Month: December 2016

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Officials say an off-duty Portland police sergeant has been arrested in Beaverton for driving a city-owned vehicle while under the influence of intoxicants. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports (https://goo.gl/EjqRFD ) that Sgt. Timothy Robinson, an 18-year police veteran, was arrested early Saturday and booked into the Washington County Jail. Police spokesman Sgt. Greg

Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., explained late Friday why they voted against a continuing resolution to fund the federal government through April, which was approved. First, Senator Merkley’s statement: “With tonight’s congressional action — or lack thereof–a critical lifeline for rural Oregon will disappear. Since 2000, the Secure Rural Schools program has provided

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Kat Tudor sank five 3-pointers and finished with a career-high 17 points to lead No. 24 Oregon State to a 75-38 win over Southern Utah on Saturday night. It was the largest margin of victory for the Beavers this season and marked the second time since November they’ve held an opponent

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Paul George scored a season-high 37 points to lead the Indiana Pacers over the Portland Trail Blazers 118-111 on Saturday night. George made five 3-pointers, and Thaddeus Young hit six 3s while getting 24 points and nine rebounds. Myles Turner added 14 points for the Pacers, who had lost five straight regular

A working smoke alarm made all the life-saving difference early Saturday for a woman who was awakened by one to a fire that destroyed her fifth-wheel trailer east of Bend, officials said. Bend Fire & Rescue crews responded shortly before 3 a.m. to the reported fire in a 35-foot trailer used as a primary residence,

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A woman with a history of theft will serve prison time in the embezzlement of more than $73,000 from a Portland church. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports (http://bit.ly/2hf6Sug) 63-year-old Christine Marie Culver has to repay money taken as part of her three-year prison sentence. She said Friday during sentencing that she was sexually

VENETA, Ore. (AP) — Investigators want to identify a body found west of Fern Ridge Lake outside Eugene. KEZI-TV reports (http://bit.ly/2hgj8HZ) a hunter spotted the body between Veneta and Elmira on Friday near the Fern Ridge Wildlife Area. Lane County Sheriff’s Office investigators do not know whether foul play was involved or if the person

ALBANY, Ore. (AP) — Albany police are asking for the public’s help after someone stole a pit bull from the Linn County Sheriff’s Office animal control facility. KATU-TV reports (http://bit.ly/2hjxqYO ) that police seized the dog in August. Sheriff Bruce Riley says deputies responded to an alarm at the facility around 3:45 a.m. Saturday. It

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Freezing rain moved into the Northwest, downing trees and power lines and stranding some light-rail passengers in Portland for about three hours. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports (http://bit.ly/2gx9a6G ) nearly 24,000 Portland General Electric customers remained without power Saturday. MAX lines were delayed primarily because of ice on the east side of town

SEATTLE (AP) — The Yakama Nation and other Columbia Basin tribes are praising the passage of a bill in Congress that will return their ancestor, known as Kennewick Man, to the tribes. The return of the ancient skeleton will allow the tribes to rebury him in the manner their people have followed “since time immemorial.”

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland police are searching for the driver of a vehicle involved in a fatal two-vehicle crash. Officers responded to the crash near Northeast Columbia Blvd. at about 2:30 a.m. Saturday and found that one of occupants had died. Officers were unable to locate the driver of the second vehicle. The Major

More than a few Bend residents were none too pleased Friday when they looked out at the driveways and sidewalks they had spent a lot of time clearing. As if it wasn’t hard enough already to drive on the snow and ice, some people can’t even get out their driveways after the plows come by

NEWPORT, Ore. (AP) — Oregon officials plan to open the commercial crab season on December 18 for a portion of the coast that runs from Cape Blanco to the Oregon-California border. Officials say tests have shown low biotoxin results on the southern end of the state. The state Department of Fish and Wildlife and Department

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say a high-voltage power line has been cleared from light rail tracks near Interstate 84 and Interstate 205 and that up to 100 people who had been trapped on a train were being evacuated. Portland Fire & Rescue tweeted at about 10 p.m. Friday that Pacific Power cleared the power

A semi-truck spun 180 degrees and struck an oncoming SUV on icy Highway 97 south of Bend Friday morning and another car swerved off the road to avoid it, but fortunately no one was injured, Oregon State Police said. The region’s roads stayed slick after snow and scattered freezing rain as temperatures slowly climbed toward

A long-time 4-H leader from Warm Springs is one of five who have been inducted into the 4-H Hall of Fame by the Oregon State University Extension Service. This year’s inductees are Lillian Larwood of Albany, Beverly Hobbs of Corvallis, Edythe Necochea of Hines, Barbara Griffin-Webb of Salem and Arlene Boileau of Warm Springs. They

COOS BAY, Ore. (AP) — Federal regulators are refusing to reconsider a natural gas pipeline that would terminate in the southern Oregon coastal town of Coos Bay. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Friday denied requests from the Jordan Cove Energy Project, the state of Wyoming and the Wyoming Pipeline Authority to reopen the case.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Two sons of Nevada cattleman Cliven Bundy refused to attend, and several co-defendants shouted an oath of defiance at the end of a federal court hearing to schedule trials for 17 men accused of conspiring to take up arms against federal agents in April 2014. A U.S. magistrate judge decided not

CAVE JUNCTION, Ore. (AP) — A Portland family spent the night in their snowbound car in southern Oregon after following their GPS’s directions. The Daily Courier reports (https://is.gd/VRkw2x ) that a husband, wife, 9-year-old child and their dog took Happy Camp Road up near Page Mountain Sno Park, 20 miles southeast of Cave Junction, only

The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department said Friday it has begun a limited review of the administrative provisions within its Comprehensive Management Plan covering the lowest portion of the Upper Deschutes State Scenic Waterway. The scenic waterway, designated in 1988, starts downstream of Wickiup Reservoir, and the last downstream mile is inside Bend’s Urban Growth