Date: 05/07/2014 03:59 AM
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Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A Portland law firm secretary says she stopped her car and ran to help when she spotted a man trying to revive a limp woman by shaking her. Laura Schmidt tells The Oregonian the man told her the woman had just injected heroin when she fell unconscious Monday. Gov. John Kitzhaber, who was driving by, stopped and fitted the woman with a special “bag valve” that delivers oxygen quickly.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Lawyers for the state Department of Justice say Cover Oregon doesn’t need the Legislature’s approval to ditch its technology and switch to the federally run enrollment website. The opinion is outlined in a memo released by Gov. John Kitzhaber’s office. It contradicts an analysis written last week by legislative-branch lawyers, who said only the Legislature can make such a change.
BANKS, Ore. (AP) – Sheriff’s deputies in Washington County, Oregon, are trying to locate two flags believed stolen from a flag pole at a World War II memorial site near the town of Banks. Missing are a U.S. flag and the flag of the Army’s 10th Mountain Division. World War II vet Jim Bray reported the flagpole was bare on April 24.
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) – After two hikers called 911 to report an aggressive coyote at a Corvallis, Oregon, park, new temporary warning signs have been posted at Bald Hill Park. The Corvallis Gazette-Times reports that one hiker said a coyote charged her and her dog. A second hiker reported being followed by a coyote.
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