Month: January 2017

Mackyle Little, a senior at Culver High School, has been named the VFW Department of Oregon’s first-place winner and recipient of $2,500 Voice of Democracy Scholarship Award in the 2017 Voice of Democracy Scholarship program. VFW Madras Post 12141 and its Auxiliary in Madras, sponsored Mackyle. “The Voice of Democracy competition provides high school students

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) – Hundreds of protesters marched through downtown Spokane in opposition to President Donald Trump’s action barring people from certain Muslim nations from the United States. More than 600 protesters walked past the iconic statue of President Abraham Lincoln near the Spokane downtown library on Sunday. The marchers chanted “let them in” as

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – A federal judge has halted cattle grazing in an Oregon national forest until officials can review its impact on Oregon spotted frogs. The Capital Press reports (http://bit.ly/2jvsxLE ) that U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken says annual grazing authorizations issued by the U.S. Forest Service did not account for evidence showing harm

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Kevin Durant had 33 points and 10 rebounds, and the Golden State Warriors overcame Stephen Curry’s absence to hold off the Portland Trail Blazers 113-111 on Sunday night. Curry didn’t play because of the stomach flu, missing his first game of the season. Klay Thompson added 27 points for the Warriors,

SEATTLE (AP) – Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and Seattle Mayor Ed Murray were among the speakers at a large rally in downtown Seattle that drew more than 1,000 people protesting President Donald Trump’s action barring people from certain Muslim nations from the United States. The Sunday evening protest at Westlake Park in the city’s shopping

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Hunting bans are in place for two men who pleaded guilty in a poaching case involving a spotlight. The Register-Guard reports (http://bit.ly/2jt49tS) 41-year-old Scott Michael Blachly and 40-year-old Kevin Duane Neu were told during sentencing that they were barred from hunting for the next three years. Troopers cited Blachly on Nov.

Bend police and fire medics used a new method of CPR to save the life of an 87-year-old man who was choking at a downtown restaurant Saturday evening, officials said. Officers and medics were dispatched around 6:40 p.m. to the Jackalope Grill at 750 Northwest Lava Road regarding a patron who was choking, said police

Kevin Richards, a second-generation farmer and member of Jefferson County Farm Bureau, was honored with an Oregon Farm Bureau Top Hand Award during the 84th Oregon Farm Bureau Annual Meeting in Salem. The Top Hand Award is given to a Farm Bureau member who has contributed an extraordinary amount of time, energy, and leadership on

Oregon School Boards Association members will visit the U.S. Capitol over the next few days to discuss educational priorities with members of Oregon’s congressional delegation. In meetings scheduled for Tuesday , OSBA members will engage with congressional members on such issues as implementing the Every Student Succeeds Act, school choice and educational vouchers, federal investment

Oregon Governor Kate Brown issued the following statement Sunday regarding the recent executive orders on immigration signed by President Donald Trump: “President Trump’s recent executive orders that divide and discriminate do not reflect the values enshrined in the U.S. Constitution, or the principles we stand for as Oregonians. “In Oregon, where thousands have fought for

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) – Sydney Wiese scored 23 points and No. 11 Oregon State made its last seven shots to close the game with a 15-4 run to defeat rival Oregon 67-60 for the second time in three days on Sunday, and the 13th straight time overall. Wiese, who made just 1 of 4 3-pointers

One year ago, Malheur Wildlife Refuge occupation spokesman LaVoy Finicum was shot and killed by law enforcement on his way to a community meeting in John Day. On Saturday, Finicum’s family held what was called “the meeting that never happened” at the Grant County Fairgrounds. The line rounded the corner as people from all over

BOYS PREP BASKETBALL Bend 69, The Dalles 47 Camas, Wash. 61, Hillsboro 56 Centennial 68, Sherwood 44 Cleveland 63, Benson 45 Lincoln 65, Franklin 57 Ontario 53, McLoughlin 36 Southridge 67, Glencoe 40 Sprague 89, Forest Grove 85, OT West Linn 77, Central Catholic 63 Wilson 93, Madison 73 GIRLS PREP BASKETBALL Camas, Wash. 57,

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum is blasting President Donald Trump’s executive order that bans U.S. legal permanent residents and visa-holders from seven Muslim-majority countries from returning to the United States for 90 days. Rosenblum said Saturday she is “appalled” by the immigration crackdown on non-American citizens from Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan,

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) – Derrick White scored 17 of his 23 points in the second half, keying Colorado’s 74-65 upset of No. 10 Oregon that snapped the Ducks’ 17-game winning streak on Saturday night. Xavier Johnson added 13 points as the Buffaloes (12-10, 2-7 Pac-12) kept the Ducks winless in seven trips all-time in Boulder.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – Kyle Kuzma had 18 points and 12 rebounds and Utah held off Oregon State’s late rally for an 86-78 victory on Saturday night. David Collette had 13 points, and Parker Van Dyke and JoJo Zamora added 11 apiece as Utah (15-6, 6-3 Pac-12) led by as many as 28 points

A Crooked River Ranch woman and a California man were arrested in a guns-drawn traffic stop in northwest Bend Friday afternoon, accused of kidnapping, binding, assaulting and threatening to kill the woman’s two housemates in a two-day, two-county ordeal, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said Saturday. Around 3:40 p.m. Friday, deputies were dispatched to the Sisters

The USATF Cross Country National Championships are just around the corner in Bend, but all the recent snow that has yet to melt is proving difficult to clear off the course. Several volunteers were busy Saturday clearing the hard-packed snow from the River’s Edge Golf Course, a chore that needs to be done by next

A feud between new President Donald Trump and Mexico’s president over a planned border wall has people in Central Oregon’s Latino community wondering how the new administration’s plans will affect them in the future. On Thursday night, a large group of Latino families gathered at St. Francis Assisi Catholic Church in northeast Bend, some undocumented

In what’s already been one of the snowiest Central Oregon winters in decades, we have quite the impressive snowpack, not to mention a lot of snow still in Bend and other cities. “Currently in the upper basin, we’re storing about 10,000 acre-feet more water than we were at this time last year,” Deschutes Basin Watermaster