Date: 07/22/2013 03:59 AM
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Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
WARM SPRINGS, Ore. (AP) – A wildfire more than 15 square miles large forced the evacuation of an Oregon resort over the weekend and caused road closures. KTVZ reports that the fire on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation raced across rangeland over the weekend, aided by hot temperatures and wind. Yesterday, the fire threatened the Kah-Nee-Ta resort. The Oregonian reports more than 350 firefighters are on the ground battling the blaze, which investigators suspect was human-caused.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Police say a 49-year-old man has been arrested after making threats with a gun at a southeast Portland park. Officers were flagged down by people at Brooklyn Park yesterday morning. Witnesses told officers the man was making threats with a gun. He also allegedly had a homemade explosive device in a bag. His name wasn’t immediately released.
PORT ANGELES, Wash. (AP) – A spokeswoman for Olympic National Park says a 28-year-old man died after a fall while climbing near Mount Olympus’ summit on Saturday. Barb Maynes says Richard Grey Liston of Portland, Ore., was climbing with a companion near the summit on the east face of the mountain when he fell in to an area of rocks and glacier ice.
PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) – The Umatilla school board is considering requiring random drug tests for students who want to participate in extracurricular activities. The East Oregonian reports that there aren’t any apparent problems with drugs in Umatilla schools. At the 370-student high school last year, there was only one drug incident involving marijuana on campus last year. But superintendent Heidi Sipe says the interest in a random drug testing policy is borne out of concern over drug use off-campus.
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