Month: February 2016

BURNS, Ore. (AP) —About a dozen people paid their respects Sunday afternoon at a makeshift memorial that has sprung up where rancher Robert “LaVoy” Finicum was shot and killed by police last week on U.S. Highway 395 north of Burns. The mourners wiped tears, prayed, and laid a copy of the U.S. Constitution on a

An Idaho semi-truck driver was arrested on DUII, hit-and-run and other charges Sunday night by Oregon State Police who said he struck a tow truck removing vehicles from an earlier crash and kept going on Highway 97 south of La Pine. OSP troopers were dispatched around 7:45 p.m. to the reported hit-and-run crash on the

Governor Kate Brown announced Monday a program to encourage early-stage small businesses to stay and grow in Oregon. With $400,000 in funding, the Small Business Innovation Research Grant Support Program http://oregon.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=4… will provide individual grants of up to $125,000 to a maximum of four Oregon companies that are participating in a companion federal program. “Small

Average retail gasoline prices in Oregon have fallen 7.4 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.01 on Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 1,307 gas outlets in Oregon. That compares with the national average that has fallen 2.5 cents per gallon in the last week to $1.80 a gallon, according to gasoline

February is historically a month full of hearts, chocolate and CATS! Yes, BrightSide Animal Center has a shelter full of beautiful, furry friends, six months and older, waiting for a second chance at love in a forever homes. We have playful, calm, long-haired, short-haired, wonderful cats of all colors and a variety of ages available

In its opening meeting of the 2016 legislative session Monday, the Oregon House of Representatives made a series of changes that will improve transparency in state government, the House speaker’s office said. The rules of the House, adopted in a 55-2 vote, will make it easier to see who is influencing legislation and how state

A fire that broke out on the porch of a home in Deschutes River Woods south of Bend Sunday afternoon was caused by a plastic bucket of fireplace ashes, officials said, but was mostly stopped by residents using fire extinguishers and throwing snow on the outside walls. Firefighters responded around 3:30 p.m. to the reported

Redmond Municipal Airport could land direct flights to and from Phoenix as soon as this summer, sooner than earlier expected, officials said Friday. The Central Oregon Air Service Team (COAST) has worked to secure a federal grant to attract new service to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX). Only 10 of these grants were provided