Salem News Journal Page 33

On Thursday September 11, the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office celebrated MCSO Patrol K9 Varro's retirement from service with MCSO.

Arson Investigators from the Portland Police Bureau and Portland Fire and Rescue, have arrested four juveniles in connection with several fires this summer in southeast Portland's Kenilworth Park.

The Polk County Sheriff's Office and the Oregon State Medical Examiner's Office are requesting the public's help in identifying the skeletal remains of a female that was found in the hills overlooking the Mill Creek area of rural Polk County on September 1, 1996.

The Lake Oswego Fire Department has ordered Cooks Butte Park officially closed through the weekend.

Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber joined Maj. Gen. Daniel Hokanson, Oregon's Adjutant General, at Camp Rilea this week to highlight the new Cascadia Playbook, a guide Oregon will use to synchronize response efforts in the event of a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake and tsunami.

On August 30, around 1:41 p.m., Oregon City Police were notified about a "Skimming Device" found on the ATM at the Clackamas Federal Credit Union located on Warner Milne Rd in Oregon City.

On September 4 at approximately 1:00 a.m., detectives with the Marion County Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigations Unit were called to a barn fire on Lori Lane NE near Silverton.

The Oregon House voted unanimously today to pass HCR 31, a resolution honoring the achievements of Oregon native Ashton Eaton.

Portland firefighters responded to two separate fires early Thursday morning, that has fire officials reminding everyone that continued hot, dry weather in Oregon over the next week, to make sure any flammable materials are properly disposed of.

Police in Vancouver, Washington are asking for the public’s help in locating an elderly and possibly endangered man.

NE Sandy Blvd. will remain CLOSED between NE 122nd and NE 138th for multiple days to repair road damage caused by a water main break Wednesday at NE 138th.

The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline continues to drop in Salem and in other parts of Oregon, but the state still has the fourth most expensive gas prices in the country for the second consecutive week.

The second ever comprehensive study of elder financial exploitation in Oregon has been completed and was released Wednesday in Salem at the Financial Crimes and Digital Evidence Conference sponsored by the United States Attorney's Office.

The Sherwood Police Department was notified by a mandatory report on Wednesday, of threatening statements found in the home of a Sherwood student.

Corvallis Police have arrested a 59-year-old Vancouver, Washington man after he contacted an undercover online account of a Corvallis Police Detective posing as a female juvenile.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have issued regulations that define the settings in which it is permissible for states to pay for Medicaid Home and Community Based Services.

A three alarm house fire in Salem early Wednesday morning has left a Salem family of 10 homeless, and Salem Fire Department officials are warning residents that with the recent and continued warm and dry weather, to make sure that any flammable materials are properly disposed of.

Firefighters on the Yellow Point Fire are bracing for Wednesday's change in weather.

Beaverton Police and the Washington County Major Crimes Team is investigating the death of a man found outside a Beaverton apartment complex early Wednesday morning.

Firefighters from the mid-Willamette Valley battled stiff winds as they fought a grass fire on Tuesday afternoon near the intersection of Stoltz Hill Road and Vaughan Lane just outside of Lebanon.