Date: 05/02/2014 03:59 AM
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Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Hundreds of people rallied on the steps of the Oregon Capitol yesterday to support immigration reform. The May Day rally and a march through Salem were part of protests in Oregon and around the nation. Union representatives, lawmakers and activists spoke on issues such as workers’ rights, children’s health care and the congressional stalemate on immigration reform.
ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) – Police in the Southern Oregon city of Roseburg have arrested a 19-year-old man in the shooting of two women, one of whom died. The News-Review reports that Michael Carl Robert Gardner was arrested shortly after the Tuesday night shooting that left 23-year-old Ashley Nicole Davis dead and 51-year-old Kathy Ann Marshall wounded. He is charged with murder and attempted murder.
ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) – Douglas County commissioners have refused to hear an appeal of a permit for a pipeline through southwestern Oregon to carry natural gas to a facility in Coos Bay for export to Asia. The News-Review reports that landowners objecting to the Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline crossing their property say they will take the issue to the state Land Use Board of Appeals.
HILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) – An Oregon man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter and criminal mistreatment in the death of his 7-week-old son. The Oregonian newspaper reports 27-year-old Robert Ross Myers of Beaverton was sentenced to 20 years in prison after his plea yesterday. Myers’ son, Aden, died in January 2013. The state medical examiner says the cause was asphyxia from smothering and compression.
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