Month: May 2016

AP Northwest News Minute

Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press at 8:40 a.m. PDT  MILTON-FREEWATER, Ore. (AP) — Oregon State Police say a man has been arrested after a stabbing left a 24-year-old woman dead and their two young children injured. Milton-Freewater police found the couple, a 2-year-old boy and […]

School board discussed bond levy failure

Timing considered to be likely culprit The Siuslaw School Board spent about 90-minutes last night discussing the outcome of last week’s failed school construction bond levy.  Voters said no to $36.9-million that would have paid for a new high school.  Board Chair Tammy Butler said the consensus was there were […]

Duck softball hosting another round

Oregon hosts UCLA in softball super regional Five of the remaining 16 teams in the NCAA Softball College World Series brackets are from the Pac-12.  All five face “best-of-three” series this weekend in Super Regional play. Utah will take on Florida State in Tallahassee; Washington has Alabama at Tuscaloosa; and […]

Latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports

AP-NW–Sports Right Now UPDATE/872ATHLETICS-MARINERS Sluggin’ Seattle: Lind’s 6 RBIs lead Mariners past A’s 13-3 SEATTLE (AP) — Adam Lind hit home runs in his first two at-bats and had a season-best six RBIs while the Seattle Mariners scored a season-high in runs in a 13-3 rout of the Oakland Athletics […]

Justice Department urged to pursue legal action against former governor

Congressional panel releases critical Cover Oregon report A U.S. House committee has found former Governor John Kitzhaber, his advisers and a federal agency mishandled the creation of Oregon’s health insurance enrollment website. The committee is asking the Justice Department and state attorney general to conduct criminal investigations. It says in […]

Fore Kids Golf Tournament

Golfers and non-golfers can win prizes The annual Fore Kids Golf Tournament coming up June 4th will provide golfers and non-golfers a way to help raise money for the Boys and Girls Club… as well as possibly win some great prizes for themselves. The tournament will be at Ocean Dunes […]