Month: March 2017

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Police say a homeless man was found dead inside a tent along Interstate 84. Portland police Sgt. Pete Simpson says officers discovered the man last week while conducting a welfare check. Officers opened the tent after getting no response and found the body of 32-year-old Christopher Martin. Paramedics revived a small

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The city of Portland and its three biggest colleges said Monday they are teaming up to build a $100 million education and health center. The building would be constructed at what is currently a city-owned parking lot near Portland State University. Besides PSU, the other schools chipping in are Portland Community

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) – The Oregon State University Board of Trustees postponed a vote on a possible tuition increase after protesters interrupted its meeting. The Corvallis Gazette-Times reports (http://bit.ly/2nDmfA8 ) the board was expected to vote Friday on a proposal to increase tuition by 4 percent for resident undergraduates and 2 percent for nonresident undergraduates.

KIDS Center (Kids Intervention and Diagnostic Service Center) and MountainStar Family Relief Nursery will kick off the Blue Ribbon Campaign on April 1 . The Blue Ribbon Campaign coincides with April’s “National Child Abuse Prevention Month.” The Blue Ribbon Campaign began in 1989 as one woman’s tribute to her grandson when she tied a blue

Crook County Health & Human Services is pleased to announce Natalie Good, DO, has been hired as the new part-time public health medical officer for Crook County. Health departments are required to have a health officer through Oregon statutes and Dr. Good brings her supportive community work and enthusiasm for improved health to her new

A car left a road, traveled across several fields and smashed completely into a home south of Redmond Sunday morning, but the woman and two children inside the car were unhurt — and the homeowner was away at church at the time, authorities said. The crash, reported just before 10:30 a.m., heavily damaged a home

MIAMI (AP) – Damian Lillard scored a season-high 49 points, 28 of them coming after halftime, and the Portland Trail Blazers continued their playoff push by beating the Miami Heat 115-104 on Sunday night. Lillard tied a career high with nine 3-pointers, giving him 1,002 for his career. He shot 14 for 21 from the

Anglers and would-be anglers can enjoy a weekend of free fishing on April 22 and 23. On these two days, Oregonians and visitors can fish, crab and clam for free anywhere in Oregon without a license, tag or endorsement. This free fishing weekend – as well as to two other free fishing holidays Nov. 25

The Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region is inviting the public to help identify trails that will be part of a Forest Service effort with partners and volunteers to increase the pace of trail maintenance. Nationwide, the Forest Service will select nine to 15 priority areas among its nine regions where a backlog in trail maintenance

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) – Sydney Wiese scored 13 points in her final career game at Gill Coliseum and second-seeded Oregon State moved on in the NCAA Tournament with a 64-52 second-round victory over No. 7 seed Creighton on Sunday night. Oregon State (31-4) will go on to face third-seeded Florida State in Stockton, California. The

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Tyler Dorsey hit a contested go-ahead 3-pointer from the top of the arc with 38.4 seconds to play, E.C. Matthews airballed a long 3 in the waning moments trying to force overtime, and third-seeded Oregon rallied in the second half to beat upstart No. 11 Rhode Island 75-72 on Sunday and

(correcting year of car, gender of arrested driver) An Oregon State Police trooper stopped and arrested a Grants Pass woman Saturday night on DUII charges in a rear-end crash on Interstate 5 that killed one person and seriously injured another, troopers said Saturday. Around 8:20 p.m. Saturday, OSP troopers and medics responded to a reported

Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., joined 22 other senators late last week in introducing legislation to rescind President Trump’s executive order to construct a border wall and ramp up deportations and detentions of undocumented immigrants. Trump’s executive order, signed January 25 , mandates the immediate planning and construction of a wall along the

A 22-year-old Bend man was accidentally shot in the chest Saturday night by his 21-year-old lifelong friend, who was unloading a handgun at a home east of the city, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said. Trevor Rogers was flown by Life Flight helicopter to St. Charles Bend, where he was listed in fair condition late Saturday

It may not feel like it outside but fire season is on its way. This spring partners in the central Oregon area, will host FireFree days. Crook, Deschutes, and Jefferson counties will all be hosting FireFree events for local residents to easily prepare for wildfire season. Check the dates below for a FireFree event near

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A pilot program in Portland, Oregon will put homeless families in little modular homes built in the backyards of willing homeowners. In exchange, the homeowners will own the fully plumbed tiny houses after a five-year lease and can rent them out. The idea will start with just four units but Multnomah

PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) – Amazon is proposing to build a third data complex west of Hermiston consisting of four data centers. The East Oregonian reports (https://goo.gl/1JgU92) that the Seattle-based e-commerce giant recently bought 120 acres of land next to the Hermiston Generating Plant. It already operates two server farms in eastern Oregon. Amazon, doing business

CALDWELL, Idaho (AP) – A former Oregon sheriff’s sergeant has pleaded guilty to having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old Idaho boy he met through a dating app. KTVB-TV in Boise says 46-year-old Michael Alexander of Lake Oswego, Oregon, is to be sentenced May 8. He pleaded guilty earlier this month to felony lewd conduct

The Oregon Liquor Control Commission said Saturday it is issuing an immediate health and safety advisory due to the identification of potentially unsafe pesticide residue on retail plant material produced from marijuana cultivated by Emerald Wave Estate, LLC The affected marijuana failed a pesticide test for pyrethrins exceeding the Oregon Health Authority action level for

The U.S. Coast Guard rescued two hikers who were stranded on King’s Mountain in the Tillamook Forest, Saturday . A Coast Guard Sector Columbia River MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew hoisted the two hikers and a member of a ground search party, who were all impacted by exposure to the cold weather and dropped the subjects