Month: February 2017

Formal charges were filed Monday against a California man who allegedly fired a gunshot at a Sunriver rental home early on New Year’s Day, striking two people with the bullet, Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel said Monday. Hummel revealed some new details about the reported shooting on Shagbark Lane that sent a woman to

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum’s office said it is joining the legal fight playing out against President Donald Trump’s immigration travel ban. Rosenblum said Monday that Oregon is supporting Washington state’s lawsuit against Trump’s executive order by signing a friend of the court brief in the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Three of the remaining seven defendants charged in the armed takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge took plea deals Monday rather than go to trial next week. Sean and Sandra Anderson, a married couple from Riggins, Idaho, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor trespassing in exchange for other charges being dismissed. Dylan

SEATTLE (AP) – After weeks of watching Portland deal with snow and ice, Seattle finally got its dose of winter weather. The storm has left snow totals of an inch to more than a foot across western Washington, causing widespread school closures Monday. About 100,000 customers remained without power Monday afternoon. Puget Sound Energy reported

Sexual trafficking is the most profitable and fastest-growing crime in the world, even surpassing drug dealing. Sex trafficking is estimated as a $100 billion industry worldwide, up from $30 billion 10 years ago, according to a Bend-based nonprofit called Guardian Group working to combat those statistics. Here’s the rest of their news release about an

FLORENCE, Ore. (AP) – A mother and her baby have been rescued after a landslide trapped them in their RV home on the Oregon coast. The Register-Guard reports (http://bit.ly/2kF3DxI ) that Siuslaw Valley Fire & Rescue fire marshal Sean Barrett says three inches of rain fell overnight Saturday and soaked the coast, causing the ground

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Roughly 100 people greeted the first refugees to land at Portland International Airport since President Trump’s travel ban was rescinded by a federal judge. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports (http://bit.ly/2kEjcpn ) Mustapha Mohamed arrived Sunday night with his wife and daughters. The former interpreter for U.S. military in Iraq waited four years to

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Police arrested a man accused of firing a gunshot while watching the Super Bowl at a Eugene restaurant. Eugene police Sgt. Bill Solesbee tells The Register-Guard (https://is.gd/1hQw6q ) the suspect was having a one-sided argument with a man at the bar at BJ’s Restaurant and Brewhouse when he pulled out a

Two Coos Bay area 18-year-olds were killed and a 16-year-old from North Bend was seriously injured Sunday afternoon in a head-on crash on Highway 101 that involved an Oregon State Police pickup and sent a trooper to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, authorities said. OSP dispatchers got a call around 1:30 p.m. on a three-vehicle

An Oregon senator and the state treasurer issued sharply critical statements Friday after President Trump announced a review of federal banking reforms and delayed a planned rule change the Obama administration crafted to require that financial advisors and brokers act in their clients’ best interests when dealing with retirement accounts. The regulation, which was to

To ensure that your Valentine’s Day includes a smooch from a pooch or a purr of contentment, the Humane Society of Central Oregon’s Unleash Your Love promotion has reduced the adult cat adoption fee to $14 or free, and dog adoption fee to $14 on featured dogs through February 14th. The Humane Society of Central

Undergoing chemotherapy is extremely trying on cancer patients. One 13-year-old Bend girl has created a cancer care package for those going through treatment. Lidiana Todoroff, an eighth-grader at Pilot Butte Middle School, has created “chemo kits” to help cancer patients through chemotherapy sessions. She originally started raising money for the kits with her school’s chamber

Deschutes County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue crews came to the aid of a Nordic skier who fell and was injured Saturday afternoon in the Swampy Lakes Trail System west of Bend, deputies said. Dispatchers with 911 got a call around 1:30 p.m. from skier Dylan Treon, reporting that one of his skiing partners, Judy Kerner,

Warmer temperatures and rain atop weeks of heavy snow has made for a higher risk of avalanches, and one snowslide blocked lanes of Highway 20 west of Santiam Pass for a time late Sunday afternoon. The slide was reported shortly after 4 p.m. in the Hogg Rock area, a scene of frequent avalanches about two

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) – Breanna Brown had 16 points on 8-of-10 shooting, grabbed 13 rebounds and blocked three shots and No. 11 Oregon State held off Arizona 65-57 on Sunday for its seventh straight win. Gabriella Hanson added 13 points for the Beavers (22-2, 10-1 Pac 12) , who won their seventh-straight over the Wildcats

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – Russell Westbrook scored 19 of his 42 points in the fourth quarter, leading the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 105-99 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday. Westbrook also had eight assists and four rebounds in his eighth 40-point performance of the season. Victor Oladipo added 24 points and 13

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) – Sophie Bruner scored 17 points and No. 23 Arizona State used a 7-0 surge in the middle of the fourth quarter to end a four-game losing streak with a 68-63 win over Oregon on Sunday. Sabrina Haines started the run with a 3-pointer at the 6:13 mark, putting the Sun Devils

SEATTLE (AP) – With more crude oil expected to move through Washington state, Democratic lawmakers want to toughen rules around oil transportation and raise more money for spill prevention and response efforts. Companion bills in the House and Senate aim to reduce the risk of oil spills with provisions that target oil carried by vessels,

WARRENTON, Ore. (AP) – The U.S. Coast Guard rescued three commercial fishermen Sunday morning at the mouth of the Columbia River after their vessel started taking on water. Coast Guard officials say the captain of the fishing vessel Coastal Reign reported taking on water at 3:20 a.m. after striking a submerged object. A helicopter and

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) – A 34-year-old middle school band teacher in western Oregon is facing multiple felony child sexual abuse charges. Matthew McKinley Woodford on Sunday remained in the Lane County Jail with a $1.7 million bail. The Springfield Police Department arrested Woodford on Friday. He faces 17 charges that include luring a minor. Springfield