Month: January 2017

Three reported cougar attacks on dogs and cats in La Pine over the past week led to the fatal shooting of a cougar under a home’s deck early Saturday by Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies. The first report was in the area of Coyote Road, where someone advised their dog had been attacked by a cougar,

A clothes dryer fire caused an estimated $25,000 in damage to a northeast Bend home Friday afternoon, officials said, noting the need to keep such machines and their hoses clean and free of lint. Crews responded shortly before 4:30 p.m. to the report of smoke coming from a home in the 2800 block of Northeast

Oregon Adaptive Sports is proud to host its 10th annual Heroes in Sisters, an annual weekend-long event designed to honor our Pacific Northwest veterans with physical disabilities and their families, for their services and sacrifices to our freedoms. This one of a kind opportunity is designed to be a worry-free and fun-filled weekend over the

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) – Sydney Wiese scored 17 points and Marie Gulich had 14 points and 11 rebounds to lead No. 11 Oregon State over Utah 70-44 on Friday night. Wiese extended her Pac-12 career record for 3-pointers, making 5 of 7 for 323. Gulich posted her fourth double-double this season. Oregon State finished the

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Ruthy Hebard had 19 points and 11 rebounds, Maite Cazorla added 14 points and six assists and Oregon beat Colorado 71-66 on Friday night. The Ducks (13-6, 3-4 Pac-12) had a 9-3 run to lead 66-59 on Hebard’s layup with 2:14 left. The Buffaloes (11-7, 1-6) answered with baskets on consecutive

PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Robert Covington scored 22 points and made two 3-pointers in the final 40 seconds to lead the streaking Philadelphia 76ers to a come-from-behind 93-92 win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday night. Ersan Ilyasova scored 24 points and Joel Embiid added 18 points, 10 rebounds and five assists for the Sixers,

BOYS PREP BASKETBALL Aloha 49, Sunset 39 Ashland 64, North Eugene 55 Barlow 62, Oregon City 60 Bend 69, Redmond 49 Benson 56, Franklin 55 Cascade 51, Stayton 43 Centennial 48, Gresham 43 Central 51, Dallas 38 Clackamas 89, Central Catholic 75 Corvallis 77, Woodburn 65 Cottage Grove 68, Sweet Home 50 Crescent Valley 65,

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The latest on rallies and protests in the Northwest following the inauguration of President Donald Trump (all times local): 10:30 p.m. Police say officers arrested a total of six people during Portland protests against President Donald Trump. Portland police said in a news release that five arrests were made Friday during

OnTrac delivery cars and a freight truck arrived at the warehouse in Redmond on Friday to help clear the backlog of packages spotlighted in a NewsChannel 21 story Thursday evening.. The shipping company told us that additional resources from the OnTrac Vancouver, Washington facility arrived on location Friday morning, to assist with delivery and helping

The state of Oregon collected $60.2 million in recreational marijuana tax payments in the first year of the tax, the Department of Revenue reported Friday. More marijuana tax data is available at www.oregon.gov/dor/stats. For more information about state and local recreational marijuana taxes, visit www.oregon.gov/dor/marijuana or contact the Department of Revenue’s Marijuana Tax Program by

Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., issued the following statement Friday on the successful effort to block a national monument designation in the Owyhee Canyonlands: The conclusion of the Obama Administration, without a national monument designation in the Owyhee Canyonlands, marks a long-awaited victory for the people of Eastern Oregon. “The vast majority of ranchers, farmers, and

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A judge will let Ammon Bundy testify in the upcoming trial of seven defendants charged in the armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon. The leader of last year’s takeover sits in a Nevada jail, awaiting trial on charges stemming from a 2014 standoff with federal agents at

For the first time in over a week, all Bend-La Pine schools and facilities will be open Friday, with rooftop snow-removal work being completed at the remaining four schools, officials said Thursday. “I am sure that I join our parents and students in celebrating that we will be back in class tomorrow, Friday, January 20

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) – A runaway teen has been found and the Northern California man she was with has been arrested on sex crime charges in southern Oregon. The Mail Tribune reports (https://is.gd/CQV896 ) that an Oregon State Police trooper was assisting disabled motorists near Ashland on Wednesday when he identified one of the motorists

ONTARIO, Ore. (AP) – Residents in a rural stretch of southeastern Oregon along the Idaho border are struggling with more than 3 feet of snow on the ground after a storm earlier this week. The blizzard that ended Thursday added about 15 inches to a region already clogged by snow from earlier storms. Malheur County

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) – Michael Humphrey had 21 points and Marcus Allen added 12 to lead Stanford to a 62-46 victory Thursday night over Oregon State, keeping the Beavers winless in Pac-12 conference play. It was the third straight win for the Cardinal (11-8, 3-4 Pac-12), coming off a pair of victories at home last

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Jordan Bell scored a career-high 26 points, Casey Benson had 15 on five 3-pointers and No. 11 Oregon rolled to an 86-63 victory over California on Thursday night. The Ducks (17-2, 6-0 Pac-12) matched a 104-year-old school record with their 15th consecutive win, but they lost preseason All-America Dillon Brooks to

BOYS PREP BASKETBALL Banks 67, Tillamook 59 Barlow 86, Gresham 57 Beaverton 52, Aloha 46 David Douglas 54, Centennial 52 Jesuit 75, Century 58 Mountain View 59, Redmond 24 Sandy 66, Parkrose 50 Seaside 89, Scappoose 52 Silverton 52, Woodburn 47 Summit 56, Ridgeview 28 Valley Catholic 56, Astoria 30 GIRLS PREP BASKETBALL Banks 67,

Another day into Central Oregon’s “big melt” brought more challenges for drivers Thursday. Both ODOT and the city of Bend said Thursday their crews have been working overtime to solve the problem, but there are just too many problem areas to get at once. Bend is working with only 18 pieces of equipment and has

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A grand jury has found that a Portland police officer was justified in using deadly force in a shooting in December. KPTV-TV reports (https://goo.gl/Enj5wc ) the Multnomah County grand jury made the determination Thursday. Investigators say Steven Wayne Leffel fired shots at officers from inside a residence Dec. 6 before coming