Oregon State student convicted of hate crime — An Oregon State University student with ties to white nationalists in the Pacific Northwest was convicted Thursday on charges related to putting offensive stickers on the cars of members of a racial justice group. Benton County Circuit Judge David Connell found Andrew Oswalt guilty of all five criminal counts stemming from the June 2017 incident that came to light while Oswalt served as a student government representative. Prosecutors had charged the Ph.D. candidate in chemistry with three counts of intimidation, a felony hate crime under Oregon statute. He was charged with two counts of criminal mischief, a misdemeanor. “The impact of his actions goes beyond the vehicles and individuals he targeted,” said Ryan Joslin, Benton County prosecuting attorney. “His intent was to terrorize an entire community.” Corvallis police say Oswalt and an accomplice placed bumper stickers with a racist slur about black people on two cars at a Corvallis food co-op in June 2017. The vehicles belonged to members of the Corvallis chapter of Showing Up For Racial Justice, which held a meeting at the co-op to discuss ways to combat white supremacy, as well as those promoting racist or bigoted views, prosecutors said in court.

Train derailment — Officials say a train on the Coos Bay Rail Line derailed Tuesday night. The train went off the tracks between Reedsport and Lakeside. The Port of Coos Bay hasn’t released the cause of the derailment. Port officials say the interruption did not result in injuries or environmental damages. Officials say crew members from Coos Bay Rail Line were on-site, assessing the cause of the incident, necessary repairs and an estimated timeline to restore service.