Date: 01/16/2015 03:59 AM
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Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Gov. John Kitzhaber has named a new chair of the Oregon Transportation Commission, moving swiftly to replace the leader he fired earlier this week. Tammy Baney has served on the transportation commission since 2011. She replaces Catherine Mater, who was dismissed by Kitzhaber on Tuesday after she spent just seven months in the position. Kitzhaber’s office has said little about why he forced Mater out.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Police and school officials swung into action when a neighbor reported hearing loud popping sounds near a Portland-area high school that was the scene of a fatal shooting last June. The Oregonian reports that a Reynolds School District spokeswoman says Reynolds High School administrators and school resource officers checked for any threats. Police say they the source of the noise was a nearby roofer using a nail gun.
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) – The Obama administration has told 41 states how much money they are losing after Congress ended subsidies to counties that contain national forest land. The U.S. Forest Service is distributing more than $50 million to 746 timber counties nationwide – compared to about $300 million during the final year of the Secure Rural Schools subsidies program.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The parents of a boy with cerebral palsy seek $36 million in a lawsuit against an Oregon hospital system, alleging it misrepresented the risks of a water birth. The lawsuit states Luca Marino was born at a Portland hospital in December 2011. His parents allege the hospital wrongly stated that water births carry less risk than traditional births.
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