Date: 08/25/2014 04:00 AM
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Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) – Biologists plan to recapture and re-collar OR-7, Oregon’s famous wandering wolf that is now a settled father of pups. The Medford Mail Tribune reports that the plan calls for recapturing the male wolf along with his mate and three pups to keep tracking Western Oregon’s only known wolf family. A federal biologist plans to set foot-hold snares in the area of eastern Jackson County in hopes of capturing at least one of the animals so it can be fitted with a GPS-transmitting collar similar to the one used to track OR-7’s 3,000-mile journey that led him here.
HOOD RIVER, Ore. (AP) – Oregon State Police say a bicyclist died after a collision with a pickup truck near Hood River yesterday morning. Lieutenant Gregg Hastings says 52-year-old Ellen Dittebrandt was riding her bicycle along westbound Interstate 84 at Viento State Park interchange when a Ford pickup truck driven by a 55-year-old John C. Allman struck her from behind, ejecting the rider. Dittebrandt was pronounced dead at the scene. She was wearing a helmet.
ALBANY, Ore. (AP) – An Albany man who violently sexually abused two children for two years has been sentenced to 37 years in prison. The Albany Democrat Herald reports 36-year-old Steven Truchon was sentenced in Linn County Circuit Court on Wednesday. Truchon had pleaded guilty to three counts of first-degree sex abuse and first-degree unlawful sexual penetration in June. Authorities say Truchon knew both victims, a teen boy under 15 and a girl under 12.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Oregon has created a new committee to clarify the state’s rules around rail transport of hazardous materials, including crude oil. State officials hope to figure out how much information they can legally require railways to disclose. Last month, Governor John Kitzhaber released a review of oil train safety that called for an increase in state rail inspectors, more funding for training, and improved reporting and transparency.
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