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Oregon authorities recover body of award-winning chef who drowned in river accident
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Oregon authorities said Wednesday that they have recovered the body of award-winning chef Naomi Pomeroy following her drowning in a river accident. The Benton County Sheriff's Office said it located her body Wednesday morning in the Willamette River between Corvallis and Albany after canoers saw it and called 911.
Body of drowned Portland chef Naomi Pomeroy recovered from Willamette
CORVALLIS, Ore. (KATU — People who were canoeing on the Willamette River on Wednesday morning spotted the body of Naomi Pomeroy, an acclaimed Portland chef who drowned over the weekend while floating in the river, the Benton County Sheriff’s Office said. Her body was spotted at about 10...
‘Top Chef Masters’ Alum Naomi Pomeroy Dead at 49 After Tragic River Accident
Naomi Pomeroy, who appeared on “Top Chef Masters” Season 3, has died following an accident on the Willamette River in Oregon. She was 49. According to the Benton County Sheriff’s Office, the accident occurred July 13 at approximately 8:25 p.m. in Corvallis, near Mary’s River. A...
Corvallis man facing assault charges for allegedly attacking man with garden shears
CORVALLIS, Ore. – A Corvallis man is facing charges of assault after allegedly using gardening shears to attack a person, according to court records. According to documents filed with the Benton County Circuit Court, on July 15, Luke Thomas Ludwig, 38, was charged with several crimes including second-degree assault. Court documents allege that Ludwig had used gardening shears to physically injure another man in an incident on July 13. Court records also allege that Ludwig had attacked a woman on July 3, although those records make no mention of gardening shears or any other deadly weapon.
Body of drowning victim, Portland chef Naomi Pomeroy, recovered
CORVALLIS, Ore. (KATU — People who were canoeing on the Willamette River on Wednesday morning spotted the body of Naomi Pomeroy, an acclaimed Portland chef who drowned over the weekend while floating in the river, the Benton County Sheriff’s Office said. Her body was spotted at about 10...
'Top Chef Masters' star Naomi Pomeroy dies in tubing accident at 49
Naomi Pomeroy, an award-winning Portland chef who starred in “Top Chef Masters,” is dead at 49 after a tubing accident. The Benton County Sheriff's Office said the incident happened at Oregon’s Willamette River around 8:25 p.m. Saturday. An investigation by the sheriff’s office stated that three floaters...
I’ve Been Homeless In Oregon. I Know the Supreme Court’s Ruling Will Only Worsen Homelessness.
When community supervision in Benton County, Oregon enforced homelessness on me, I had two choices: Invest in a tent, car, RV, old school bus, etc., or rent a motel room until my money ran out. My options for motels were limited to The Rodeway Inn or the Super 8, both...
Portland chef Naomi Pomeroy's body recovered after tubing accident on Willamette River
PORTLAND, Ore. — On Wednesday, the Benton County Sheriff’s Office recovered the body of Naomi Pomeroy, the award-winning Portland chef who died in a tubing accident on Saturday evening. The sheriff's office said that around 10 a.m., people canoeing on the Willamette River called 911 to report the...
'Top Chef Masters' star drowns in freak accident while tubing
PORTLAND, Ore. (WKRC) - A "Top Chef Masters" star drowned in a freak accident while tubing on Saturday. According to CBS News, citing a report from the Benton County Sheriff's Office, 49-year-old Naomi Pomeroy, an award-winning chef who is credited with putting Portland on the map as a culinary destination, drowned in an inner tubing accident. Per the network, Pomeroy had been tubing on the Willamette River near Corvallis, Oregon when the group was with got caught on an exposed snag in the water.
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