Month: December 2016

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s secretary of state is suspending an investigation into automated calls that told some voters in the run-up to the November election that they were marked as ‘inactive’ voters in registration rolls and their vote might not count. Secretary of State Jeanne P. Atkins said Tuesday that while the calls confused

Despite the typical early winter slowdown in construction and tourism, Central Oregon jobless rates were still on the decline in November, to some of the lowest levels in recent years, the state Employment Department reported Tuesday. “We are nearing the seasonal low for hiring in Central Oregon,” Regional Economist Damon Runberg said in his monthly

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — The Medford Water Commission is concerned that commercial marijuana growers might be illegally taking water from municipal sources. The Mail Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/2hQq7rB ) that the commission is studying how much water is being used at filling stations in White City and Medford to see if increased marijuana production has had

Bend construction services company Taylor Northwest is donating to the community four street graders for three full days of additional snow cleanup work, to continue to clear streets that still have abundant snow piled up, the city said Tuesday. Two recent major snow events have put the city through its budgeted $185,000 to hire contractors

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — The Willamette Valley is in a flood watch as temperatures in the high 40s melt what’s left of last week’s ice and snow. The National Weather Service expects temperatures to remain above freezing for the rest of the week, accompanied by plenty of rain. Besides flooding, the conditions can also trigger

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon State Parks and Recreation has closed all pathways leading to Silver Falls State Park’s iconic waterfalls due to risk posed by icicles. The Statesman Journal reports (https://is.gd/mHYTqH ) that Silver Falls officials closed Canyon Trail and other paths on Monday and the closure is expected to remain in place until

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland police have arrested 11 men from several different states as part of an undercover sex trafficking operation. KOIN-TV reports (http://bit.ly/2hOTWJf ) that the suspects range in age from 30 to 53 and are from Oregon, Arizona and South Carolina. During the weeklong operation, which took place earlier this month, officers

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A judge has denied a request from a former Oregon State Police trooper seeking permission to carry a gun after he was convicted of slapping his 11-year-old son so hard it knocked the boy down. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports (http://bit.ly/2gWxyf1 ) that James Duncan’s petition was rejected Monday. Duncan’s reckless endangerment conviction

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Sydney Wiese scored 25 points and No. 25 Oregon State scored the last seven points of the game to defeat UNLV 62-59 in the Play4Kay Shootout on Monday night. The Rebels missed all five of their field goals in the last four minutes and didn’t score after a pair of free

BOYS PREP BASKETBALL Aloha 65, Liberty 48 Barlow 72, Canby 65 Central 57, Cascade 46 Estacada 53, South Umpqua 42 Hidden Valley 74, Brookings-Harbor 52 North Marion 52, Marshfield 45 Siuslaw 49, Sweet Home 46 Woodburn 62, Benson 58 Holiday Inn WIT Tournament Springfield 57, Crescent Valley 35 Wilsonville 59, Sherwood 41 Lakeridge Tournament Lakeridge

OREGON CITY, Ore. (AP) — Two high school students could face expulsion after they allegedly made a video in which they use a racial epithet to refer to the school’s principal and black students at their school. The Oregon City High School students also refer to transgender people in a derogatory way. Multiple news outlets

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Police say two employees at a Portland apartment complex were shot and wounded by a man who had apparently just been evicted. Police said the suspect in the Monday shooting, identified as 65-year-old Reynaldo Diaz Cabrera, was arrested without incident after he was located in a vehicle. A 45-year-old man and

Albertsons and Safeway stores in Oregon, Washington and Northern Idaho are voluntarily recalling bakery products supplied by Dawn Food Products made with Valley Milk Product’s High Heat Nonfat Dry Milk Powder due to possible Salmonella contamination. No illnesses have been reported in connection with the bakery products; the recall has been issued out of caution.

Tuesday will mark a week since Roy Hyder last saw his brother, Lester Hyder, in the rear-view mirror of his car as they were both driving to Prineville in separate pickups. Lester, 69, moved closer to his brother in Prineville two months ago as the retired California sheriff’s deputy and Marine was moving his entire

A Sisters man died of hypothermia in his car parked on a snowy Sisters street, not of carbon monoxide poisoning as authorities first believed, officials said Monday night. The Deschutes County Medical Examiner’s Office contacted the sheriff’s office to provide an updated determination on the cause of death for Edward Fones, 39, whose body was

A 26-year-old Prineville man who struck a police sergeant on the head at least a dozen times during a March 2015 jewelry store burglary pleaded guilty Monday to three of the 10 charges against him, prosecutors said. Crook County District Attorney Daina Vitolins said Trevor Trollope entered guilty pleas to first-degree assault, robbery and burglary

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., announced Monday that he has been appointed chief deputy whip of the Senate Democratic Caucus and will also join the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in the 115th Congress beginning in January. As a member of the newly constituted Democratic leadership team, the announcement said “Merkley will bring strong relationships with grassroots

Business Oregon, the state’s primary economic development agency, should improve accountability and transparency measures in its incentives and loans programs for Oregon businesses to better ensure that recipients are delivering on their targets and that funds are being used effectively, according to an audit released Monday by Oregon’s secretary of state. “It is critical that

MOXEE, Wash. (AP) — As craft beers continue to soar in popularity, the production of hops continues to grow. Most of the nation’s hops are grown in the Yakima Valley. Hops Growers of America reported Monday that the 2016 harvest of 87.1 million pounds of hops was an increase of 8.3 million pounds from the

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s seven Democratic members of the U.S. Electoral College cast their votes Monday for Hillary Clinton, the Democratic candidate who won in the state in the presidential election. The electors also objected for the record during the ceremony in the Oregon Senate chambers to alleged interference in the elections by Russia.