Date: 09/23/2014 03:59 AM
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Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A Portland community activist originally from El Salvador has spent the weekend hidden in a church after immigration authorities tried to detain him last week. According to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Francisco Aguirre is facing deportation due to a drug trafficking conviction from 15 years ago. The 35-year-old Aguirre has lived illegally in the U.S. for 19 years and has two U.S. citizen children. He’s the coordinator of the Portland day labor center.
BAKER CITY, Ore. (AP) – A U.S. Forest Service spokesman says an Oregon-based firefighter has been seriously injured while fighting a wildfire in Idaho. The spokesman says 51-year-old Richard Ochoa Jr. suffered a fractured skull, two broken arms and a broken jaw. Ochoa was flown to a Boise hospital, where he was reported in stable condition in intensive care.
ST. HELENS, Ore. (AP) – Volunteers and deputies with the Columbia County sheriff’s office are searching for a lost bow hunter. The sheriff’s office says 37-year-old Jon Hill of Hillsboro failed to return Saturday night, and his family says they last heard from him in a phone call Sunday when he sounded disoriented.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A man who says he suffered a broken leg after he refused to stop and show his receipt as he left a Costco Wholesale store in Portland has filed a lawsuit. The Oregonian reports that Timothy Walls is seeking $670,000. One of Walls’ lawyers says the man didn’t believe the store had a right to detain him. A suburban Portland lawyer representing Costco declined to comment.
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