Brookings plane crash — Josephine County Sheriff Dave Daniel says a medical examiner has identified the bodies of a father and son from Grants Pass who died in a plane crash off the Oregon Coast. The bodies of 46-year-old John Belnap and 17-year-old Max Belnap were recovered last week near Brookings. The sheriff says the search for the third victim, 17-year-old Ryan Merker, has been halted because of rough seas but will resume when conditions improve. A memorial service for Merker was held Sunday. He and Max Belnap were friends and fellow athletes at Grants Pass High School. The Cessna 172 crashed shortly after takeoff on the Fourth of July.

Oracle fight — Oregon officials say the state has spent nearly $16 million so far building its case against the giant software company Oracle Corp. The Oregon Legislative Fiscal Office says the money went toward demonstrating that Oracle badly bungled the Cover Oregon health care exchange. The trial begins in January, and the Department of Justice has estimated that the cost of the lawsuit could be more than $27 million by next April. That would make the lawsuit one of the most expensive in department history. Not only is the case pricey, it’s mostly been kept under wraps. Oracle has argued for thousands of pages of evidence to be kept confidential and entire court hearings have been closed to the public.

Lottery probe — An outside investigation found no wrongdoing on the part of two Oregon Lottery commissioners who had been accused of discriminating against an Iranian-American lottery manager. Former Lottery director Jack Roberts sought the investigation shortly before Gov. Kate Brown fired him in April. He expressed concern that national origin was the reason Liz Carle and Mary Wheat opposed a promotion for the manager. The outside review found Carle and Wheat’s concern was about performance, and there was no evidence it was based on origin. Their opposition did not stop the manager’s appointment. Acting lottery director Barry Pack said in a statement he considers the matter to be fully resolved.