Month: March 2016

Two Prineville-area residents were arrested and jailed on DUII charges in a pair of unrelated weekend single-vehicle crashes, one day and three miles apart, on Juniper Canyon Road southeast of Prineville, Crook County sheriff’s deputies said Monday. Around 10:50 a.m. Saturday, deputies were called to a crash near milepost 4, about five miles southeast of

Governor Kate Brown on Monday ordered all flags at Oregon public institutions to be flown at half-staff immediately until sunset on the day of interment in honor of former first lady Nancy Reagan, who died on Sunday. “In her capacity as first lady of the United States, Nancy Reagan played an important role in supporting

A Bend police officer responding to an emergency call with lights and siren collided with pickup truck at a northeast Bend intersection, causing his patrol car to hit a pedestrian, then the side of a doughnut shop, Oregon State Police said. The officer and pedestrian were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. Cpl. Rob Emerson was released

A Santa Clara, California man was killed and two Klamath Falls men were injured Sunday night when one car slid into the oncoming lane of icy Highway 97 near Chemult and collided with another car, Oregon State Police reported. On March 6 , 2016 at about 8 p.m., OSP troopers and medics responded to the

More information will be released at a Tuesday news conference by authorities investigating the Jan. 26 fatal shooting of Malheur Wildlife Refuge occupier Robert “LaVoy” Finicum by Oregon State Police troopers on U.S. Highway 395 north of Burns. Deschutes County Sheriff Shane Nelson and Malheur County District Attorney Dan Norris on Monday invited reporters to

Average retail gasoline prices in Oregon have risen 8.5 cents a gallon in the past week, averaging $1.98 a gallon as of Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 1,307 gas outlets in Oregon. That compares with the national average that has increased 6.8 cents per gallon in the last week to $1.81 a gallon,

Alan Unger has announced that he will seek another term as Deschutes County commissioner. Unger was first elected to the commission in 2008. “I am proud to say that Deschutes County is well managed, has a board of commissioners who work well together and manage the budget to provide quality services in a cost-effective way,”

Athletes from all across the state brought their “A” game to the slopes of Mt. Bachelor this weekend for the Special Olympics Oregon Winter Games. Many participants, all with the same goal: winning a medal. “To try to win a first place medal,” said Nick Loveless. They’ve been training in their hometowns for at least

A protester with an American flag and obscene anti-police sign angered a motorist who stopped in the road and got out to confront him at a busy northeast Bend intersection Saturday afternoon, sparking a fight that led to charges against both men, police said. The incident took place just after 4 p.m. at Northeast Third

Dozens of people gathered in Bend Saturday in memory of the man fatally shot by Oregon State Police toward the end of the occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Burns, one of several such events held around the state and country. About 70 people, many carrying American flags large and small, lined the

A man who got in a fight at a Madras bar left and returned with a handgun early Saturday, leading to a struggle in which the gun went off twice, both times striking a Madras woman, police said. The woman was taken to the hospital while the Madras man was arrested on assault and other

The Grin and Bear It Run, presented by Good Teeth, Great Grins (a collaborative effort between Blue Fish Dental and Deschutes Pediatric Dentistry), jump-started the Bend running season in style Saturday with music, fun activities and fabulous prizes, not to mention three great running events. This year’s event, a 5 & 10K run-walk, had nearly

A dozen architects from around the country, including Seth Anderson of Bend, have been selected to receive the American Institute of Architects’ Young Architects Award. Despite the name, the title doesn’t have anything to do with age. The award recognizes architects who have been licensed for no more than 10 years, but have used that

One dollar left over in an Oregon Lottery vending machine led an Astoria woman to win $7.8 million playing Oregon’s Game Megabucks. Pam Allen of Astoria put $7 into the Oregon Lottery vending machine at the Warrenton Fred Meyer on Wednesday. A fter purchasing three $2 Scratch-its, she had $1 left, and on a whim

Starting Monday, March 14 and lasting up to three weeks, one lane of the Colorado Avenue bridge will close during daytime hours while crews finish work associated with a sewer line installation on the bridge, the city of Bend said Friday. One lane of the bridge will remain open with flaggers directing traffic, but significant

Bend-La Pine Schools Superintendent Shay Mikalson announced Friday the hiring of two new principals at area elementary schools. Andrew Slavin is slated to become the next principal at Amity Creek Magnet at Thompson School and Linda Burley is slated to become the next principal at High Lakes Elementary School. Amity Creek: Slavin is currently the

St. Charles Cancer Center announced Friday it will add a third linear accelerato to fulfill “its commitment to provide the best treatment options to the community.” The $3.2 million Elekta Versa HD Accelerator, which delivers high-energy x-rays to the region of the patient’s tumor, will allow the Cancer Center to treat a higher number of

An investigation over several months by Central Oregon drug agents led to a raid on a Culver home early Wednesday at which a man and woman were arrested on numerous drug charges – one for the second time in six months, officers said. Central Oregon Drug Enforcement Team detectives executed a search warrant around 6:30

Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel said Friday he has launched an online portal that provides the public with access to DA files related to his review of cases worked on by former Oregon State Police crime lab analyst Nika Larsen. Larsen is currently under investigation for her alleged involvement in the tampering of drug

Students from the University of Oregon’s Sustainable City Year Program will be in Redmond next week to present the projects they have been working on in collaboration with the city during the winter term as part of the year-long partnership between Redmond and U of O. The University of Oregon is working on 14 projects