Date: 10/12/2012 10:50 AM
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Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) – A fire early today destroyed a former athletic club being converted into a Sikh temple in east Vancouver. Deputy Fire Marshal Chad Lawry told KOIN two construction workers were sleeping inside the building when the fire broke out got out safely. Lawry says a natural gas line may have fueled the flames and there’s no indication of a crime. But because the building is owned by a religious organization the BATF is helping investigate the cause.
NORTH BEND, Ore. (AP) – A 20-year-old Coast Guardsman has been arrested in North Bend on charges involving a 15-year-old girl. Police say Luke Kanada was jailed in Coos County Wednesday on charges that include rape and furnishing alcohol to a minor. The Register-Guard reports he has been stationed on a Coast Guard cutter and had contact with the girl over the summer.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – A federal judge says a bullying lawsuit against the Harrisburg School District can go to trial. The judge upheld the family’s claim that school officials failed to protect a seventh-grade boy from physical abuse by other students. The Register-Guard reports the judge dismissed other claims of anti-gay harassment and discrimination because of the boy’s disability, Tourette’s syndrome. Trial is set for Dec. 4.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Lane County deputies say a man found dead after a Eugene-area house fire was killed before the fire was set. Deputies have arrested 41-year-old Robert Baimbridge of Springfield for investigation of murder and arson in the death of 51-year-old Moji Silas Tholl of Eugene.
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