Date: 05/06/2014 11:08 AM
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Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – The Eugene Planning Commission is considering allowing homes to have fences up to 8 feet high to keep out deer. The Register-Guard reports the commission is holding a hearing on deer fences this evening. Currently the height limit is 3.5 feet for front yards and 6 feet for side and back yards. The increased height would have to be wire fencing to preserve views.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) – A man who worked at Oregon State Hospital has been accused of sexually abusing patients. Tony Martinez was arrested April 24 by Oregon State Police and accused of custodial misconduct with two women. The Statesman Journal reports Martinez resigned last September.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) – A cold case investigator says the man who killed two girls in Corvallis and Salem in 1978 killed himself two months later after he was subpoenaed by a Benton County grand jury. Retired Salem police Sgt. James Miller met last month with the parents of Ann Marie Ellinwood and Stephanie Ann Newsom. Miller says his research shows they were killed by Earl Fred “Woody” Chambers, a sex offender who took his own life while under investigation.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Police say a man was struck by a car and seriously injured about 4:20 a.m. today in southeast Portland. The driver remained at the scene and cooperated with investigators.
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