Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press at 6:40 a.m. PST
OTIS, Ore. (AP) — High winds toppled a towering evergreen tree onto a house near the Oregon coast, killing an 8-year-old girl who was inside. Authorities said the girl was taken to a hospital, but could not be saved.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A 14-year-old boy has been identified as the person who was struck and killed by a train in Keizer last week. The Statesman Journal reports Isaac Garcia was a freshman at McNary High School. Police continue to investigate the incident.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Former Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski showed up unannounced at a Portland homeless shelter _ and gave the coat off his back to a man staying there. VFW Post 134 on Alberta Street opened the emergency shelter due to the extremely cold weather. Al Artero, the bar manager there, told The Associated Press that the former governor gave his hooded, ski-parka style coat to 49-year-old Lee Williams.
BEND, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say a Redmond man remains in critical condition after being assaulted on a vacant lot near where several transient camps have been established in the city. The Bend Bulletin reports that police say they responded to St. Charles-Redmond on Tuesday after receiving a 911 call from someone who said they were driving an unconscious man to the hospital.
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Much of Northern California and the Sierra Nevada was bracing for potential flooding into the weekend as a winter storm that dumped more than 2 feet of snow around Lake Tahoe makes its way toward Utah and the Rockies. Stiff winds toppled a towering evergreen tree into an Oregon home, killing an 8-year-old girl, while blizzard conditions closed major highways and triggered a small avalanche in the Sierra Nevada as wet, windy storms pummeled much of the West on Wednesday.
