News Digest:
Thursday, October 23, 2008 10:13 AM PDT
GOOD AFTERNOON
OREGON
Mountain survivor
recalls his bug diet
PORTLAND (AP) — A climber who survived five days alone on a southern Washington mountain is in good spirits as he recovers in a Portland hospital with a broken ankle and frostbitten toes.
Derek Mamoyac (muh-MOY’-ack) of Philomath, Ore., ventured up Mount Adams for a one-day climb on Oct. 12 and was found Friday.
The 27-year-old climber says he tried to crawl to safety while rescue workers searched for him.
88-year-old woman dies in house fire
PORTLAND (AP) — Authorities say an 88-year-old woman died in a house fire in North Portland early Wednesday.
The Portland Fire & Rescue Department says firefighters arrived at the home just after 3 a.m.
The woman was found in the front room.
A second woman found in a carport after firefighters heard a cry for help was taken to the hospital. Authorities say the 54-year-old woman had second- and third-degree burns.
IDAHO
N. Idaho counties
dispute pollution plan
COEUR D’ALENE (AP) — Officials in three northern Idaho counties say a plan by state officials and the Coeur d’Alene Tribe to manage pollution in Lake Coeur d’Alene doesn’t do enough to improve water quality.
The commissioners in Kootenai, Benewah and Shoshone counties also say they are concerned the plan could increase the tribe’s ability to create rules for non-Indians.
Radiation exposure
report faults E. Idaho company
IDAHO FALLS (AP) — An eastern Idaho company appears to have violated two safety measures last February that resulted in the exposure of four workers to radioactive material, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission says.
In the 33-page report and letter to the company released earlier this week and obtained by the Post Register, the commission said it is considering increased enforcement action against Sabia Inc., though it has not made a final determination and has not issued a notice of violation.
Such a notice could jeopardize the company’s license to handle radioactive material.
An isotope called strontium-90 was released at the company’s building in Idaho Falls on Feb. 29 when a worker attempted to remove radioactive material from a gauge and prepare the gauge for disposal.
