Month: January 2017

BOISE, Idaho (AP) – Interior Secretary Sally Jewell says a new wildfire-fighting plan to protect a wide swath of sagebrush country in the West…

SEATTLE (AP) – Some state lawmakers are pushing to toughen Washington’s decade-old distracted-driving laws. The Seattle Times reports…

HUBBARD, Ore. (AP) – Firefighters responded to a report of a fire near the Willamette Valley town of Hubbard found three separate structures…

RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) – Radioactive contamination is spreading inside a deteriorating processing plant on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. The…

MOLALLA, Ore. (AP) – Authorities say a man is in custody after fatally shooting his wife during an alcohol-fueled domestic dispute. KGW reports…

MYRTLE CREEK, Ore. (AP) – Oregon State Police say two women have died after apparently falling from a bridge on Interstate 5 following a…

A year ago Monday, Ammon Bundy and his followers occupied the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Harney County. We went back to Burns one year later…

Several Bend and Redmond businesses reported break-ins early Monday, and Bend police said at least two incidents on the north end of town are…

A shooting at a Sunriver vacation rental home early New Year’s Day sent one Sacramento-area resident to the hospital with a gunshot wound and…

MERLIN, Ore. (AP) – Authorities in southwestern Oregon say a preliminary investigation has determined that a 16-year-old boy handling a firearm…

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – The Eugene Airport has completed a $19 million renovation project intended to reduce the time it takes travelers to get…

Jericho Road, a Redmond-based organization helping the homeless and hungry, has received a $5,000 grant from Hayden Homes’ First Story. The…

SEATTLE (AP) – A collision between two Seattle fire trucks responding to a call sent eight firefighters to the hospital. Fire department…

KENO, Ore. (AP) – Authorities in southwestern Oregon say they’ve taken a juvenile male into custody following the stabbing death of a…

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Chanelle Molina scored a career-high 20 points, Alexys Swedlund had 16 points and Washington State beat Oregon 75-59 on…

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) – Sydney Wiese hit five 3-pointers and had 26 points and six assists and No. 22 Oregon State stormed to an early lead and…

The year 2016 was, in many ways, a dramatic, tragic, challenging year around the nation and world – and no less so on the High Desert. Central…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – C.J. McCollum scored a career-high 43 points and the Portland Trail Blazers overcame a 14-point first-half deficit in a…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A marijuana grower in southern Oregon was beaten and robbed last month in the first reported instance of violent crime at…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Salem Police say a 34-year-old man has drowned after he ran from police following a traffic stop and attempted to hide under…