Date: 10/20/2014 09:29 AM
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Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
SISTERS, Ore. (AP) – The Sherwood family killed in a crash on Highway 20 near Santiam Pass had left their 6-year-old son behind with a friend. The boy was orphaned by Saturday’s crash that killed 27-year-old Tiffany Fefelov, her 34-year-old husband Fred Fefelov and their daughter 7-month-old daughter Mia. Tiffany Fefelov’s uncle, Allen James, tells KTVZ that contributions for the family are being collected online.
GRESHAM, Ore. (AP) – Residents in Gresham neighborhood can now drink their tap water without boiling it first, after the city lifted a limited boil water notice. The city says that results from water quality tests showed no bacteria. The boil-water notice had affected about 130 homes in south central Gresham.
LAKE OSWEGO, Oregon (AP) – A 36-year-old man suspected of robbing a bank in Lake Oswego over the weekend is also a suspect in his aunt’s murder and another bank robbery. Lake Oswego police say Teddy Stivahtis is suspected of robbing a Key Bank branch Saturday morning. The Oregonian reports that he’s a suspect in the Oct. 10 stabbing death of his mother in Gresham.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The U.S. Coast Guard will discuss the pending closure of one of its three air facilities along the Oregon coast at a public hearing in Newport today. Oregon Public Broadcasting says 40 to 50 missions that are flown out of the Newport facility every year will be re-routed to North Bend or Astoria. Members of Oregon’s Congressional delegation have expressed their concern over the facility’s closure.
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