Month: March 2017

Every year, the Oregon Department of Education honors teachers and their impact on students’ lives through the Oregon Teacher of the Year award. The award recognizes an outstanding teacher as a representative of all of the educators in our state and gives Oregonians an opportunity to share information on teachers who are making a difference

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., called for U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign Thursday over his’ failure to disclose his 2016 contacts with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak, as reported by the Washington Post.: “The attorney general concealed from Congress during his testimony under oath the contacts he had with the Russian government during the campaign,”

It started in early 2015 and did not relent in 2016: a tragic spike in traffic fatalities in Oregon that harkens back to older times, when people didn’t wear seatbelts and driving fast was cool. The Oregon Department of Transportation put out a call for task force members to help address what was – and

Work continues throughout Bend’s 27th Street corridor, including isolated areas of paving. Approximately 5,000 feet of the sewer pipe has been installed in this construction phase. There will be several traffic shifts as the work continues. Daytime construction for sewer installation on Neff Road between Medical Center Drive and 27th Street is scheduled to begin

Federal income tax refunds totaling over $14 million may be waiting for an estimated 15,500 Oregon taxpayers who did not file a federal tax return for 2013, the Internal Revenue Service said Thursday. The IRS estimates half of those potential refunds for 2013 are more than $658. To collect the money, these taxpayers must file

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) – A man who fatally shot another man after a fight outside a southern Oregon convenience store has been convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 10 years in prison. The Mail Tribune newspaper reports (https://is.gd/E15AM3 ) Bradley Quillen also faced a murder charge, but not enough members of a divided jury determined

GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) – Someone has been stealing water from fire hydrants in the southern Oregon town of Gold Hill. Mayor Christina Stanley tells the Grants Pass Daily Courier (https://is.gd/e2XQGg ) the problem was discovered when city workers noticed lower water levels at one of the town’s two reservoirs. Stanley says she found a

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A California man has been sentenced to more than six years in prison for killing his passenger in a drunken driving crash southwest of Portland last summer. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports (https://goo.gl/YCbDRE ) 25-year-old Kevin Sumlin of Oroville, California also was ordered Wednesday to serve three years of post-prison supervision, participate in

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., voted Wednesday in favor of confirming Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Mont., to be the next secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior after two previous “present” votes. “After several discussions, I received an assurance that as secretary of the Interior, Rep. Zinke will focus on doing his job, which includes protecting

Bend city councilors gave final approval Wednesday evening to new rules for taxis and other vehicles for hire, meaning by early May, ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft will be able to operate in the city. Uber Oregon Public Relations Manager John Isaacs said within the next few weeks, people can apply to be an

The driver of a stolen pickup truck was chased by a Jefferson County sheriff’s deputy on Highway 97 south of Madras Wednesday morning at speeds of over 100 mph. The suspect was eventually caught and arrested in Terrebonne, Sheriff Jim Adkins said. The deputy attempted to stop a gray 2017 Chevy Silverado for a traffic

Mt. Bachelor announced Wednesday that it will donate an additional $112,900 in cash to Central Oregon non-profit organizations this year, raising its ongoing charitable contribution total above the $1 million mark for the first time. Since Mt. Bachelor began its charitable giving initiatives in 2005, the resort has donated a total of $1,029,875 in cash

BOYS PREP BASKETBALL Jordan Valley 80, Hosanna Christian 68 Perrydale 57, Crosshill Christian 47 Powder Valley 74, Days Creek 60 Sherman 70, North Douglas 39 GIRLS PREP BASKETBALLClass 5A Play-InCentral 45, Thurston 41 Churchill 45, South Albany 38 Dallas 42, North Eugene 37 Hermiston 53, Sandy 29 Springfield 56, Crescent Valley 26 Summit 68, Milwaukie

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Portland Trail Blazers forward Ed Davis will have arthroscopic surgery on his left shoulder and will likely miss the rest of the season. The procedure, which is scheduled for next Tuesday in Los Angeles, will repair an injured labrum, the team announced. Davis has averaged 4.3 points and 5.3 rebounds in

It’s been six months since a rollover crash left one Bend man paralyzed, impacting his entire family. The road to recovery for Nathan Severson, 21, is a long one, but faith is keeping him going Severson now calls an assisted living facility home, his room decorated for a young adult starting life, words of inspiration

People living in Redmond will have a new opportunity for outdoor recreation. A new biking and walking trail was approved Tuesday night by the Redmond City Council. “We go down to the Dry Canyon almost every day,so another option will be really nice and handy,” Redmond resident Jan Clark said Wednesday. The city council approved

(Updated to add Bright’s online court records) Three teens were injured Tuesday night when their reportedly speeding car crashed through two fences and flipped onto its top in a home’s yard on Knott Road in southeast Bend, police said. Officers said the crash involved alcohol and speed, and the driver, a 19-year-old Redmond resident, faces

The city of Bend is continuing a major update of its sewer system, with the next phase of the project scheduled to begin later this month. The North Area Sewer Improvement Project will affect about a 1-mile stretch from Butler Market Road onto O.B. Riley Road, with a little bit of Third Street in the

(Updates with death toll, names) RIDDLE, Ore. (AP) – A Douglas County sheriff’s spokesman says four children were killed in an overnight house fire in the small southern Oregon timber town of Riddle. Deputy Dwes Hutson said Wednesday the children ranged from 4 to 13. Two adults and a 13-year-old boy survived and suffered serious

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – A labor union representing University of Oregon employees says the school is considering a plan to lay off 75 nontenured faculty members. The Register-Guard reports (http://bit.ly/2lX1Imd) that United Academics says the reductions will affect employees of the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Education and other university units. The