AP-OR–2nd Right Now/1190 LOGGING DEATH Authorities investigating fatal logging incident LYONS, Ore. (AP) — Authorities are investigating a logging accident that killed a 55-year-old Salem man. Linn County Sheriff Bruce Riley said in a news release the accident happened outside Lyons before noon Wednesday on property being logged by Ridgeway […]

AP-OR–2nd Right Now/1058 HORSE SPAYING BACKLASH Advocates sue to stop plan to spay wild horses PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Advocates for wild horses have sought an injunction to stop researchers from surgically sterilizing more than 200 wild mares at a facility in Hines, Oregon. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management […]

AP-OR–3rd Right Now/1211 TIMBER TOWN’S COMEBACK Former Oregon lumber town rides digital wave to a comeback PRINEVILLE, Oregon (AP) — Crook County, located on the edge of a national forest in Oregon, used to have five major lumber mills. But amid restrictions on harvesting from federal lands, logging began a […]

AP-OR–2nd Right Now/1051 WILLAMETTE NATIONAL CEMETERY-HISTORIC Willamette cemetery added to Register of Historic Places PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Willamette National Cemetery in Portland has been added to the National Register of Historic Places. The 1950 cemetery is about 10 miles southeast of Portland in Clackamas and Multnomah counties. It […]