AP-OR–3rd Right Now/1139 SALMON HARVEST-COLUMBIA RIVER BASIN Process starts for Columbia River Basin fishing agreement BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Federal authorities are working on a plan aimed at deciding how much sport, commercial and tribal fishing for salmon and steelhead will be allowed in the Columbia River and its tributaries. […]

AP-OR–2nd Right Now/1229 POLICE SHOOTINGS-PROTESTS-PORTLAND Police: Man with gun arrested at Portland protest PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Police say they’ve arrested a man who displayed a gun during a Portland rally to protest the deaths of two black men shot by police in Minnesota and Louisiana. Portland police said on […]

AP-OR–2nd Right Now/1182 PORTLAND CAR-BOMB PLOT Christmas bomber case appeal challenges NSA surveillance PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Civil rights attorneys say surveillance evidence used to convict a Somali-American man who plotted to bomb a Christmas tree-lighting ceremony was unconstitutionally gathered through the U.S. government’s warrantless foreign surveillance program. Mohamed Mohamud […]

AP-OR–2nd Right Now/1227 WOLF DELISTING Wolf delisting lawsuit against Oregon reinstated PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Court of Appeals has decided to reconsider a lawsuit against the state that was dismissed in April over its decision last year to remove the gray wolf from the endangered species list. The […]

Date: 07/05/2016 06:20 AM AP-OR–2nd Right Now/1153 DYING SALMON Managers aim for cooler water in Snake River to aid sockeye BOISE, Idaho (AP) – Managers have started releasing more cold water from a reservoir in northern Idaho for endangered Snake River sockeye salmon following a year where 99 percent of […]

AP-OR–2nd Right Now/1118 HOME-BEACH EROSION Erosion threatens Oregon beach home (Information from: The Oregonian/OregonLive, http://www.oregonlive.com) PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) — The owner of a $1 million vacation home on the Oregon coast says the structure is in danger of slipping into the ocean after waves whittled away a protective sand dune. […]