Date: 01/08/2015 09:29 AM
AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/257
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Oregon State Police say the driver is to blame in the crash of a tanker truck that was moving juvenile salmon from a failing hatchery to safer waters. The driver, 45-year-old Ray Lewis of Umpqua, was cited yesterday on drunken driving and reckless driving charges. The crash on Dec. 30 near Walterville killed 11,000 Chinook salmon smolts.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A Boeing 757 cargo plane made an emergency landing yesterday evening at Portland International Airport after at least five ducks hit the plane, causing engine damage. A Port of Portland spokeswoman tells KATU-TV that the plane had just taken off about 6:30 p.m. when it hit the birds. The crew of two was unhurt and the plane landed safely.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A lawsuit claims the Oregon Lottery misleads video poker players to think they’ll do better if they let the machines play their hands. Plaintiff Justin Curzi told Oregon Public Broadcasting that the machines didn’t always make the smartest plays. The lottery’s website warns players they may not do as well relying on the machine.
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) – Oregon’s famous wandering wolf, OR-7, is now the leader of his own pack. State and federal wildlife agencies have designated OR-7, his mate and their pups the Rogue Pack, for their location in the Rogue River drainage in the Cascades east of Medford. As a youngster, OR-7 left his pack in northeastern Oregon in September 2011 in search of a mate.
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