Month: November 2016

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland police have arrested three men on suspicion of robbing a marijuana dispensary after officers responded to a security alarm. Police said Friday in a statement that when officers arrived, the three suspects were spotted running away. One was caught quickly and the other two were tracked to a nearby neighborhood

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A Salem city councilor has resigned after sharing a social media post that shows cars hitting African-Americans at demonstrations. The Statesman Journal reports (https://goo.gl/kTmLmx) that Councilor Daniel Benjamin resigned Wednesday. Benjamin, who is white, had shared a video on his Facebook page that showed cars plowing into black demonstrators. The video

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — When Peter Steyger learned to speak, he had to wear hearing aids. At 14 months, he was struck with meningitis. The powerful antibiotic that saved his life largely stripped him of hearing. His mother, determined to keep him in the hearing community, worked with him an hour a day for four

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Officials have confirmed four cases of mumps in Oregon’s Marion County. That’s the most in any one year in a decade. The Statesman Journal reports (http://stjr.nl/2gubhqf ) that 12 suspected cases have been reported since October 3, but eight of them turned out to be a different infection. Mumps is a

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A woman walking on the beach in Cape Cod, Massachusetts found a memorial bracelet in the sand that was engraved with the name of a Portland soldier who was killed in action in Afghanistan in 2014. KATU-TV reports Friday (http://bit.ly/2gpbvl0) that Liz Maloney-Triplett returned the bracelet to John Pelham’s family after

PORTLAND, Ore.. (AP) — Hundreds of people rallied in the rain in Portland on Thanksgiving Day to show their solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and others who have spent months protesting the construction of an oil pipeline in North Dakota. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports (https://goo.gl/X4DGdy) that more than 350 people took part in the

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Police officers in Eugene have taken steps to file a formal complaint over how the department handled a standoff with a potentially armed man. The Register-Guard reports (http://bit.ly/2gqOgVd ) that the Eugene Police Employees’ Association submitted a letter to the city’s police auditor asking for a formal complaint to be filed

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A former Hood River deputy has been indicted on charges that include luring and sexual abuse of a minor. Marc Alan Smith was indicted on Nov. 18, but the indictment was unsealed on Wednesday, KOIN6 TV reported (http://bit.ly/2ghyivn). Smith was arrested Sept. 9 and later resigned, according to the sheriff’s office.

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — A former Lane County Sheriff’s Office accounting clerk who admitted to stealing more than $61,000 in public funds has been sentenced to two years of probation. The Register-Guard reports (http://bit.ly/2frYXYs ) that Patricia Trocki, of Springfield, was sentenced Wednesday after pleading guilty to aggravated first-degree theft. The 64-year-old woman had worked

Bend police released two security-camera images Thursday in hopes the public can help them catch a man who staged a Thanksgiving Eve holdup of the Dollar Tree store on South Highway 97. Officers responded around 9:15 p.m. to the Dollar Tree at 61470 S. Highway 97 regarding the reported robbery, said Sgt. Ron Taylor. The

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — It sounds like a big fish story: a plan to create a biodiversity map identifying thousands of aquatic species in every river and stream in the western U.S. But scientists say the first Aquatic Environmental DNA Atlas will be available to the public by next summer. Dan Isaak, with the U.S.

A home built in the 1900s could get a second chance at life in Redmond, but only if someone steps forward with a proposal the city can accept.. The city of Redmond acquired the home last year, when it was looking at expanding Centennial Park. The city recently published a legal notice for a possible

A 25-year-old La Pine man was arrested Tuesday morning, accused of a road rage incident on Highway 97 south of Bend in which he allegedly rear-ended a car, then punched the other driver several times in the face, Oregon State Police reported. OSP received a report around 5:40 a.m. of the road rage incident, said

Nearly 50 million people are expected to travel this holiday, making it the busiest Thanksgiving since 2007. Airports geared up for the rush Wednesday. “The Redmond Airport has seen record numbers every month this year, so we’re expecting that to continue through the holiday time with lots of people coming and going,” said Nicole Jurgensen,

CLEVELAND (AP) — Kevin Love scored 40 points, including an NBA-record 34 in the first quarter, LeBron James recorded his 44th career triple-double, and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Portland Trail Blazers 137-125 on Wednesday night. Cleveland also set a franchise with 20 3-pointers and showed no signs of being rusty in its first game

Oregon State Police, in conjunction with the Wheeler County Sheriff’s Office and Warm Springs Department of Natural Resources, recently completed an investigation into the unlawful take of a trophy 4×6 buck mule deer in Wheeler County near Fossil. The investigation revealed that on October 27, around 6:20 p.m., Erland Suppah Sr.,69, of Warm Springs, and

The Humane Society of Central Oregon is having a “Black Furday and Saturday” adoption special the 25th and 26th of November. Adopters get to dig into a bowl to pick their discount on all animal adoptions during our “Black Furday” adoption special. Dogs, cats and small animal discounts range from 10% to 100% off the

During the Redmond City Council meeting on Tuesday, November 22 , Mayor George Endicott presented Redmond’s inaugural ‘Citizen of the Year’ award to Eric Sande. In honor of the award, Mr. Sande was presented a key to the city. Eric Sande serves as the Director of the Redmond Chamber of Commerce & CVB. He was

LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Chris Boucher scored 21 points, Tyler Dorsey added 19 and No. 13 Oregon beat Connecticut 79-69 on Wednesday in the fifth-place game of the Maui Invitational. Oregon (4-2) lost its opener to Georgetown, but bounced back with an overtime victory over Tennessee on Dillon Brooks’ long 3-pointer. The Ducks wanted to

One of the busiest travel periods of the year began in slick fashion Wednesday morning for much of Central Oregon, as black ice on major highways caused several slide-offs. Several other crashes blocked roads later in the day after temperatures warmed above freezing. ODOT warned of the slick conditions on Highway 97 between Bend and