Month: January 2017

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) – Josh Hawkinson scored 20 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as Washington State beat Oregon State 75-62 on Wednesday in the Spokane Arena. Ike Iroegbu added 15 points for Washington State (9-5, 2-0 Pacific 12), which won its fourth straight game. Malachi Flynn added 13 big points, most of which came in

SEATTLE (AP) – Tyler Dorsey made eight 3-pointers and finished with 28 points, and No. 15 Oregon overcame foul trouble to pull away in the second half for an 83-61 win over Washington on Wednesday night. Playing in an opponent’s gym for only the second time this season, the Ducks shook off foul problems for

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – Stephen Curry had 35 points with five 3-pointers, Kevin Durant scored 30 points and blocked three shots and the Golden State Warriors beat the Portland Trail Blazers 125-117 on Wednesday night. Zaza Pachulia scored 13 points to hit double figures in consecutive games for the first time this season, just his

A tree fell into a house on the Oregon coast Tuesday night, killing a firefighter’s 8-year-old daughter, according to the North Lincoln Fire Department. KGW.COM reports that crews were dispatched at 11:13 p.m. to a report of a tree that had fallen onto a home, with a girl trapped inside. The home is located in

The Shepherd’s House Ministries issued a call for immediate help Wednesday due to this week’s severe weather conditions. Here’s the text of their announcement: Our Cold Weather Shelters in Redmond and Sisters need to extend their operating hours to ensure no one is left on the street during this extreme weather. We also need monetary

Frigid cold temperatures and several inches of snow slammed into Central Oregon Wednesday, causing more headaches for travelers at the Redmond Airport. Many arriving and departing flights were canceled or delayed on Wednesday because of weather conditions. Kelly Gorman is flying back home to Orlando after visiting family here in Central Oregon, but was playing

Oregon State Police on Tuesday night identified the two Bend police officers involved in a shooting that left a motorist dead during a downtown Bend traffic stop on the night of Dec. 23. OSP Captain Bill Fugate said they are officers Scott Schaier and Marc Tisher. Earlier, as the investigation began, officials said one or

Bend’s own two-time Olympic gold-medal decathlon champion. Ashton Eaton, and his wife, Canadian heptathlete Brianne Theisen-Eaton, jointly announced their retirement from track and field competition on Wednesday. NBC Sports reported the announcement came less than five months after Eaton repeated as Olympic decathlon champion and Theisen-Eaton earned heptathlon bronze in Rio, becoming the first Canadian

Central Oregon has seen an early, heavy winter, and the extra snow is building up. “The snow doesn’t seem like it’s going to stop for us,” Matt Carley, manager of Central Oregon Roofing, said Tuesday. The snowfall is bringing business to repair companies and headaches to homeowners. Roofers said ice dams on roofs are a

SEATTLE (AP) – Dungeness crab could be harder to come by if hundreds of fishing boats remain tied up at docks from California to Washington state amid a dispute between crabbers and seafood processors over the price of the sought-after crustaceans. The commercial Dungeness crab season along the West Coast opened in waves this year,

An updated version of the Central Oregon Rockhounding Map is now available through a joint effort from the Ochoco National Forest, the Prineville District Bureau of Land Management, and the Prineville-Crook County Chamber of Commerce. This collaboration has been on-going since the original map was published in 1964. The new and improved map is printed

Central Oregon Partnerships for Youth (COPY), a program of the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, is offering a class to prepare volunteers to become mentors for children with an incarcerated parent. After initial training and comprehensive background checks, volunteers are matched with a child in Bend, Redmond, Sisters or LaPine that share similar interests and activities

With an intense, cold and blustery winter storm dumping plenty of new snow on the High Desert and a lot more on the way, some Central Oregon schools were closed Tuesday on what was to be the first day back after the holiday break. The storm hitting the region also prompted numerous flight cancellations at

The Crook County clerk officially announced Tuesday morning one commissioner seat is vacated after Seth Crawford was elected as judge in November. Crawford still had two years of his term left when he ran for county judge during this past election. County Clerk Cheryl Seely told NewsChannel 21 her office is working with other county

The never-ending battle to keep the High Desert’s roads clear is on yet again. “(For) this storm coming in, we’re transitioning to two 12-hour shifts for 24-hour coverage,” David Abbas, director of streets and operations for the city of Bend, said Tuesday. Independent contractors could also be called in again to help. “Any time we

If being outside for more than a few minutes in this weather sounds less than appealing, few could blame you. It’s hard enough driving in this weather, enough that some schools in Central Oregon canceled classes Tuesday. But some people don’t get a day off and have to be outside all day no matter what

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Gov. Kate Brown’s chief of staff, Kristen Leonard, has resigned, effective only a day before the 2017 legislative session begins. In a statement Tuesday, Brown noted that Leonard began her job in late 2015, committing to serve for one year, and extended it to help oversee the completion of Brown’s state

Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., said Tuesday he was pleased his GOP colleagues quickly reversed course on a controversial move he’d opposed, to gut an independent ethics panel. “When the ethics changes were offered yesterday, Greg spoke out against them and voted against them,” Walden spokesman Andrew Malcolm told NewsChannel 21. “He was pleased that the

A citizen safety complaint brought Prineville police to a parking lot Monday morning, where they found a rental truck carrying four adults and six children, including seven in the cargo section, officers said. A Salem man in the cargo area was arrested on a felony probation violation warrant and failure to register as a sex

A 33-year-old Bend man turned himself in to police and was arrested Monday on an assault charge, accused of hitting another man over the head with a champagne bottle during a fight at a New Year’s Eve party. Officers responded at 1:15 a.m. Sunday to the reported assault at a home in the 63000 block