Date: 08/20/2013 10:59 AM
AP-OR–3rd NewsMinute/248
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Lane County commissioners are evaluating what, if anything, they can do about demonstrators camping in Wayne Morse Free Speech Plaza in Eugene. A judge last week nullified 21 trespassing citations that police had issued in January and about 70 people are camping in the plaza. It’s a demonstration by a group called SLEEPS – Safe Legally Entitled Emergency Place to Sleep.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – A federal judge in Eugene has thrown out the lawsuit of Fall Creek man who said an IRS agent forced him to have sex with her under threat of a penalty on his tax audit. Judge Thomas Coffin said the sex occurred after hours, away from work and apart from her duties as a federal employee. KVAL reports Vincent Burroughs plans to appeal.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – State Treasurer Ted Wheeler is warning of the tight deadline for a decision on a possible Oregon-only project for a new bridge across the Columbia River from Portland to Vancouver. The Oregonian reports Wheeler is in a bind because he has the responsibility to analyze financing and its impact on Oregon’s debt capacity and credit rating.
BEND, Ore. (AP) – Dogs belonging to homeless young people will be vaccinated for parvovirus at an August 26 clinic in downtown Bend. The service is a partnership of the Bend Spay & Neuter Project and Cascade Youth & Family Center. KTVZ reports at least three puppies have died this month in a parvovirus outbreak in Drake Park.
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