Month: December 2016

BAKER CITY, Ore. (AP) – Baker City had its coldest Christmas on record and maybe its whitest. The Baker City Herald reports…

An autopsy was conducted Monday at the state Medical Examiner’s Office on a 31-year-old Bend man who was shot and killed by police who say he…

RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) – The Northwest’s only nuclear power plant is reconnecting to the regional power grid after an unplanned shutdown.…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Portland police say a 16-year-old boy died and another teenager was critically injured when the car they were in crashed…

PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) – A professional ski guide has been named director of the Wallowa Avalanche Center. The East Oregonian reports…

ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) – Authorities say a Washington man standing outside an SUV after a minor accident was hit and killed by a third vehicle that…

CORNELIUS, Ore. (AP) – “Rogue One” has been a smashing success at the box office, but not every moviegoer has been riveted by the…

OAKRIDGE, Ore. (AP) – As woodstove smoke continues to raise pollution levels in Oakridge, Lane County is looking to expand its authority to…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Firefighters say a man was taken to Salem Hospital after his car crashed into a Dairy Queen on Christmas morning. The Marion…

A 57-year-old La Pine woman was killed Friday evening when she lost control of her pickup truck on snowy Highway 97 south of Sunriver and it was…

The Ochoco National Forest wants everyone to enjoy a safe and happy holiday season. So forest managers are reminding the public that several winter…

Beginning no earlier than January 4, the Prineville District BLM will start using Recreation.gov to issue boater passes for the Lower Deschutes River…

Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., urged federal officials Thursday to make much-needed federal timber sales payments as quickly as possible…

Bend police on Friday identified the pedestrian who was struck and killed Wednesday evening on Northeast Third Street near the Bend Parkway overpass.…

There is a belief that positive thinking has power beyond science and medicine. Jennifer DeGraaf may be proof of that. In June, DeGraaf, 39, was…

CENTRAL POINT, Ore. (AP) – A Jackson County judge is asking county commissioners to appoint a new sheriff who takes traffic enforcement…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The Medford-based car dealership Lithia Motors has reached a deal to buy Terminal 1, a massive warehouse in Portland, for…

A Christmas miracle occurred at the Humane Society of Central Oregon when Gracie, a 4-year-old border collie mix, arrived Thursday after being…

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) – The nation’s largest railroad has agreed to more thorough inspections and maintenance improvements after a fiery…

The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office late Thursday identified a Sunriver-area man who they said fatally shot his son’s girlfriend and…