Date: 10/02/2014 03:59 AM
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Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) – A federal judge has ruled that a federal water agency did not violate the law when it made special reservoir releases last year to help salmon in Northern California’s Klamath River survive the drought. But the judge wrote in his ruling that the next time the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation wants to release Trinity Reservoir water for Klamath River salmon, it needs to cite a better legal authority.
PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) – Developers of a test range in Eastern Oregon for the unmanned aerial vehicles known as drones have conducted their first flights, but high winds ended them early. The four-propeller drone was to scan a small barbecue grill for heat signatures – a test of its ability to pinpoint hot spots in wildfires.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – One person was injured by broken glass when some chemicals reacted to produce an explosion at a medical products laboratory in Eugene. The Register-Guard reports the explosion was at the campus of Thermo Fisher Scientific, which produces dyes and other products for the medical industry.
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) – A judge in southern Oregon has sentenced a 25-year-old man to five years in prison after Oregon State Police seized 22 pounds of methamphetamine from a vehicle in which he was a passenger. Jeronimo Novoa-Leal pleaded no contest to meth delivery and possession. The man will likely be deported to Mexico after serving his sentence.
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