Date: 04/23/2014 03:59 AM
AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/261
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) – The Medford School District says it saved $725,000 while teachers were on strike for 11 workdays in February. Officials say the district paid more than $2 million to keep schools open during the strike, but still came out ahead on the budget. The money will be transferred from the district’s general fund to a special revenue fund.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) – The Oregon Department of Agriculture says the thousands of honey bees found dead along Highway 99 in Sherwood may have been hit by cars. A department spokesman says an investigator found about 30 commercial hives on a nearby lot with a vacant house. The investigator also sent some of the dead bees to Oregon State University, where an expert will check them for pesticides, disease and parasites.
ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) – The Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife Division says the reward for information that helps solve the shooting of a fawn last month near Roseburg has grown to $5,500. Wildlife officials say the Humane Society groups have offered $5,000 for information leading to the conviction of those responsible. The fawn was shot late on the night of March 28 and its body was left in a roadside ditch.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The Oregon Humane Society says nearly 60 cats and kittens that had been living in a Newberg, Ore., apartment have been rescued and taken to the society’s shelter in Portland. The Oregon Humane Society Executive Director says the owner gave up the cats after being overwhelmed by their care and feeding needs.
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