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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 […]

2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 03/25/2015 09:07 AM AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/292 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – The family of Brittany Maynard today will release a new video recorded before her death, testifying in support of California’s proposed aid-in-dying legislation. Maynard was a 29-year-old California woman with […]