Date: 10/09/2015 04:00 AM
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Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) – President Barack Obama is in Roseburg today to meet with the families of those killed and wounded in last week’s shooting at Umpqua Community College. Stacy Boylan, father of shooting survivor Ana Boylan, told Fox News that his family would not attend an event with the president because of Obama’s views on guns. But Ana Boylan told The Associated Press she would indeed meet Obama if she has a chance to do so in private.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Oregon’s two U.S. senators are calling for tougher gun restrictions in the wake of the shooting at Umpqua Community College last week. Democratic Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley are calling for mandatory background checks on all gun sales. Federal law requires background checks for sales through licensed gun dealers, but private person-to-person transactions are excluded.
UMATILLA NATIONAL FOREST, Ore. (AP) – Oregon wildlife officials are trying to remove goldfish and other invasive fish that have been introduced to ponds in the Umatilla National Forest. The East Oregonian reports that the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife treated two ponds with poison this week. They will later stock the ponds with rainbow trout for anglers.
BEND, Ore. (AP) – The Wickiup Reservoir south of Bend and the Prineville Reservoir are both at their lowest points in more than 20 years. The Bulletin reports that Wickiup, which serves as a major water source for farmland in Jefferson County, is only 9 percent full. The Prineville Reservoir is only 30 percent full, its lowest point since 1992.
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