Date: 09/28/2015 04:00 AM
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Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Portland police are searching for a car that struck and killed a 34-year-old man in a hit-and-run. Investigators say a white, four-door Honda Civic from the mid-2000s struck the man at Southeast 29th Avenue and Stark Street just after 2 a.m. Sunday. Witnesses told them the car kept driving westbound on Stark. The victim died at a Portland hospital.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Authorities say an off-duty firefighter in Eugene helped two neighbors escape a fire in their home. Eugene Springfield Fire Department fire engineer Jesse Gill lives two houses away. Gill heard a commotion outside late Saturday and looked outside to see a glow coming from the home. He rushed over and helped get the husband and wife out of the home.
PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) – Authorities say a horse believed to have been killed by wolves in rural Wallowa County was actually gored by a bull elk. The horse was found dead Sept. 18 in a pasture along the upper Imnaha River. The Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife says it had wounds matching the size and space of elk antlers. The animal also had no wolf bite marks.
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) – The roads are wide, the cars are slow, and the coffee is terrible. These are just a few of the observations made by exchange students from Alba in northwestern Italy after spending the past two weeks in the Rogue Valley. The Medford Mail Tribune reports the group arrived in Medford on Aug. 31. Medford and Alba have been sister cities since 1960 and began hosting a formal student exchange program in 1985.
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