In brief: Storm pummels coastal Oregon town

PORT ORFORD, Ore. – A storm on the southern coast of Oregon forced a temporary evacuation of Port Orford.

The World newspaper reported the storm hammered the town’s port Saturday, destroying small buildings and driving heavy waves over the dock.

After sandbags did not stop the waves, port authorities sent some fishermen and sightseers to the dry bluff above the port.

No injuries were reported. The power of the waves did destroy a well-known seafood restaurant and mini-museum, as well as about 60 feet of the boulder jetty jutting into the bay.

As the storm subsided, the port was reopened. Boats moored at the dock seemed unscathed.

Montana OKs license for bobcat fur farm

GREAT FALLS – Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has approved a license for a bobcat fur farm in Fergus County.

The license allows the owners of the Schultz Fur Farm to keep captive bobcats for the sale of their pelts to the commercial fur industry.

The farm is owned by a North Dakota couple seeking to relocate to central Montana.

FWP officials said they received more than 21,000 comments about the license application, mainly opposition from animal-rights advocacy groups and individuals.

The Great Falls Tribune reports just 20 comments were in support of the proposal.

FWP officials said fur farms are a legal business that are controlled and monitored under state law.

Farm owner Larry Schultz said after the approval that wildlife regulators had no reason not to grant the permit.

Camper dies when tree falls on tent

MEDFORD, Ore. – A Medford police official said a man died after a large tree fell on the tent where he was camping.

Police and medical personnel said they responded to a park in Medford about 2:30 a.m. Saturday after they were alerted about a tree falling on an occupied tent.

Authorities found a man inside the tent, identified as Joseph T. Jones; he was pronounced dead at the scene. Officials said the incident was reported by two people camping nearby.

They said it appeared as though the tree had fallen because of the high winds overnight.

Clarkston to weigh banning pot sales

CLARKSTON – The Clarkston City Council will weigh a ban on marijuana sales throughout the city on Monday.

Clarkston has had a moratorium on the production, processing and sales of marijuana since December.

If the council opposes a ban, business owners could begin sales after the moratorium ends Nov. 30.

Two sentenced for poaching 10 deer

HELENA – Montana wildlife officials said two people have been sentenced for poaching 10 deer north of Kalispell in December.

Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials said in a statement that Levi Anderson and Hadyn Johnson, of Kalispell, both pleaded guilty to poaching and leaving the carcasses to waste.

Anderson was fined $4,350, ordered to pay another $600 in restitution. Johnson was fined $2,100 and ordered to pay $2,100 in restitution.

Both lost their hunting and fishing privileges for 10 years in Montana and 44 other states that are part of the Interstate Wildlife Violators Compact.

They were sentenced in Flathead County Justice Court.