Month: October 2016

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Fanendo Adi scored on a penalty kick in the 35th minute and the Portland Timbers continued to fight for a playoff spot with a 1-0 victory over the Colorado Rapids on Sunday. The defending MLS Cup champion Timbers won their fifth straight and home and pulled even in points with Sporting

SEATTLE (AP) — Thousands of residents in the Pacific Northwest remained without power Sunday as the remnants of a potentially apocalyptic typhoon began to fizzle out. Emergency crews in Oregon and Washington worked through the night to restore power lines and remove dozens of downed trees to clear roads that the storm had damaged over

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Joe Williams came out of retirement and ran for a 5-yard first-quarter touchdown and No. 21 Utah went on to defeat Oregon State 19-14 in wet and windy conditions on Saturday. Williams, who had left the team because of injuries following the second game of the season, finished with 179 yards

ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) — A man faces sentencing in the death of his girlfriend in July 2015. The News-Review reports (http://bit.ly/2dSgGa3) jurors found 52-year-old Gregory Louis Solberg guilty of murder in the killing of 44-year-old Tonya Marie Fullen. A deputy and emergency responders found her body at her home in Drain, Oregon. Solberg was arrested

AURORA, Ore. (AP) — Eighteen years after Oregon legalized marijuana for medical use and two years after voters decided to allow the use of recreational pot, many Oregonians will think they are experiencing deja vu when they see the issue on their ballots for the Nov. 8 election. Oregon voters legalized recreational marijuana in 2014,

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon is facing increasing pressure to adopt federal standards for its driver’s licenses and state-issued IDs before residents face additional scrutiny at secured areas, including airports. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has granted the state another extension of its deadline to comply with the Real ID Act of 2005, which

Friday’s Oregon prep football scores, compiled by The Associated Press: Adrian 56, Elgin 32 Amity def. Horizon Christian Tualatin, forfeit Ashland 6, Crater 3 Blanchet Catholic 21, Scio 6 Burns 44, Riverside 13 Canby 21, Tualatin 19 Cascade Christian 57, St. Mary’s 33 Century 32, Aloha 7 Chiloquin 58, North Lake 8 Churchill 40, Springfield

Voters’ Pamphlets and other voting resources are now available for Oregon voters. This election, the Secretary of State will send almost 1.8 million printed pamphlets, one to every household in Oregon. Additionally, the Secretary of State made available Friday the online version of the pamphlet, the Spanish language version, and the audio version of the

Economic Development for Central Oregon hosted the 13th Annual Bend Venture Conference this week to a sold-out crowd and just announced the winners of $3,755,000 in investments and cash prizes, setting a new record for Oregon angel conferences. Side investment deals are still being finalized. Growth Stage Competition The Growth Stage Competition, which included companies

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Dozens of protesters chanting “Black Lives Matter” and other slogans marched for several miles through Portland neighborhoods, briefly stopping traffic before finally ending outside the mayor’s house and setting up tents. The protesters, who set up more than a half-dozen tents on the sidewalk Friday evening, were angry that Mayor Charlie

Recent rain and snow accumulations coupled with cool fall temperatures will allow fuels specialists across the Deschutes National Forest to begin burning slash piles, officials said Friday. Beginning next week, and continuing through the next several weeks and months depending on conditions, specialists will begin burning a variety of units across the forest starting in

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) — A Klamath County judge is deciding whether to revoke Sheriff Frank Skrah’s release agreement ahead of a February trial on accusations he roughed up suspects. Skrah has been out of custody and allowed to stay sheriff. But to be released without bail, he agreed to not participate in criminal stops

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A former State Department employee has been sentenced to more than four years in prison for helping to steer $2 million in government contracts to a company half-owned by his son. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia announced Friday that 65-year-old Kenneth Apple of Beaverton, Oregon, was

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy has decided to pay for his defense lawyer after he initially told a judge he might want taxpayer help defending himself from charges related to a 2014 armed standoff at his ranch. Bundy told U.S. Magistrate Judge Peggy Leen Thursday that he needs public help paying for

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A northern Idaho resort is being sold for $5 million. The Spokesman-Review (http://bit.ly/2e74UY6 ) reports that Jeld-Wen Holdings Inc., which has owned the resort for 20 years, is selling the property to an undisclosed buyer. The sale was revealed in a recent filing with the federal Securities and Exchange Commission. The

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Authorities have arrested a Eugene priest accused of drug offenses and purchasing sex with a juvenile prostitute. Eugene police said 42-year-old Daniel MacKay was arrested Wednesday during a sting operation in which a detective posed as a minor and arranged a meeting with him. The Register-Guard reports (https://is.gd/CCqBx4 ) the detectives

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A watchdog arm of the U.S. Department of the Interior says the Bureau of Reclamation lacked the authority to enter into an agreement with the Klamath Water and Power Agency on water use, and that consequently $32.2 million spent by KWAPA over seven years “was a waste of funds.” The department

FOREST GROVE, Ore. (AP) — The owner of a retirement community west of Portland will serve two days in jail and five years of probation for sexually abusing 12 women. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports (https://goo.gl/MqfCSZ ) 73-year-old Herbert “Howard” Sahnow was sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty to 11 counts of third-degree sex abuse and one count

Thursday night’s prep football scores, as compiled by The Associated Press Astoria 22, Banks 6 Centennial 46, Barlow 40 Central Catholic 35, Oregon City 14 Corbett 20, Madras 7 Crescent Valley 27, Forest Grove 8 Dallas 2, Corvallis 0 David Douglas 56, Clackamas 8 Dufur 74, South Wasco County 0 Franklin 62, Cleveland 12 Gladstone

A Madras man who pleaded guilty to assaulting his girlfriend was sentenced Tuesday to 22 months in prison – the same day a Jefferson County jury convicted a Metolius man on attempted murder and other charges, leaving him facing a 7 ½-year sentence in a knife attack on his wife, District Attorney Steve Leriche said