Date: 10/07/2015 09:21 AM
AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/249
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
GASTON, Ore. (AP) – A man working at a lumber mill has been struck and killed by a train west of Portland. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office said deputies called to the Stimson Lumber Mill near Gaston yesterday afternoon found Antonio Avalos of McMinnville dead. Deputies believe Avalos fell from a slow-moving train while working in the rail yard.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A cougar believed to have been responsible for killing livestock near Canby has been shot and killed south of Oregon City. The Oregonian reports a livestock owner on Monday shot the animal that had been blamed for the deaths of more than two dozen sheep, goats, llamas and alpacas reported since mid-September. The shooting was a legal kill of a livestock-killing predator under Oregon law.
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) – Authorities have arrested a Jackson County man accused of sexually abusing a teenage girl he met on Facebook. The Mail Tribune reports that Maitland Kamaunu of Talent was arrested yesterday after turning himself in to sheriff’s deputies. The 20-year-old is accused of using several different Facebook profiles to communicate with teens.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Oregon health officials have extended a consumption advisory for clams dug along the coast after testing found high levels of arsenic in gaper clams. The Statesman Journal reports the advisory issued in July for softshell clams now also includes gaper clams. The arsenic levels in cockles and butter clams were also tested, but found to be below harmful levels.
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