Dog flu in Grants Pass — Oregon’s first case of canine influenza this winter has been confirmed, in Grants Pass. The flu likely arrived from California, which recently went from having a two confirmed cases to 300. Dr. Randy Webster, a Grants Pass veterinarian, says it’s highly contagious and can run through a kennel like the human flu runs through a school class. Symptoms include lethargy, nasal discharge, fever and coughing. Dogs can be vaccinated for the flu.

Skier dies on Mount Hood — A lawyer from Longview, Washington, died in a skiing accident on Mount Hood. Patrick Kubin’s ski bindings inexplicably released Thursday, and he flipped into a deep hole in the snow. He was 58. The ski area said the accident happened at the bottom of the Shooting Star lift.