Date: 12/03/2012 10:31 AM
OR–3rd NewsMinute/261
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Trial begins tomorrow in Salem for a Department of Corrections employee accused of shooting at two police officers outside his home in Turner. The lawyer for Michael Yann agreed to argue the case before Marion County Circuit Court Judge Vance Day without a jury.
COOS BAY, Ore. (AP) – The Coast Guard is preparing to turn the historic Cape Arago Lighthouse near Coos Bay over to Indian tribes. Part of the work involves removing a 74-year-old bridge that has been condemned for some time. The World reports the lighthouse was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. It’s being transferred next year to the Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – It’s back to the drawing board for a new entry sign at the Eugene Airport. The city had planned to replace a decades-old sign with a 60-foot long concrete, tile and aluminum sign with basalt columns. The Register-Guard reports the lowest bid was $146,000 – nearly $50,000 more than budgeted.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A Newport woman who died in an October car crash was in the midst of a fight to put away a man accused of sexually attacking her. Now the family of April Loper fears that the criminal case against Thomas Acosta could be dropped without Loper alive to testify. The Oregonian says Acosta’s trial was set to begin last week, with Acosta facing charges that include first-degree sodomy, first-degree unlawful sexual penetration and sexual abuse.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.
