Columbia Gorge wildfires — Evacuation advisories for rural residences near wildfires in the Columbia Gorge have been lifted, and firefighters are being sent home or to other fires. The Government Flats fires were ignited by lightning and detected Aug. 16. At the height of firefighting efforts, residents of several hundred homes were told to leave. The advisories were gradually lifted, and fire officials said Tuesday that all had been ended. Rain and cooler weather helped fire crews get a handle on the fires in an area of about 18 square miles, or 11,500 acres. The fire area hasn’t grown in recent days, and it is considered 55 percent contained. Crew numbers have been dwindling and dropped below 800 people as of Tuesday morning.

Arrest in Chiloquin homicide — Klamath County authorities say they’ve arrested one man in connection with a body found outside Chiloquin, and they’re trying to locate a “person of interest.” County District Attorney Rob Patridge said Tuesday that 33-year-old David Guy Mogelburg turned himself in and has been arrested on suspicion of murder and arson. The county major crime team also believes it has located the Blue Jeep Cherokee it was looking for in the case. Authorities say the body of 28-year-old Cheng Sio Saechao was found on South Chiloquin Road near Highway 62, and his death is considered a homicide. No details were provided on the death. Patridge says law enforcement officers are trying to locate one more person.

Prison suicide settlement — The mother of an inmate who committed suicide at the Oregon State Penitentiary will be paid $100,000 to settle a federal lawsuit. The Register-Guard reports that Deborah Gifford filed suit in 2011, alleging that prison officials were negligent in their treatment of her autistic son, Richard Gifford, and failed to stop him from getting his hands on drugs that he used to commit suicide in 2010. He died just days before he was due to be released. The newspaper says the state admits no wrongdoing in the death of the former Eugene man. Gifford was 18 when he was arrested in July 2006 in connection with a Eugene bank robbery. He was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison and had served that sentence when he was transferred to the state prison. He was serving about five months on state charges when he killed himself.

Pendleton attack — The husband of a woman found beaten along a trail in Pendleton says she will have a lot of relearning to do once she’s out of an induced coma. Dan Lange tells the East Oregonian that his wife, Karen, faces many uncertainties. For instance, her doctors don’t know whether she will be able to sing. She leads her church music program, sings at the Pendleton Round-Up, and is a member of the local symphony and chorale. Dan Lange says Karen has briefly opened both eyes, and her left eye is open often. An attacker beat her on Aug. 9 with a length of pipe. Investigators say a transient is a person of interest. They say DNA from the attack is linked to a killing last year.

Murder suspect arrested in Texas — The Marion County district attorney’s office says the husband of a woman whose remains were found in September has been accused of the killing and arrested in Texas. In a statement, the prosecutors say a hunter found the skeletal remains of 39-year-old of Maribel Gutierrez-Salinas in a forest in the Santiam Canyon near Gates and north of Oregon Highway 22. They say her husband, 42-year-old Gustavo Villanueva Gutierrez, was indicted Aug. 20 on charges of murder and abuse of a corpse, and he was arrested Monday in Laredo, Texas. The prosecutor’s office said information about the identity of the remains and the suspect wasn’t made public to avoid compromising the case as well as to protect “the safety of some.”

Mayor resigns after DUII — The mayor of an Oregon town is resigning following his third intoxicated driving arrest in nine years. The Oregonian reports that 57-year-old Gregory Max Taylor stepped down last Monday from the mayor’s chair in Aurora, a town of about 1,000 people south of Portland. The Aurora City Council is scheduled to appoint a new mayor Thursday. Taylor wrote in a letter, “Due to personal concerns beyond my control it has become necessary to resign my position as mayor effective immediately.” Aurora city recorder Kelly Richardson says Taylor was appointed mayor in September 2011 after the previous mayor resigned because he was moving away. Taylor was elected to a two-year term in November 2012.

Springfield shooting — Springfield authorities say a 27-year-old man shot several times in a Wal-Mart parking lot is expected to survive. The Eugene Register-Guard reported that two 20-year-old suspects from Cottage Grover were arraigned Monday. The paper did not identify the victim.

— From wire reports