PENDLETON, Ore. — An Oregon development authority is negotiating with the U.S. Army over water rights at the former Umatilla Chemical Depot. The East Oregonian reports (http://bit.ly/1Ke0Sob ) that the negotiations are the latest step in the process of transferring the land to local control. Columbia Development Authority executive director Greg Smith says he was expecting about half of the land’s water capacity, the amount that wouldn’t interfere with the National Guard’s water needs. But the Army’s Base Realignment and Closure staff proposed giving the authority two wells, which amounts to about 25 percent. Smith says he told the Army that two wells would not make it worthwhile for the reuse authority to take over the land. The board also decided to request an easement from the Army to put in a pipeline.

DALLAS, Ore. — Authorities have located a woman traveling with a 9-month-old girl in violation of a court order. Police responded to a tip Friday afternoon and located 44-year-old Tonya Malarkey and the infant in Portland. Police took Malarkey into custody. Authorities say the baby weighing only 12 pounds was taken by ambulance to a hospital. Authorities didn’t give information on the whereabouts of 61-year-old Robert Norton, who was believed to be traveling with them.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Officials say the body of a man has been found and recovered from the Willamette River. The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office received a report Friday afternoon about a body seen between the Fremont and Broadway bridges in Portland. KGW-TV reports (http://goo.gl/vEeuUV ) members of the sheriff’s office and fire department recovered the man’s body. He has not been identified. Officials are investigating.

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. — Police in Springfield, Oregon, arrested a 29-year-old woman accused of trying to slice her mother’s throat. Sgt. Keith Seanor says the mother awoke Friday to find to her daughter holding a knife over her. A struggle ensued, and the mother ended up being cut on the chin. Seanor says the daughter has a diagnosed mental illness, and the incident shows the importance of maintaining prescribed levels of medication. She was jailed on a charge of second-degree assault.

OREGON CITY, Ore. — A complaint filed against Oregon City’s top administrator, who was dismissed from his position earlier this week, says the official made racially insensitive comments to two employees and accused them of lying after they reported the comments. The Oregon City Commission announced Tuesday that they would release David Frasher from the city manager position. Frasher had been on administrative leave since August pending an investigation into the complaint. The complaint filed by Police Chief Jim Band says that in a conversation about a recent trip to Romania, Frasher told two policemen that there was little crime in the country because no black people lived there. Frasher claims he had been recounting the statements of a taxi driver and was not expressing his own views.

CANNON BEACH, Ore. — The Cannon Beach Rural Fire Protection District has relieved its chief of his duties. The Daily Astorian reports (http://bit.ly/1OHqoID ) 58-year-old Mike Balzer was informed of his termination Monday. District President Sharon Clyde says Balzer was let go due to a personal matter, but she declined to provide further information. Assistant Fire Chief Frank Swedenborg will take over as interim chief, while the district and the Special Districts Association of Oregon start the search process for a permanent fire chief. Balzer, who couldn’t be reached for comment, became fire chief in 2012. He has led the district through wildfires and made decisions regarding fire closures over severe drought seasons. The Cannon Beach Rural Fire Protection District provides firefighting and emergency medical services to communities along the north coast.