Kite-surfing death — Oregon State Police said a 49-year-old man has died after an apparent accident while kite-surfing in the ocean in the Lincoln City area. Police say the man was taken late Thursday afternoon to a Lincoln City hospital after a friend found him unresponsive in the water. Medical staff pronounced him dead after unsuccessful resuscitation efforts at the beach and hospital. The man was kite-surfing off the beach at Roads End State Park. Police say his name will be released today.

1 dead, 1 detained in Salem — Salem Police said one man has been killed and a second man has been detained after a fight. Lt. Dave Okada said Thursday in a statement that police are not looking for anyone else in the homicide. Additional details were not available.

Helicopter crash — A helicopter pilot who got 20 feet into the air on a run to drop mosquito treatment in a Washington County log pond has walked away from a crash with minor injuries. The crash Thursday morning was near the Stimson Lumber Co. mill at Gaston and near Henry Hagg Lake. The pilot was identified as 31-year-old Warren Larson of Cloverdale, California. He was flying a 1969 Bell helicopter for Western Helicopter Services of Newberg. Sgt. Bob Ray of the Washington County Sheriff’s Office said four men on the ground saw the helicopter tilt and took cover behind pickup trucks. He said the helicopter was demolished.

Prison lockdown — Fighting among inmates at the Oregon State Penitentiary dining hall led to a lockdown Thursday. A Corrections Department statement said about 30 people were involved, and nobody was hurt so badly as to require treatment outside the prison in Salem. The fighting broke out shortly after noon. No information on what caused it was immediately available.

Reedsport fatality — Oregon Department of Transportation employees discovered a crash Wednesday afternoon on state Highway 38 east of Reedsport, where an SUV sank in the Umpqua River. Douglas County deputies, state troopers and the Coast Guard searched the river and determined the driver was alone when he crashed and died.