No other cougars found — Officials continued monitoring portions of the Mount Hood National Forest over the weekend as they awaited test results on a cougar killed Friday they believe might be responsible for the death of a hiker. So far, they’ve found no trace of other cougars on the trails. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has deployed about two dozen cameras in the area to look for any evidence of cougar activity. Cougars often travel alone and stick to their territories. Some 6,600 cougars are estimated to roam Oregon. The death of Diana Bober, 55, is the first believed to be linked to a cougar. Officials hope to have confirmation this week that it was the cougar shot Friday that killed Bober and not a different animal or different species.

ICE agent accused of sexual abuse — Oregon State Police say a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent has been arrested after being accused of sexually abusing an underage female relative. The charges were not related to the man’s work with ICE. The man is accused of sexually abusing an underage female relative between March 2009 and Sept. 10, according to documents filed with Jackson County Circuit Court. He is accused of 10 counts of sodomy and one count of incest. The 55-year-old man was taken into custody Thursday after a joint investigation between the immigration agency and state police. Authorities say the agent, unidentified in news reports, has been “relieved of all authority.”

Writer pleads not guilty in chef husband’s death — A self-published romance writer accused of killing her husband has pleaded not guilty. Nancy Crampton Brophy, 68, who once penned an essay titled “How to Murder Your Husband,” was arraigned Monday. She’s accused of shooting her husband of 27 years, Daniel Brophy, at the Oregon Culinary Institute. Daniel Brophy, 63, was a well-liked instructor there. He was alone in a kitchen early June 2 when he was killed.

Hot springs closed indefinitely — Terwilliger Hot Springs is closed, possibly into late next year, a federal fire official said Monday. The popular clothing-optional soaking pools, also known as Cougar Hot Springs, have been closed since the Terwilliger Fire started Aug. 19. For much of this year, debris from a massive landslide blocked the easiest route to the springs, which are about 50 miles east of Springfield. The fire had burned 11,082 acres — more than 17 square miles — as of Monday and was 75 percent contained, according to the firefighting team managing the fire. The cause remains under investigation.