Month: March 2017

CLE ELUM, Wash. (AP) – A Kirkland man’s body has been recovered after he was caught in a large avalanche while snowmobiling near Cle Elum. Authorities say 45-year-old Mike Albertson had been snowmobiling in the Hawkins Mountain area Saturday when he and another man were caught in the mass of snow. The second man was

GRESHAM, Ore. (AP) – A 33-year-old woman was struck and killed by a driver early Sunday morning in Gresham, authorities said.. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports ( http://bit.ly/2mTE5Lp ) Gresham Police officers were called to the area at 1 a.m. Sunday and determined the pedestrian had been struck by a vehicle and was dead. Police say the

A 24-year-old Redmond man made his first court appearance Friday on assault, reckless driving and DUII charges in a crash last August that injured him and four passengers after they left a bonfire party east of Bend, Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel said. Shawn Williams Seagraves Hall was indicted earlier this week on one

The U.S. Collegiate Ski and Snowboard Association (USCSA) will host its five-day annual Collegiate National Championship starting Tuesday at Mt. Bachelor. “Over 500 competitors will compete for National collegiate titles in alpine, Nordic, snowboard and freeski events in the beautiful Cascade mountain range,” the Massachusetts-based organization said in a weekend news release. The 2015 championships

SEATTLE (AP) – Alanna Smith scored 18 points, Karlie Samuelson added 14 and No. 10 Stanford overcame an early 13-point deficit to beat No. 6 Oregon State 48-43 and win the Pac-12 Tournament championship Sunday night. The Cardinal (28-5) won their 12th tournament title, the most in conference history, and took the Pac-12’s automatic bid

The Grin and Bear It Run, presented by Good Teeth, Great Grins (a collaborative effort between Blue Fish Dental and Deschutes Pediatric Dentistry), jump-started the Bend running season in style Saturday with music, fun activities, and fabulous prizes, not to mention three great running events. This year’s event, a 5- and 10K run-walk, had nearly

SEATTLE (AP) – Sydney Wiese hit two 3-pointers in the closing minutes, her first baskets of the second half, and finished with 19 points to help No. 6 Oregon State hold off No. 15 UCLA 63-53 in the Pac-12 semifinals Saturday night. Oregon State will play for its second straight conference tournament title on Sunday

SEATTLE (AP) – Erica McCall had 17 points and 15 rebounds and No. 10 Stanford ended Oregon’s run in the Pac-12 Tournament with a 71-56 win in the semifinals on Saturday night. The Cardinal, the No. 2 seed in the tournament, will face top-seeded Oregon State in the championship game on Sunday night. It will

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) – Dillon Brooks had 25 points and No. 6 Oregon earned a share of the Pac-12 regular-season title with an 80-59 victory over Oregon State on Saturday. Jordan Bell added 13 points and 10 rebounds for Oregon (27-4, 16-2) . It was the second straight season that the Ducks have finished atop

BOYS PREP BASKETBALL Salem Academy 62, Amity 61 Third PlaceHarrisburg 55, Cascade Christian 45 ChampionshipDayton 64, De La Salle 55 Class 2A TournamentFourth PlaceColumbia Christian 69, Vernonia 55 Third PlaceWestern Mennonite 60, Life Christian 48 ChampionshipSantiam 57, Stanfield 54 Class 1A TournamentFourth PlaceNorth Douglas 39, Days Creek 27 Third PlacePerrydale 48, Jordan Valley 44 ChampionshipSherman

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – State officials say they’re looking into allegations that thousands of dollars in donations brought in by the Women’s March in Portland are missing. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports (http://bit.ly/2lqnwKc) in a story on Friday that officials with the Oregon Department of Justice stop short of saying an investigation has been launched. The January

YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) – A Washington state man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for killing an Oregon man he mistakenly believed impregnated a 13-year-old girl. The Yakima Herald reports (http://bit.ly/2lqaYCz) that 21-year-old Yoset Dominguez-Serrano of Outlook, Washington, received the sentence Friday in Yakima County Superior Court. Dominguez-Serrano in January pleaded guilty to

HILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) – Authorities have arrested a 33-year-old man in connection with the death of a 59-year-old man whose body was found along with his dog in a Portland apartment. Portland police say Alexander Rico Ortiz was taken into custody Friday evening in Hillsboro. Ortiz is being held in the Multnomah County Detention Center

A 72-year-old man from the southern Oregon town of Shady Cove was struck by a car and critically injured while crossing a northwest Bend intersection Friday evening, police said Saturday as they looked for any witnesses to the crash. Police and fire medics responded at 6:26 p.m. to the reported pedestrian-car crash at Northwest Galveston

(Update: No ID after five days; state ME will use dental tests) Authorities have yet to be able to identify the driver in a fiery, fatal crash on George Millican Road last Monday, so DNA testing will be conducted, Oregon State Police said Friday. An OSP spokesman said the state Medical Examiner’s Office “will be

SEATTLE (AP) – Sabrina Ionescu hit two free throws with 6.4 seconds left to give Oregon a 70-69 upset victory over 11th-ranked Washington in a Pac-12 Conference Tournament quarterfinal on Friday night. Washington’s Kelsey Plum, the all-time NCAA scoring leader, attempted a 3-pointer from the top of the key at the buzzer, but the shot

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – A Lane County jury has found a Eugene priest guilty of paying for sex with an underage prostitute. The Register-Guard reports (https://is.gd/1Aqsaq ) that jurors deliberated about 90 minutes before finding 42-year-old Daniel MacKay guilty. He is set to return to court March 9 for sentencing. MacKay’s attorney, Terri Wood, declined

Wolf OR48, a Shamrock Pack adult male, died on Feb. 26 on private land in northeast Oregon after an unintentional take by the US Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services, state wildlife officials said Thursday. The wolf died after encountering an M-44 device, a spring-activated device containing cyanide powder. The device was in place as part

St. Charles Hospice announced Friday it has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval ® for Home Care Accreditation by demonstrating continuous compliance with its performance standards. The Gold Seal of Approval ® is a symbol of quality that reflects an organization’s commitment to providing safe and effective care. St. Charles Hospice — which

Josh Hart has been living in his tiny home east of Bend for about a year. “I’ve lived in big homes and I’ve had multiple homes, and I’ve had a lot of stuff and then I’ve had very little stuff,” Hart said Friday, “and over the years I’ve just simplified my life, so I don’t