Month: December 2016

A fire destroyed a motorhome south of Prineville on Saturday afternoon, displacing a mother and her adult daughter who lived there, officials said. Crook County Fire and Rescue responded to the location on Southeast Cahvilla Road for a reported RV on fire with explosions, said Fire Chief Matt Smith. Crews arrived to find the motorhome

CLACKAMAS, Ore. (AP) – No one was injured Saturday when a vehicle slammed into the side of a Clackamas Taco Bell restaurant. The Clackamas Fire Department responded to a call on Saturday afternoon that they thought was for a car that ran into a retaining wall. They arrived and found the vehicle had smashed into

TOUCHET, Wash. (AP) – Three marijuana growers in Walla Walla County have become the latest challengers to the county’s ban on cannabis operations. The Walla Walla Union-Bulletin reports (http://bit.ly/2iNUfY7 ) that a property owner and growers are contesting a notice of violation the county sent to them in August. County Hearing Examiner Sharon Rice held

KEIZER, Ore. (AP) – The Keizer Police Department has confirmed that a teenager was killed after being struck by a train. Police say the male teen was on the railroad tracks that run north and south just west of the Keizer Station Area when he was hit on Friday night. The train is owned by

State Sen. Tim Knopp and state Rep. Knute Buehler, both R-Bend, announced Saturday they are declining Gov. Kate Brown’s unilaterally directed 2.75 percent legislative salary increase. “Establishment politicians have said Oregon has a budget crisis. If that’s true, then the governor and legislators need to lead by example and not add to the problem,” Knopp

Redmond police on Friday identified a 32-year-old Redmond woman who was killed when her SUV and a pickup truck collided Thursday at a southwest Redmond intersection. Jessica M. Ennis died at the scene of the crash, which blocked Highway 126 (Highland Avenue for over five hours – at a corner that has had nine crashes

Redmond police on Friday released security camera photos of a man who used a handgun to hold up the Abby’s Pizza on Dec. 21, in hopes of finding the robber. A white male adult wearing a gray vest, black sweatshirt, blue jeans and a distinctive style hat walked into the restaurant around 10 p.m. that

One day after an attorney for the family of a Bend man shot and killed by police issued a statement sharply critical of initial actions by investigators, Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel said the Oregon Department of Justice had accepted his request to assume the “lead prosecutorial role” in the case. In a statement,

Crook County Parks and Recreation District is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a two-year grant for new sports equipment. This award is provided by Good Sports, a nonprofit based in Boston that is dedicated to giving all kids the lifelong benefits of sports. For the next two years, CCPRD will have access

A La Pine man wanted for burglary and parole violation was tracked by pursuing Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies through the snowy woods for over a mile Friday afternoon. But it was sheriff’s K-9 Brolo and his human partner who made the final collar – finding the fugitive trying to hide about 30 feet up a

A pilot from the Eastern Oregon town of Echo had a rough landing Friday afternoon in the snow by the runway at the Sunriver Airport, damaging the plane but causing no injuries, police said. Sunriver police and fire units were dispatched to the airport around 2 p.m. for an aircraft incident, said police Sgt. Joe

A seriously injured stabbing victim showed up at the St. Charles Bend emergency room on Thursday, leading to the arrest of a 28-year-old Sisters man on attempted murder and other charges, accused of stabbing a 29-year-old man several times at a Sisters home, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said Friday. Bend police were dispatched to St.

An Oregon State Penitentiary inmate serving a life sentence for aggravated murder in the 1978 killing of a Camp Sherman jogger died unexpectedly Friday of apparent natural causes at the Salem prison, the Oregon Department of Corrections reported. As with all unanticipated deaths in state prisons, the Oregon State Police Criminal Investigation Division is conducting

RIDDLE, Ore. (AP) – A new technology that can create resilient and lighter-weight wood panels out of trees damaged by wildfire and pests is giving hope to the Pacific Northwest’s timber industry. The technology is called cross-laminated timber, or CLT. It has been used for years in Europe and Canada, where architects have even built

In 2017, employers who do construction work in Oregon will see two major changes to rules they must follow to protect their workers from falling and injuring themselves. The changes are as follows: Starting Jan. 1, the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division’s (Oregon OSHA) 10-foot trigger height — the minimum height at which workers

Want a new twist to your New Year’s resolutions? Focus on positive changes for your four-legged friend. The Humane Society of Central Oregon would like to suggest resolutions that improve the quality of life of your pet and our community. Want to give back to the community? Volunteer your time or talents to the Humane

A Prineville man was sentenced to 15 years in prison Thursday for assaulting a police sergeant with at least a dozen hammer blows to the head when the officer was called to a March 2015 jewelry store robbery. Before a courtroom packed with law enforcement and community members, Crook County Circuit Judge Gary Williams’ sentence

After nine people were killed in just nine days on Central Oregon highways, the Oregon Department of Transportation released a video Wednesday: a plea for drivers to slow down, stay alert and focus on the driving task at hand when hitting the road. The simple, one-minute and 42 second-video details the grim tragedies of the

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The Oregon Court of Appeals has reversed the conviction of a wheelchair user who had been found guilty of driving under the influence of intoxicants. James Greene of Waldport was arrested in November 2012 after entering a crosswalk in a motorized wheelchair and striking the side of a moving pickup. Police

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The family of wounded Oregon State Police Trooper Nic Cederberg says he was able to speak with them for the first time since he was shot Christmas night. His brother Jeff Cederberg wrote late Wednesday on an online donation page that Nic was emotional and thanked doctors and nurses for saving