Month: October 2016

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — A group of Eugene residents wants the city’s public square named after author Ken Kesey, a native Oregonian. The Register-Guard reports (http://bit.ly/2f9nUsS ) that the square officially known as Broadway Plaza will celebrate its 20th anniversary on Friday. It contains a statue of Kesey reading to his grandchildren and many Eugene

At its recent third quarter meeting 100+ Men Who Care Central Oregon awarded $10,400 to the Boys & Girls Club of Bend. 100 Men Who Care member and Boys & Girls Club Executive Director Derek Beauvais made the successful pitch to the group. Beauvais explained that each $100 donation would help provide an after school

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon State Police say three people were killed in a crash just north of Molalla in Clackamas County. The agency says the driver of a Toyota Supra failed to negotiate a turn Saturday night while traveling at a high rate of speed on Highway 211. The vehicle slid sideways and was

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland police are investigating whether a homicide at an office building is connected to a suicide that happened about a mile away. Sgt. Pete Simpson says 51-year-old Jimmy Morgan of Gresham shot himself as police approached his sedan Saturday in northeast Portland. The officers were responding to a report of a

The Deschutes County Clerk’s office announced Monday the addition of another new ballot drop site in Bend. The drop site is located at 1000 SW Bradbury Way, across from the Bend Park and Recreation District’s Pavilion off of Simpson Avenue and Columbia Street. Voters can access the one-way drive from either end of SW Shevlin

GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — A Grants Pass woman has pleaded guilty in connection to two drunken driving crashes, one of which resulted in a passenger’s death. The Grants Pass Daily Courier reports (http://bit.ly/2dCsEa7 ) that 23-year-old Breanna White pleaded guilty on Friday to 22 counts, including first degree manslaughter, assault and drunken driving. Police

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Authorities have suspended the search for a 21-year-old woman believed to be missing in the Columbia River Gorge. The Portland Police Bureau released a statement Sunday night that the search for Anna Schmidt has been suspended pending new developments in the investigation. Schmidt has not been seen since Oct. 16. Her

The Bend Park and Recreation District plans some modifications to improve the users’ experience at the Bend Whitewater Park on the Deschutes River. But first the public has an opportunity to comment on a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permit sought to do more in-river work over the next few months. The whitewater park opened

A Georgia man’s moving truck ran a stop sign near Klamath Falls Sunday morning, leading to a traffic stop and search that turned up nearly 300 pounds of marijuana taped and hidden inside the furniture — which in turn put the driver behind bars, Oregon State Police reported. Around 10 a.m., an OSP trooper stopped

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s original constitution, stored deep in the bowels of the state archives building in a climate-controlled room, is tattered. Some of its pages are starting to fall out. Now, the state is trying to raise funds from schoolchildren and others to restore it and buy a special case to put it

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon teen who shot another teen in a church parking lot has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports (http://bit.ly/2eImlxX ) that 17-year-old Todd Petrie Jr. was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty to attempted murder in the August shooting of 18-year-old Frank Nifon. Prosecutors say

A southeast Bend homeowner awoke to an explosion in the garage late Sunday afternoon, found a motorcycle parked in the garage on fire and escaped with two pets, but the resulting blaze severely damaged the home and destroyed several vehicles, officials said. Estimated losses tallied $350,000. Bend Fire and Rescue responded around 4:40 p.m. to

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Giles Barnes scored twice and the Vancouver Whitecaps beat the Portland Timbers 4-1 on Sunday to eliminate the defending MLS Cup champions from the playoffs. Both of Barnes’ goals came in the first half at BC Place and the Timbers couldn’t catch up. The Whitecaps (10-15-9) had already been eliminated

MILWAUKIE, Ore. (AP) — The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office says the suspect in a fatal stabbing near Milwaukie has been taken into custody. KPTV-TV reports (http://bit.ly/2exq0PK ) that Dean Boettcher was arrested in Oklahoma on Saturday night. Boettcher is accused of stabbing 50-yaer-old Matthew Tibbons at a home late Tuesday. Timmons died of multiple stab

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A Garden Home man was arrested after authorities say he attacked his landlord with a samurai sword. KOIN-TV reports (http://bit.ly/2eHU0ZL ) that the Washington County Sheriff’s Office received a call at about 7 p.m. Saturday about a disturbance involving a sword. It was reported that Gregory Barsaloux had used a “samurai

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A man is facing charges after police found 20 pounds of cocaine worth an estimated $320,000 inside a BMW. Officers pulled over the vehicle for speeding on Interstate 5 in Portland Friday afternoon. A police dog found a hidden compartment with cocaine inside the car. Police arrested a 30-year-old man on

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A death row inmate convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend and her boyfriend could get a new sentencing trial, based on his possible intellectual disability. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports (http://bit.ly/2ektfMY) judges recently issued separate rulings against the sentence Michael Davis received. Davis fatally shot 32-year-old Gerald Glenn Phillips and 30-year-old Belinda Fay Flannigan