Date: 07/09/2014 09:26 AM
AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/255
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A police spokesman says a 5-year-old boy was hit by gunfire last night in southeast Portland in what officers believe is a gang-related shooting. The boy’s wounds are not believed to be life-threatening. Police are investigating.
SCOTTS MILLS, Ore. (AP) – A Marion County sheriff’s spokesman says a man drowned last evening while swimming at Scotts Mills Park. It’s the second drowning in two days in the county. Sgt. Chris Baldridge says deputies learned that the man was swimming with a friend when he began to struggle against a current. A 14-year-old boy drowned Monday at the Three Pools recreation area.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – ODOT officials say they restricted travel for several hours yesterday on Highway 242, the Old McKenzie Highway, until they could fill a sinkhole that opened up in the road. The Register-Guard reports that the hole measured 4 feet wide by 4 feet long and was 3 feet deep. The road reopened to two-way traffic by last evening.
BANDON, Ore. (AP) – A year after people in Bandon spent a miserable summer swatting mosquitoes and staying indoors, the report is that things are better this year — but not as good as they could be. The World newspaper reports that mosquito trap counts are way down and fewer people are showing up at meetings of the mosquito board. Last year, residents blamed newly restored wetlands at the Bandon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge for giving mosquito larvae large areas to grow up.
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