Youth prison riot — An Oregon Youth Authority spokesman says rioting broke out at a youth prison in Southern Oregon when guards started a search for contraband. Oregon Youth Authority spokesman C.J. Drake told the Statesman-Journal that 11 of the 20 inmates of a quad took part in the Sunday night unruliness at the Rogue Valley Youth Correctional Facility in Grants Pass, and the nine others were evacuated. He said he did not know specifically what guards were looking for. Superintendent Ken Jerin told the Grants Pass Daily Courier that one guard had to barricade himself in an office until police and guards regained control, but there were no serious injuries. Jerin says two SWAT teams and negotiators were called in, and the last youth gave up shortly after midnight.

Boat hits Coos Bay jetty — The U.S. Coast Guard says a woman was missing after a 30-foot, wooden-hulled fishing boat reported it was hit by a rogue wave and crashed into the north jetty at Coos Bay late Sunday. Two men were hoisted off the jetty about daybreak Monday, along with their dog, and taken to the hospital. There was no immediate report on their condition. The Coast Guard said the woman wasn’t wearing a life jacket or survival suit.

Oregon 21st in overdose deaths — A national survey shows Oregon ranks 21st among states in the rate of drug overdose deaths, the majority of them now from prescription drugs. The Trust for America’s Health said Monday that, nationally, deaths from prescription drugs outnumber those from heroin and cocaine combined. It also says that in 29 states, including Oregon, drug overdose deaths now exceed deaths related to motor vehicles. The group says Oregon’s death rate from overdoses is nearly 13 per 100,000 in population. That’s double the rate in 1999. Nationally, the rates range from 3.4 per 100,000 in North Dakota to nearly 29 per 100,000 in West Virginia.

Bandon beating death — A 40-year-old man suspected in a beating death near Bandon was arrested Sunday by Coos County sheriff’s deputies. Coy Daniel Smith of Bandon is jailed on a manslaughter charge in the death of 42-year-old William Drews. The two men reportedly fought Thursday outside a residence.

State Hospital grounds sale — The state of Oregon is looking to sell 47 acres of property it doesn’t need now that the State Hospital in Salem has been rebuilt and its operations consolidated. Consultants said the North Campus property along Center Street could become a $100 million development, probably with housing such as apartments, condos and row houses, the Salem Statesman Journal reported Monday. The property is now tax-exempt and once sold would become subject to local property taxes. A nationwide search starting with a “Request for Qualifications,” has begun for a company with the money and know-how to turn the campus into a private real estate development, said Matt Shelby, spokesman for the state Department of Administrative Services.

Marine marker warning — Oregon State Police technicians who work with hazardous devices are warning people not to touch any marine markers found on the Oregon coast. The technicians recently were called to deal with three such markers in a week. They say it’s not unusual to respond to one a month after the device washes ashore but three in a week is very uncommon. The marine markers are used by military aircraft to mark floating locations. They contain white phosphorous, which burns in contact with air. Police say the devices may malfunction, but even if they function correctly there is a chance that some white phosphorous might remain and might spontaneously ignite, causing serious injury.

Arrests in 71-year-old’s death — Authorities say a great-grandson of the victim was one of two teens arrested in the death of a 71-year-old suburban Portland woman. Police arrested the two in the dead woman’s Lexus after a high-speed chase in northeast Oregon. Washington County sheriff’s Sgt. Bob Ray says Jacqueline Bell was found dead in her Cedar Mill home on Saturday. An autopsy determined that she died of blunt force trauma. Ray says one of those arrested was a 17-year-old relative who had been living with Bell. Also arrested Saturday was 19-year-old Micus Ward of Kansas City. While a motive is unknown, the spokesman says investigators believe the two teens killed the woman and took her car, planning to flee to Kansas City, where both recently lived.

— From wire reports