Month: March 2017

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A federal judge in Oregon says that beginning next year, the government must spill more water from dams on the lower Columbia and Snake rivers to improve the chances that protected salmon will survive. U.S. District Judge Michael Simon said in a ruling Monday that the salmon continue to be imperiled

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A felon whose pistol was used in the February 2016 slaying of a Seaside police sergeant has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison. Jamie Lee Jones had previously pleaded guilty to charges that he possessed methamphetamine with intent to sell and had a firearm while selling heroin. Investigators say

LINCOLN CITY, Ore. (AP) – The teenage son of former Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber has been sentenced to a week in jail after pleading guilty to driving under the influence of intoxicants during a crash last Fourth of July. Logan Kitzhaber, 19, also pleaded guilty to assault Monday in Lincoln County. Oregon State Police said

EPIC Property Management, LLC is excited to announce the lease-ups of Moonlight Townhomes and Daggett Townhomes, two affordable townhome communities located on Bend’s east side next to Ensworth Elementary School. The developments provide Bend with new affordable housing for 53 households. As affordable properties, income restrictions will apply and rents will be well below market

Members of the Oregon Future Farmers of America traveled from all over the state to participate in this weekend’s convention. This was the 89th convention and it drew thousands of members to the event, the first held in Redmond. Thousands of high school students, wearing their blue corduroy jackets, could be found in various activities

(Update: Name released of victim) BANDON, Ore. (AP) – Police have released the name of a Eugene teen who died after a waterlogged log rolled on top of her at a coastal beach. The Eugene Register-Guard reports (http://bit.ly/2nnbCyg ) that 14-year-old Aurora Sheffel was standing on top of the log with friends at the South

Central Oregon Partnerships for Youth (COPY), a program of the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, is offering a class to prepare volunteers to become mentors for children with an incarcerated parent. After initial training and comprehensive background checks, volunteers are matched with a child in Bend, Redmond, Sisters or La Pine that share similar interests and

NORTH BEND, Ore. (AP) – Officials on the Oregon coast say investing in two suicide-prevention phone booths at a bridge were suicides occur is worth the money if it saves a life. The World reports (http://bit.ly/2no9yq0 ) that the proposed phone booths that would be located at the McCullough Bridge in North Bend have been

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Damian Lillard scored 22 points and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Los Angeles Lakers 97-81 on Sunday night to pull even with Denver in the race for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference. Both the Blazers and Nuggets are 35-38 with nine games left in the regular season.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A Mississippi man wanted in the strangulation death of his roommate has been arrested in Portland. U.S. Marshals and Portland police took 40-year-old Thomas Elliot Stafford into custody near downtown. He was booked into jail shortly before noon Saturday and is awaiting extradition. Investigators in Jackson County, Mississippi, believe Stafford killed

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is backing away from a plan to put a hatchery in southwest Oregon’s Rogue River Basin up for competitive bidding. The Mail Tribune reports (https://is.gd/m4493B ) the Corps appears ready to have Oregon Department of Fish Wildlife retain operation of the Cole Rivers Hatchery. ODFW would

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Activists say a 25-year-old man who had been allowed to stay in the U.S. because he was brought into the country as a child has been detained by immigration agents. Immigration lawyer Stephen Manning says in a statement that Francisco J. Rodriguez Dominguez was picked up Sunday morning at his home

The proposed budget from the Trump administration would eliminate funding for the National Endowment for the Arts, and those who are involved with or benefit from such efforts say that could mean fewer children in Oregon will be exposed to art. The state’s world-renowned Oregon Shakespeare Festival hosts hundreds of students each year because of

Cascade Natural Gas has started its 2017 construction projects in downtown Bend, officials said Sunday. There will be some congestion and detours, so look for alternative routes as this project ramps up. This week, work crews will be working in the alley between NW Franklin and Minnesota avenues, at the intersection with Lava Avenue. By

Clashes broke out Saturday at the Oregon Capitol when about 200 people gathered for a rally to support President Trump and about 50 anti-Trump protesters showed up. Oregon State Police said a Terrebonne man was arrested after he used pepper spray on a trooper and was found to be carrying a concealed gun, in violation

Oregon Treasurer Tobias Read joined with other investment industry leaders last week and urged the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to stay the course on corporate transparency, a key tenet in consumer protections passed to protect the economy from a repeat of the crippling Global Financial Crisis of 2008-09. At stake is the “Pay Ratio

The State Board of Education on Thursday approved a resolution reaffirming its stance that Oregon schools should be safe and welcoming for all students, regardless of national origin, immigration status or documentation status. The resolution follows a letter signed by Board Chair Charles R. Martinez, Jr. in November upholding efforts by Oregon educators to support

After advancing through two phases of online competition, Redmond High School’s Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) Academic Team has advanced to compete in person at the Marine Corps JROTC Academic Championship in Washington, D.C. this summer. Redmond High’s JROTC Academic Team includes team captain junior Kason Rondo, junior Alex Cozine, junior Randy Garcia and

Mid Oregon Credit Union is happy to announce their 13 th year in support of Healthy Beginnings Adopt – a – Bear campaign. In 2004, Mid Oregon’s CEO, Bill Anderson, and Healthy Beginnings Executive Director, Holly Remer provided a perfect solution to a fundraising dilemma with a creative campaign called ” Adopt – a –

FLORA, Ore. (AP) – Wildlife officials say a wolf pack killed at least eight chickens and a goose in northeastern Oregon. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife tells the Capital Press (http://bit.ly/2n61wQD) that a GPS tracking collar on a wolf shows its location about 300 yards from the attack site at about 6 a.m.