Newspaper lawsuit — A Lane County judge has dismissed a lawsuit against The (Eugene) Register-Guard newspaper filed by a former reporter. Former reporter Serena Markstrom had claimed that Guard Publishing, the publisher of The Register-Guard, had fired her in 2014 because she was pregnant. The newspaper denied these claims. Lane County Circuit Court Judge Josephine Mooney dismissed the case Wednesday, basing her ruling on actions Markstrom took shortly before being fired. Markstrom had deleted emails and text messages that, Mooney said, could have reflected poorly on her. Mooney ruled Markstrom destroyed evidence in an attempt to strengthen her lawsuit.

Drug trafficking — A man accused of leading a drug trafficking operation that involved the transport of black tar heroin from Mexico to Portland has been sentenced to more than 12 years in prison. Christopher Guillen-Robles was sentenced Tuesday. He previously pleaded guilty to several charges related to the crime, including conspiracy to commit money laundering.

Truck lawsuit — An Oregon woman is suing her neighbors for more than $540,000 after she says she suffered a fractured wrist when she had to walk around their pickup truck, which was parked across a sidewalk. The suit filed by Loretta Caldwell, of Troutdale, says she underwent surgery on her broken wrist after tripping on the curb in the October 2015 incident. The woman accuses her neighbors, Melissa and Michael Sparks, of violating city code by blocking the sidewalk with their truck.