Date: 03/31/2016 03:59 AM
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Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Oregon has joined the national backlash against a North Carolina law that prevents local governments from protecting people on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity when they use public accommodations. Gov. Kate Brown, the nation’s first openly bisexual governor, said she’s “appalled” by the new North Carolina law. Portland has placed a temporary ban on city-funded travel for public employees to North Carolina.
LAS VEGAS (AP) – Another defendant has pleaded not guilty to federal charges in Las Vegas stemming from an armed confrontation between backers of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and government agents two years ago. Peter Santilli is one of several defendants in the Nevada case also accused of leading an Oregon wildlife refuge takeover this year.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A man who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 1988 death of his Portland neighbor has been sentenced to 11 years in prison. Walter Howard was arrested more than a quarter-century after 25-year-old Renee Harvey was found strangled in her apartment. Investigators considered Howard a suspect back in 1988, but lacked the evidence to charge him. The Portland Police Cold Case Unit rekindled the investigation, and old blood evidence matched Howard, a registered sex offender in San Diego.
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) – An Oregon funeral home is no longer able to offer funerary services after the state revoked its license for mishandling remains. The Herald and News reports that the Eternal Hills Memorial Gardens and Funeral Home in Klamath Falls can no longer offer funerals, cremations or burials, although cemetery grounds remain open. Eternal Hills has appealed the board’s decision.
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