A grand jury on Friday ruled that a Salem Police officer was justified in using deadly force in the shooting death of a man in South Salem earlier this month.
The number of small wildfires has tripled this season due partly to dry conditions across Oregon, and anyone planning to burn debris in their backyard needs to be prepared, the Oregon Department of Forestry said Tuesday.
The agency said they ve already had to douse 70 fires that burned 402 acres this spring, almost half of which resulted from escaped backyard debris burn piles. A normal season usually sees about 24 fires burning 225 acres by April 13.
In response, and with more dry weather incoming, the City of Salem issued a ban on all open burning within the city, including recreational fires. This ban is based on weather conditions and community fire safety needs, and will remain in effect through this week, the city said in a news release.
Paris Hilton of reality television and hotel heiress fame testified before an Oregon Senate committee Thursday, recounting her experiences being physically and emotionally abused while living at and being moved between youth residential care facilities in her teens.
Her testimony was a continuation of the work Hilton has done since last fall raising awareness of the hardships faced by kids in these facilities. A bill she supported to regulate residential youth treatment centers passed the Utah Legislature earlier this month.
Now, she is throwing her support behind Oregon s Senate Bill 710, which would further regulate and clarify the types of restraints and holds that can be used on children at residential facilities in the Oregon Developmental Disabilities System.
2 men charged in road rage murder at Oregon coast
Salem Statesman Journal
Two men have been arrested and charged with murder for allegedly killing a man during a road rage episode in Siletz.
Gavin Whitehawk Epperson, 27, and Donovan Eugene Carey-Bennett, 23, both of Siletz, were arrested Tuesday evening and face charges in connection to the shooting death of Richard Allen Mann, 36, of Logsden. Road rage incident
According to a probable cause statement, Epperson told Lincoln County Sheriff s Office Det. Abigail Dorsey he intentionally shot Richard Mann several times with a firearm in the cemetery on Government Hill Road . after a road rage incident on the night of February 19, 2021 and caused his death.
Oregonians could be able to get a COVID-19 vaccine at their local pharmacies as soon as next week.
On Tuesday, the Biden Administration announced the launch of the Federal Retail Pharmacy Program. It will deliver about a million vaccines directly to about 6,500 pharmacies nationwide to offer to their communities.
Vaccines will be offered at no cost.
Twenty-one national pharmacy chains are participating in the program. Those with Oregon locations include Walgreens, Walmart, Rite-Aid, Fred Meyer, Costco, Health Mart, Albertsons and Safeway, though it’s not certain that all will offer the vaccines in the state.
So far in Oregon, Costco, Fred Meyer, Albertsons and Safeway have said they should soon have the vaccine.