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NW Sports from the AP

Date: 03/27/2015 04:59 AM AP-NW–SportsMinute/239 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) – Khris Davis and Luis Jimenez hit grand slams and the Milwaukee Brewers had another big offensive day in a 15-1 win over a Seattle Mariners split-squad yesterday. Scooter […]

1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 03/27/2015 03:59 AM AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/271 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) – A Democratic budget for Oregon schools is headed for votes in the full House and Senate, likely next week. The Ways and Means Committee approved the $7.3 billion spending plan […]

26 March 2015 Resignation creates early vacancy on Port Commission Port of Siuslaw President Ron Caputo said Bill Fleenor’s resignation from the commission earlier this week wasn’t expected. But, Caputo said, he wasn’t surprised by it either. Fleenor announced he would be stepping down from his post 3 months early […]

2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 03/26/2015 09:07 AM AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/263 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Police say a 23-year-old man has been arrested in the attempted abduction of a toddler walking with his mother on a northwest Portland street. Sgt. Pete Simpson says several passers-by […]

NW Sports from the AP

Date: 03/26/2015 04:59 AM AP-NW–SportsMinute/253 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press PEORIA, Ariz. (AP) – Taijuan Walker extended his flawless spring to 18 scoreless innings, and Mike Zunino homered for the Seattle Mariners in a 3-2 victory last night over the Chicago […]

1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 03/26/2015 03:59 AM AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/264 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) – An Oregon legislative committee has advanced a bill that would require nearly all employers to give workers up to five days a year of paid sick leave. Democrats say their […]

Lane County will likely benefit from timber payments extension

25 March 2015 Lane County could see extra money from Feds A probable extension of the federal “Secure Rural Schools” act could bring extra cash to Lane County. But only temporarily. Lawmakers in Washington D.C. reached a deal yesterday that would extend the so-called federal “timber payments” law for another […]