Waldport Area remains in gridlock as manhunt continues
The police officer shot in Lincoln City Sunday night has undergone several surgeries, but his condition continues to improve and a family friend says he expects a full recovery. Steven Dodds was shot several times during a traffic stop in the Taft Area. The driver of the vehicle, and alleged shooter… say police… was 43-year old David Anthony Durham. He led police on a chase through Newport and disappeared into the brush north of Waldport after fleeing his car on foot. Police completed their second full day of searching yesterday as the Lincoln County District Attorney signed off on the warrant for Durham’s arrest on charges of attempted aggravated murder. The area north of Waldport has been in gridlock since 11:30 Sunday night, with rifle toting police, dogs and roadblocks as police search some neighborhoods house-to-house hoping for some sign of the fugitive. Meanwhile, relatives of Durham have made a public appeal for the man to surrender. They say the normally easy-going and kind-hearted man injured a shoulder about six months ago and, since taking pain-killers, has started having trouble – quote – “with perceiving what was real and what was not”. Durham is described as having long hair, 6’3”, 185 pounds and reportedly has his blue-heeler, “Huckleberry” with him.
The timber industry is challenging the legality of a new plan for saving the northern spotted owl from extinction. The American Forest Resource Council filed a lawsuit Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The lawsuit claims that meetings of two groups advising the spotted owl recovery team on computer models describing the owls' habitat needs should have been open to the public. It asks a judge to order the plan reopened. The spotted owl has been at the center of intense political and legal battles over logging in the Northwest for more than 20 years. Protections for owl habitat have caused deep restrictions on logging in the Northwest. The final version of the recovery plan is expected next month.
After climbing a nickel last week, the local average price for a gallon of regular unleaded edged up a penny last week to $3.08. That’s still three cents less than the national average price and 13 cents below the Oregon average as measured by Triple-A. Crude oil is trading about ten dollars a barrel less than a multi-year high of $95 per barrel recorded two weeks ago says Triple-A’s Marie Dodds. With the drop in wholesale costs, retail prices have evened out somewhat. Oregon’s statewide average price reached $3.21 this week. Drivers in Eugene and Springfield pay an average, as measured by Triple-A, of $3.26.
If you’re looking for something to satisfy your Valentine’s sweet tooth the Florence Kiwanis Club is in action again with See’s Candy. Sales began yesterday from the club’s ‘candy-wagon’ in the Sears parking lot and will run through Valentine’s Day… or until supplies run out. All proceeds from the sales stay local and are used for a variety of projects, mostly benefitting children.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
ONTARIO, Ore. (AP) - Oregon State Police say two Washington men
who were stopped near Ontario, Ore., for an illegal lane change are
accused of transporting more than 12 pounds of marijuana. Sgt. Mark
Duncan says troopers pulled over a 1999 Infiniti early yesterday on
Interstate 84 and found the pot in the car's trunk. The pot had a
street value of about $31,000.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio says it's switching its lethal
injection drug from a scarce anesthetic to one used in assisted
suicides as a shortage of the drug normally used for executions has
worsened. Data show pentobarbital has been used in 200 of Oregon's
525 legal assisted suicides since 1998.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Oregon State Police say a motorcyclist has
died in a collision with a bus carrying about 50 high school age
students on Interstate 5. Troopers say neither the bus driver nor
the students from the Creswell School District were injured in
yesterday afternoon's crash south of Salem.
SHERWOOD, Ore. (AP) - A 71-year-old woman who died yesterday in
the lobby of the Sherwood police station apparently died of natural
causes. A spokesman for investigating Tualatin police told The
Oregonian there's no sign of foul play.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Oregon Treasurer Ted Wheeler is making it
easier for banks to lend out deposits they take in from government
agencies. Wheeler has lowered the minimum collateral requirements
to 75 percent. Now, financially sound banks can lend out 25 cents
from every public dollar deposited. They used to have to hold $1 in
collateral for each government dollar they took in.
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
In girls’ prep basketball the Siuslaw Vikings solidified their hold on second place in the Far West League with a 40-34 win over the South Umpqua Lancers last night. Kasey Strenke scored 19 points for the Vikings. In other Far West results, Brookings-Harbor remains undefeated in league play, they shut down Sutherlin last night 32 – 13. North Bend beat Douglas 38 – 31. In the Sunset League it was Gold Beach over Reedsport 43-28. In Mapleton last night, the Lowell Red Devils downed the Mapleton Sailors 50-43.
For the Boys, the Siuslaw Vikings struggled to find their offense last night, losing to South Umpqua 55-37. North Bend remains undefeated in the Far West, they beat Douglas 59 – 30 last night. Sutherlin ran past Brookings-Harbor 75 – 50. In the Sunset, the Reedsport Braves fell to Gold Beach 56-22 while in the Mountain West, Mapleton improved to 4-and-3 and is in a tie for third place after downing Lowell 72-41.
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