Date: 02/11/2015 09:18 AM
AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/247
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Fish and wildlife troopers say their investigation of mule deer poaching has led them to people in central and southern Oregon. They say Gene Parsons of La Pine was arrested after being told that he had been involved in the illegal killing of a large number of mature trophy class mule deer bucks last fall. That investigation led troopers to a Grants Pass man accused of unlawful taking of mule deer and waste of a game mammal.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Oregon state regulators have issued the first license to grow industrial hemp in Oregon. But the Capital Press reports that the Eagle Point farmer who received the license currently can’t get seeds to plant because hemp is illegal under federal law. Hemp is related to marijuana but doesn’t cause a high.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Oregon education officials favor a one-year delay in ranking Oregon schools based on new, tougher tests. The Oregonian reports the tests called Smarter Balanced are considered more demanding than the tests the state has been using. They’re based on rigorous academic standards called the Common Core.
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) – A Washington State University researcher thinks he knows the cause of a mysterious “milky rain” that hit parts of the Pacific Northwest last Friday. While the ash-like substance has not yet been scientifically confirmed, the Weather Service says it’s believed to be from a dust storm that struck Oregon’s Summer Lake on Thursday night.
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