Date: 08/06/2014 03:59 AM
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Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – U.S. Department of Agriculture grain inspectors are refusing to walk past picket lines and into a grain terminal in Vancouver, Washington. The Capital Press newspaper reports that federal inspectors continue to work at the Columbia Grain facility in Portland, where locked out longshoremen are also picketing. Both export terminals have locked out workers from the International Longshore and Warehouse Union because of a contract dispute.
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) – A former Wisconsin police officer says he killed a 19-year-old college student accidentally during a choking game that went too far. But District Attorney Robert Zapf says it’s hard to believe 52-year-old Steven Zelich killed two women accidentally in similar circumstances. The remains of Jenny Gamez, a 19-year-old college student from Cottage Grove, Oregon, and another girl were found in suitcases left along a rural Wisconsin highway in June.
UMATILLA, Ore. (AP) – A wood-grinding machine exploded at a mill in Umatilla, sending heavy chunks of debris flying and causing about $150,000 in damage. Umatilla Fire Chief Mike Roxbury blamed a mechanical failure for the explosion and fire Monday in the tub grinder’s engine compartment. Nobody was injured, and firefighters kept the flames from reaching the tall piles of wood shavings.
SUTHERLIN, Ore. (AP) – The remains of a 74-year-old Southern Oregon man who vanished while hiking nearly two years ago have been found. The Douglas County sheriff’s office says a landowner found the skeletal remains in a ravine about a mile and a half northwest of Royce Paul Cratty’s home near Sutherlin. Deputies say foul play isn’t suspected.
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