Month: December 2016

A total of 21 Democrat U.S. senators, including Oregon’s Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, sent a letter Wednesday to President-elect Donald Trump to…

If you see some familiar faces replacing the regulars at the Salvation Army kettles in Redmond on Saturday, Dec. 17, it could be a member of the…

A burst of winter weather has greeted Oregon the first week of December. Those who rely on irrigation during the growing season hope it’s a…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — State health and education officials in Oregon have launched an online database that allows parents to find out how much…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A felon whose pistol was used to kill a Seaside police sergeant has pleaded guilty to federal charges. Jamie Lee Jones…

Oregon has hired Willie Taggart, who spent the last four seasons as head coach at South Florida, to take over as coach of the Ducks following the…

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — Medford officials are considering whether the city’s ban on outdoor marijuana cultivation also applies to…

Central Oregon plunged into single-digit — or below-zero — territory overnight in the wake of a snowstorm that left many roads slick in…

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Federal officials are considering creating a fuel break system in southwest Idaho, southeast Oregon and northern Nevada to…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The city of Salem is buying a historic building on the Oregon State Hospital campus, and hopes to transform it into…

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) — Springfield-based wood products manufacturer Rosboro has sold its manufacturing business to an Illinois-based…

PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) — Boutique Air announced plans to offer daily flights between Pendleton and Portland, restoring commercial air service to…

A Terrebonne veteran has received two pioneering brain surgeries, and while he is dissatisfied with the latter’s success so far, he’s…

As frigid, below-freezing temperatures and snow hit Central Oregon, the Humane Society of Central Oregon would like to remind people to provide extra…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say a driver has hit and seriously injured an Oregon Department of Transportation worker who had been helping…

High Desert Chamber Music has been awarded a grant from the Herbert Templeton Foundation for the third year in a row, in the amount of $7,500. This…

As winter arrives in Central Oregon, the Deschutes County Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) reminds property owners to keep sidewalks…

BOYS PREP BASKETBALL Cascade 75, Corbett 56 Forest Grove 59, Newberg 47 Fruitland, Idaho 68, Baker 56 Glencoe 52, Benson 49 Grant 66, Barlow 60…

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — The National Guard is expected to join Lane County search and rescue crews as they look for two missing hikers. The…

GRESHAM, Ore. (AP) — Police have arrested a homeless man on suspicion of sexually assaulting a 19-year-old woman while she walked to work just…