Date: 09/29/2015 04:00 AM AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/261 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Starting Thursday, Oregon’s medical marijuana dispensaries will be able to sell pot to recreational users. A law passed last year legalized possessing and growing limited amounts of marijuana for personal […]
Month: September 2015
Florence Public Works Dept to get new headquarters
28 September 2015 Scaled back Public Works Headquarters to begin next spring Florence’s Public Works department will be making a move sometime next year. Public Works Director Mike Miller said a new facility is in the works for the business park just north of the airport. Mike Miller – “We’re […]
Weekend Sports Recap
16 September 2015 Vikings and Sailors win on the gridiron; Woahink XC Invitational results; and college football. Siuslaw avenges 2014 loss to the Lancers Kenneth Thrall carried the ball 19 times for 101 yards and two touchdowns; plus intercepted a pass, as the Siuslaw Vikings opened the Far West League […]
2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP
Date: 09/28/2015 09:13 AM AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/241 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – Royal Dutch Shell PLC says it’s ceasing exploration in offshore Alaska for the foreseeable future. The company says an exploratory well drilled to 6,800 feet found oil and gas but […]
1st Oregon News Minute from the AP
Date: 09/28/2015 04:00 AM AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/275 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Portland police are searching for a car that struck and killed a 34-year-old man in a hit-and-run. Investigators say a white, four-door Honda Civic from the mid-2000s struck the man […]
NW Sports from the AP
Date: 09/28/2015 05:00 AM AP-NW–1st SportsMinute/354 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) – Tyler Lockett returned the second-half kickoff 105 yards for a touchdown, Russell Wilson connected with Jimmy Graham on a 30-yard TD, and the Seattle Seahawks routed the […]
Port Manager resigns; Commission to begin process of finding replacement
25 September 2015 Port Commission to begin recruitment process When Bob Forsythe was hired as the manager of the Port of Siuslaw in the spring of 2012, he said his intention was to hold the post for only three years. He wasn’t very far off. He intends to step down […]
Prep volleyball results; football and cross country schedules for today and tomorrow
25 September 2015 Prep Volleyball The McKenzie Eagles knocked off the Mapleton Sailors last night, 3-1, in a Mountain West League volleyball match in Mapleton. Freshman Alyssa Richards had seven aces and 13 kills to lead the Sailors. 1A-3 Mountain West League League Overall Sets Won Sets Lost OSAA Ranking […]