Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A Marion County judge has asked his clerks to refer couples seeking same-sex marriages to judges in other counties. Judge Vance Day is now facing an ethics investigation as a result of that decision he bases on his religious beliefs. Day is former chairman of the Oregon Republican Party.
NEWBERG, Ore. (AP) – Police have arrested a man accused of firing a gun near the Newberg High School athletic field. There were no injuries, but the gunfire last night disrupted a soccer match between girls from Newberg and Centennial high schools. Police said early today that 53-year-old Steven Smith was jailed on $32,500 bail. Newberg is 25 miles southwest of Portland.
BEND, Ore. (AP) – The driver of a passenger vehicle is dead after he collided with a school bus on Santiam Pass between the Willamette Valley and Bend yesterday. The Bend Bulletin reports that more than three-dozen high school soccer players from Eugene were on the bus, but no one was hurt. The game they were headed to was cancelled.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Health officials say a bat that bit a man this week in Creswell has tested positive for rabies. Lane County Public Health officials tell the Register-Guard that the man has begun treatment as is expected to be fine. At least 10 rabid bats have been identified in Oregon this year.
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