Date: 07/17/2015 03:59 AM
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Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) – A man accused of killing his grandfather and opening fire on detectives has been sentenced to life in prison. The News-Review reports that 25-year-old Jonathan Lackey pleaded no contest to aggravated murder and first-degree arson and pleaded guilty to five counts of attempting to commit murder.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Oregon officials have prohibited fishing or curtailed fishing hours on most rivers in the state to avoid additional stress on wild fish suffering from drought-related high water temperatures and low stream flows. The state’s Department of Fish and Wildlife says angling for trout, salmon, steelhead and sturgeon will be prohibited at all times in the Willamette River downstream of Willamette Falls, on a section of the Clackamas River and several sections of the John Day River.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Oregon Institute of Technology has filed a breach-of-contract lawsuit against the maker of a pump that was to supply geothermal water for the university’s power plant in Klamath Falls. Oregon Tech attorneys say in a federal complaint that the equipment from Hydro Resources failed shortly after it was installed last spring. Officials with Hydro Resources did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) – The Oregon Department of Justice as filed a complaint with the state bar against conservative activist Kevin Mannix. The complaint, filed earlier this month, alleges the Salem lawyer violated ethics rules when he represented a veterans charity that funneled $1.1 million to his political and business activities. Mannix tells the Oregonian he did nothing wrong.
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