Month: October 2016

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A fatal shooting at the Liberty Center office building has been ruled suspicious. KATU-TV reports (http://bit.ly/2eWNGBd ) that Portland police were called to the building on Northeast Holladay Street at about 7:40 p.m. Saturday after someone was found dead in an office from an apparent gunshot wound. Portland police say there’s

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon has roughly 250,000 new voters who were automatically registered to vote when they got or renewed their driver’s license this year. Those “motor voters,” who make up one-tenth of the state’s registered voters, are expected to constitute roughly 5 percent of people who cast ballots by the Nov. 8 deadline.

LONGVIEW, Wash. (AP) — Hundreds of supporters and opponents are expected at a federal hearing Monday about a proposed coal-export terminal along the Columbia River in southwest Washington. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is taking comments on its draft environmental review of the project at a public hearing in Longview. Millennium Bulk Terminals-Longview is

A New Mexico man was killed Sunday and a Washington state woman and child received minor injuries when their SUV left Highway 26 south of Madras and rolled several times, Oregon State Police reported. Troopers and medics responded around 9:30 a.m. to the reported single-vehicle crash near milepost 12, on the highway between Madras and

Thanks in part to the efforts of an Oregon State Police trooper and an off-duty paramedic, a California couple was recovering at a Bend hospital Sunday, two days after their car left Highway 20 west of Sisters and crashed into a tree, authorities said. Around 10:20 a.m. Friday, an OSP trooper parked along the highway

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) — Springfield police arrested a 44-year-old man for felony hit and run that sent a man to the hospital in critical condition. The Register-Guard reports (http://bit.ly/2ehR1cc ) that a pedestrian was struck around 8:50 p.m. Friday on Q Street by a Chevrolet Impala. Springfield Officer Joe Burke says Springfield police and fire

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A 25-year corrections department employee has resigned as an internal investigation probes her conduct. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports (http://bit.ly/2exLhtl) Kim Brockamp said in a staff email that her decision to leave her role as Department of Corrections deputy director was in the best interest of her family. She made $12,805 per month

SEATTLE (AP) — Jake Browning threw for three touchdowns to give him 26 for the season, added another rushing TD, and No. 5 Washington used a big first half to roll past Oregon State 41-17 on Saturday. The Huskies (7-0, 4-0 Pac-12) won their 10th straight, a streak that started with a victory at Oregon

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The search continues for the 21-year-old daughter of a member of the Utah-based music group The Piano Guys. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports (http://bit.ly/2ex91hi ) that crews were searching the Columbia River Gorge on Saturday for Anna Schmidt, an avid hiker who was reported missing on Wednesday. Schmidt is the daughter of The

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A campaign in Oregon is being bitterly fought, with vast sums spent by both sides on TV and other ads, even more money than for the governor’s race. The titanic tussle is over a proposed tax that is supposed to apply to companies making the most sales in the state, but

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein is holding an event in Portland on Sunday evening. Stein will campaign at the Roseland Theater. Her campaign says she’ll be joined by Seattle City Council member Kshama Sawant. Stein is scheduled to speak in Washington state on Monday. Polls show Stein is in fourth

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality found asbestos at the blast site after natural gas sparked an explosion in northwest Portland. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports ( http://bit.ly/2eC57lK ) that department spokesman Matthew Van Sickle said tests done Thursday discovered asbestos among the rubble of a 101-year-old building. Roofing felt was found that

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Matt Anderson kicked a 28-yard field goal in the second overtime and Jordan Kunaszyk sealed the victory with an interception that gave California a 52-49 victory over Oregon on Friday night. Davis Webb threw five touchdown passes and ran for a sixth to lead the way for the Golden Bears (4-3,

MCMINNVILLE, Ore. (AP) — State health officials have issued a health alert about marijuana products that may have been tainted with high levels of a pesticide and sold to about 130 people southwest of Portland. The Oregon Health Authority said Friday the alert concerns dried flower marijuana sold by a medical marijuana dispensary called New

On Friday, October 14 , the Redmond Proficiency Academy held a Dance Marathon at the RPA middle school. Over 65 students from all over Central Oregon participated in the fundraiser. The event exceeded the $4000 goal, raising $6,000 to benefit the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, an organization that helps support for families with premature babies.

Mt. Bachelor is expanding by finally adding a chairlift on the southeast side of the mountain. And Friday brought a dramatic, high-flying milestone in the Cloudchaser project. The $6 million project started earlier this year and entered its second phase on Friday as crews started placing steel towers on the new Cloudchaser chairlift, the 11th

Some dramatic changes could be coming to downtown Bend’s parking, such as eliminating two-hour free parking at the Mirror Pond public lots and the Centennial Plaza parking garage, if a set of strategies proposed by consultants gain support in coming months. The Downtown Stakeholder Advisory Committee was meeting Thursday evening to review the draft “initial

OREGON CITY, Ore. (AP) — A former police sergeant accused of having his wife killed in a town south of Portland has been found guilty of aggravated murder. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports (https://goo.gl/GcNo8G) former Gladstone police Sgt. Lynn Benton was found guilty Friday of arranging the 2011 killing of Debbie Benton at her beauty salon. The

The Deschutes National Forest will be closing the area informally known as ‘Good Dog’ just outside of Bend on the Cascade Lakes Highway, starting next Monday, in order to build a new trailhead and parking area.. Construction of the new Rimrock Trailhead and parking area will close the existing informal parking lot beginning Monday and

A 35-year-old Prineville man was killed late Thursday night when his pickup truck left Southeast Davis Loop near Prineville and overturned, Crook County sheriff’s deputies said. The deputies said he and a passenger were both thrown from the truck in the crash, and that alcohol is believed to be a factor. Sheriff’s deputies, Prineville police