Oregon winemaker has sued a neighboring farmer, claiming herbicide drifted from the grass-seed field and destroyed one of his grape crops. The Oregonian reports that Willamette Valley Vineyards’ lawsuit […]

NW Sports from the AP

Date: 07/24/2015 04:59 AM AP-NW–SportsMinute/226 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press DETROIT (AP) – Mike Zunino’s RBI double in the top of the 12th inning gave the Seattle Mariners a 3-2 win over the Detroit Tigers yesterday. Chris Taylor started the 12th […]

1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 07/24/2015 03:59 AM AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/230 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) – The Oregon Board of Forestry has postponed a decision on updating state logging regulations to keep streams cool enough for salmon. A new riparian rule would mandate just how […]