Date: 11/14/2012 04:03 AM
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Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) – Authorities in Jackson County say a Central Point woman was arrested after flight attendants reported a disturbance on a flight. The Medford Mail Tribune reported yesterday she was on a Horizon Air flight from Seattle on Saturday evening. Medford police say flight attendants called for help with a passenger who was apparently drunk, using her cellphone while the plane was aloft, screaming profanely, and, as the plane approached the airport, refusing to stow the tray table in the upright, locked position. Police said they booked 32-year-old Melisa Lynn Levario for attempting to assault an officer and other charges.
PILOT ROCK, Ore. (AP) – An Eastern Oregon high school has found severe damage in the roof supports of its gym, which is closed until an engineer can say what went wrong and what fix will be needed. The superintendent in Pilot Rock, Gordon Munck, tells the East Oregonian newspaper that many wooden trusses are damaged, and one is broken through. He said repairs could range from fixing just the broken truss to replacing the roof or the gym. An engineer is due to report on the damage by the end of the week.
ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) – A teenager convicted of raping and killing a 5-year-old girl in Southern Oregon has been sentenced to life in prison. Judge Randy Garrison said yesterday in Roseburg that 18-year-old Dustin Wallace poses too great a risk to the public ever to be allowed free. The Roseburg News-Review reported Garrison had two choices: life without parole, or life with the possibility of parole after 30 years. Wallace was a juvenile in 2010 when he killed Sahara Dwight, so he was not eligible for the death penalty.
UNDATED (AP) – Warning that tens of thousands of jobs are at stake, governors in wind energy states are calling on Congress to renew an expiring tax break. Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad and Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber said at a teleconference yesterday that uncertainty over the future of the wind energy production tax credit already has hurt the industry – which employs 75,000 people and drives more than $10 billion a year in economic development. Branstad and Kitzhaber lead the Governor’s Wind Energy Coalition, which represents 28 states.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.
