Date: 11/12/2015 03:59 AM
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Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – New University of Oregon President Michael Schill says helping students graduate on time is among the best ways to keep rising college costs in check. Schill tells The Associated Press that he aims to improve the university’s graduation rate by 10 percentage points over five years. Just half of UO students graduate in four years, and fewer than 70 percent graduate in six.
SEATTLE (AP) – Chipotle has reopened 30 restaurants in Washington state and the Portland, Oregon, area. The company expects all 43 outlets closed after an E. coli outbreak was linked to 11 Chipotle restaurants will be open by today. Chipotle says it tested the food prior to restocking and is instituting additional procedures in its 2,000 restaurants to ensure robust food safety standards.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – No charges have been filed in connection a Cottage Grove shooting that left one man dead and another with a gunshot wound to the face. The Register-Guard reports that a Lane County Deputy District Attorney says there is not sufficient evidence to suggest 60-year-old Dale Lloyd committed any crime in the death of 64-year-old John Sidman.
DALLAS, Ore. (AP) – A Dallas City Council member is standing by statements he made on his personal Facebook that some are calling anti-Islamic. The Statesman Journal reports that Micky Garus says his comments do not reflect the city of Dallas or other city councilors, but that he believes more Muslims in power would lead to the implementation of Sharia law. Garus posted over the weekend on his public Facebook page that he believes the Islamic faith is “pure evil” and compared Muslims to Adolf Hitler. The original post has been removed.
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