Month: April 2017

Governor Kate Brown on Friday ordered all flags at public institutions to be flown Saturday at half-staff in honor of Umatilla native, Staff Sgt. Austin Bieren. Flags should be lowered from sunrise to sunset on Saturday, the day of his memorial service. “Staff Sgt. Bieren represents the best of Oregon, and I ask all Oregonians

Dine out at a local restaurant on Tuesday, April 18 th , and help homeless animals. Participating Tables for Tails restaurants are partnering with the Humane Society of Central Oregon so people can dine out for a cause and help those with paws. Enjoy breakfast, lunch or dinner on Tuesday, April 18 th at a

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Autopsies conducted on a Portland-area man and his two young daughters show the man killed the girls and then fatally shot himself after being hit by police gunfire. Authorities said Thursday that Gresham police Officer Matt Anderson opened fire on 42-year-old Jaime Cortinas after he set fire to his SUV with

HILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) – Authorities say a man was found dead under a small farm tractor at his home in a rural area southwest of Portland. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office says deputies were called to the home in unincorporated Washington County Thursday afternoon. The sheriff’s office says a family member found 70-year-old Howard Mozeico

LA GRANDE, Ore. (AP) – Oregon State Police say a propane explosion and fire demolished a building in northeastern Oregon. Fire crews in La Grande responded shortly before noon Thursday to Ed Staub & Sons Petroleum, finding the shop fully engulfed. Police say nobody was inside during the explosion and there were no injuries. The

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Oregon Republican Party Chairman Bill Currier has filed a complaint about a Portland judicial official who allegedly helped a defendant avoid federal immigration agents. Currier said Thursday he wants the Oregon Commission on Judicial Fitness to determine whether Multnomah County court referee Monica Herranz committed an ethical breach by allowing a

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The Chief U.S. District Judge of Oregon has moved to ban attorney Marcus Mumford from practicing law in any federal courts in the state. The Oregonian/Oregon Live reports (http://bit.ly/2oE49Oa ) Wednesday that the judge has given Mumford until the first week in May to argue in writing why such a sanction

The Sisters Rodeo Parade has named Curt Kallberg the grand marshal of the 2017 Sisters Rodeo Parade. A dynamo of energy, the former wild horse racer, current auto racer and consummate contractor is a man who thrives on action and speed, always ready to do what it takes to get something done in the community.

A Prineville man was thrown from his SUV and seriously injured when it left Highway 97 and crashed south of Sunriver Thursday morning, one of several crashes reported south of Bend amid black ice and slick conditions, Oregon State Police said. Larry Oliveira, 55, was conscious and breathing when troopers reached his 2015 Chevy Traverse

(Update with Walden health care reform comments) Hundreds of residents, many of them clearly upset, gathered in Prineville at Crook County High School Thursday morning for the first of the day’s two Central Oregon town halls hosted by Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore. Walden answered questions from the crowd of about 600 for 90 minutes, and

(Update: Details on Ethics Commission’s timeline, 30-day initial review, searchable SEI database) State Rep. Knute Buehler, R-Bend, disputed as “false and politically motivated” a state ethics complaint filed against him Wednesday by the Democratic Party of Oregon, alleging he failed to disclose nearly $100,000 in payments from drug and medical device companies. The complaint filed

(Updating: DA says person who stabbed suspect not expected to be charged) A 31-year-old Bend man was arrested Wednesday on burglary, robbery and theft charges, accused of illegally entering a southwest Bend home in early February, police said. He was stabbed by one of the two occupants during a confrontation. Police officers and detectives stopped

(Update: Police say driver stopped, cooperated with investigation; comments from sister-in-law) A 39-year-old Bend woman was struck and fatally injured by an SUV on Northeast Third Street Tuesday night, police said Wednesday. Officers responded to the crash at Third Street and Burnside Avenue, reported at 9:47 p.m., said Lt. Clint Burleigh. The woman, identified to

A group of people who say they have long waited for Rep. Greg Walden, R-Oregon, to hold a Bend town held a meeting Wednesday evening to discuss Thursday’s event and what they want to ask about. The gathering was something like a preparedness meeting — they discussed what kind of questions to ask him and

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A 75-year-old man who authorities say promoted prostitution at his Portland strip clubs has pleaded guilty to federal charges, but is expected to be out of prison by the end of the month. Lawrence Owen pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service and conspiring to use an

The consumer group OSPIRG released Tuesday the ninth in a series of reports that review complaints to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau). The latest report explores consumer complaints about medical debt, a major source of problems for consumers, since medical debt items on credit reports are often wrong or about the wrong consumer. The report

HOOD RIVER, Ore. (AP) – Oregon State Police say a man on a dirt bike discovered an injured bald eagle on the side of a road outside Hood River. The agency says wildlife officials responded Tuesday and took the large eagle to the Rowena Wildlife Clinic, where it was reported to be conscious and alert.

The Oregon House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to ensure that the privacy of consumers online is protected and enforceable. House Bill 2090 makes it an unlawful trade practice, enforceable by the Attorney General, if a company or a person uses, discloses, collects, maintains, deletes or disposes of consumer information in a way that’s not

The Oregon Liquor Control Commission, along with the Oregon Department of Agriculture, the Oregon Department of Revenue, and Franwell Metrc – the provider of Oregon’s Cannabis Tracking System, will hold Recreational Marijuana Program licensee workshops around the state in May. The workshops will be held in Eugene at Lane Community College on May 3 ,

Volunteers are being sought to participate in the latest weather spotter training on Friday in Madras. Weather spotters trained by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Weather Service are key volunteers who assist the meteorologists by providing up-to-date information about storm activity. The Skywarn Weather Spotter training is free and will be held in