Date: 03/15/2016 03:59 AM
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Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Ammon Bundy has come to the defense of a sheriff who is under investigation for his actions during the occupation of a national wildlife refuge in southeast Oregon. The state agency that licenses police officers has asked the state Justice Department to look into complaints that Grant County Sheriff Glenn Palmer met with some of the occupiers during the 41-day standoff. If Palmer is found to have violated standards, he could lose his police certification.
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) – Oregon State Police say a man has been arrested in connection with the death of a 78-year-old man in Murphy. The Daily Courier reports that police say they have arrested a 31-year-old man in connection with the death of Jerald Wesley Eigenbrod. A police spokesman says the case started with a medical aid call that evening.
BAKER CITY, Ore. (AP) – Seven months after Baker County fought its largest wildfire ever, a helicopter has returned to the region — this time with wood instead of water. The Baker City Herald reports that the chopper is dropping hundreds of tons of wood mulch on land burned by the Cornet-Windy Ridge fire to stabilize steep slopes that were stripped of vegetation by the fire. Officials say it will reduce the risk of mudslides.
ARLINGTON, Ore. (AP) – A proposed barge dock in eastern Oregon has been removed from the Columbia River due to interference with tribal fishery. The East Oregonian reports that workers last week finished removing the Port of Arlington’s dock from the river, a location that has been approved nearly 10 years ago. The Army Corps revoked permits in 2008 but the port appealed before voluntarily dropping the case in January 2015.
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