Month: October 2016

Beginning Tuesday, November 1 , the Redmond Police Department along with the Deschutes County District Attorney’s Office will be shelving the shaving cream and capping their razors to participate in ‘No Shave November.’ ‘No Shave November’ was started as a way to show support for those affected by cancer and bring awareness to various cancer

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Two Corvallis men are charged with assaulting a transient man hours before the man’s body was discovered in a Corvallis park in September. The Gazette Times reports that (http://bit.ly/2frcBMK ) 49-year-old Roy Edwards and 48-year-old Andre Tucker pleaded not guilty to assault and other charges during separate hearings last week in

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Luke Falk threw for five touchdowns and 415 yards as Washington State roared back to beat Oregon State 35-31 on Saturday night. Gabe Marks caught two touchdown passes, and Jamal Morrow, Tavares Martin Jr. and Robert Lewis each had TD for the Cougars (6-2, 5-0 Pac-12), who won their sixth game

DENVER (AP) — Damian Lillard scored 37 points, including the go-ahead floater with less than a second remaining in overtime, and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Denver Nuggets 115-113 on Saturday night in a game that featured a nearly 27-minute delay in the fourth quarter due to a power surge. Lillard blew past big

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A temporary winter homeless shelter that can house 100 adults is scheduled to open in downtown Portland next month. Developer Tom Cody is donating the first floor of his property for six months while he waits permits to renovate the building for office and retail space. The shelter is expected to

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — On the same day seven defendants celebrated their acquittal in the armed takeover of a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon, law enforcement officers dressed in riot gear and firing bean bag rounds arrested nearly 150 oil pipeline protesters camped out in North Dakota. The sudden developments in the two protests drew

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Justin Herbert threw for 489 yards and four touchdowns and Oregon snapped a five-game losing streak with a 54-35 victory on Saturday over Arizona State. Pharaoh Brown caught seven passes for a career-best 129 yards and two touchdowns as the Ducks (3-5, 1-4 Pac-12) finally got a conference win and appeared

It was a victory for many patriot groups around Central Oregon and elsewhere, as Ammon Bundy and six others were found not guilty of firearm charges and conspiracy to impede federal workers during their occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. Thursday’s verdict raised some concerns for federal employees working for the Bureau of Land

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A new study out of Portland State University suggests Oregon has almost fully recovered from the Great Recession. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports (https://is.gd/q07B0X ) that researchers with the Northwest Economic Research Center concluded that the state is nearing full employment levels and that Oregon’s recent economic growth can be expected to drop

Starting Monday, construction crews will be installing an asphalt overlay on Erickson Road from Powell Butte Highway to Dickey Road. The exact date of work will be weather-dependent, but the work will be completed by Friday, Nov. 4, Deschutes County officials said. Traffic will be limited to one lane and drivers can expect delays of

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A juror dismissed from the panel that acquitted the leaders of an armed occupation at an Oregon wildlife refuge said he had a conflict with another juror who wrongly suggested he might be biased. Curt Nickens left the jury Wednesday, the day before the panel and an alternate found the defendants

GRESHAM, Ore. (AP) — An 18-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of fatally shooting another man in suburban Portland Thursday night. Gresham police said in a news release that Jamaine Oliver Jr. of Fairview was arrested Friday morning. He was booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center. Police identified the victim as 19-year-old Christopher

The Deschutes Land Trust presented three Central Oregonians with Volunteers of the Year Awards at its annual Open House on Thursday. Stella Dean, Kris Kristovich and Daniele McKay were honored for their dedication to conserving land in Central Oregon. Stella Dean has been a member of the Land Trust since 2014 and has volunteered for

Friday’s Oregon high school football scores, compiled by The Associated Press: Adrian 40, Joseph 36 Aloha 53, Liberty 48 Arlington/Condon 36, Perrydale 28, OT Ashland 56, North Eugene 41 Barlow 68, David Douglas 29 Beaverton 10, Sunset 7 Blanchet Catholic 50, Gervais 0 Burns 46, Irrigon 20 Camas Valley 36, Triad School 32 Cascade Christian

Five Central Oregon irrigation districts, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and two environmental groups submitted to U.S. District Court Judge Ann Aiken on Friday a settlement agreement intended to resolve two lawsuits related to the Oregon spotted frog, the parties announced. But one of the irrigation district calls the deal a “draconian” lesser of two

A suspicious item was discovered at a Sisters city park Friday morning, prompting clearing of the park and blocked off streets for 2 ½ hours, until an OSP bomb squad unit arrived from Salem. It turned out to be a duct-taped Gatorade bottle three 12-year-old boys had used in a popular “bottle flip” game, authorities

A Bend woman has been arrested and indicted on numerous theft-related charges, accused of stealing more than $50,000 worth of jewelry from the store where she worked and selling it at area pawn shops, Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel said Friday. A grand jury returned a 10-count indictment Tuesday against Manal Maher Bijan, 44,

A PacifiCorp worker on Thursday spotted a leak in a gate section of the century-old hydroelectric dam that forms Bend’s Mirror Pond, an official said. While smaller than a leak that occurred three years ago, it’s still enough of a concern to prompt lowering the pond by about four feet for two weeks of repairs,

The Deschutes National Forest said Friday it has closed Forest Road 4600-370 for the season due to snow and impassible conditions. The road will be closed from Todd lake Trailhead to road 4601. The 370 road provides access to Broken Top Trailhead and other high country destinations. Not all roads will be gated and those

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Blake Griffin had 27 points and 13 rebounds and the Los Angeles Clippers opened the season Thursday night with a 114-106 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers. It was a contentious game that had fans booing the officials after two flagrant fouls on Portland players in the fourth quarter. Chris Paul