Month: April 2017

NYSSA, Ore. (AP) – An estimated 100 million pounds of spoiled onions have been disposed of in Idaho and Oregon following a winter of unprecedented snowfall. The Capital Press reported (http://bit.ly/2q7aIGw ) Sunday that both states extended the onion disposal deadline a month to April 15 in response to the number of onions. Oregon officials

NEWBERG, Ore. (AP) – Police in Oregon are searching for a university student who has been missing since Saturday night. Capt. Jeff Kosmicki of the Newberg-Dundee Police Department identified the student as 21-year-old Daniel Mellers of George Fox University. Kosmicki said Mellers never returned after telling roommates he was walking to a convenience store to

(Update with Prineville police on list) On Friday, the committee overseeing Oregon’s Seismic Rehabilitation Grant Program announced 100 schools and 47 emergency services facilities will receive $153.6 million in state grant funds, including more than $1.2 million for the city of Prineville Police Department building. Prineville’s grant of $1,249,260 was the only one for Central

Cascade Natural Gas crews are wrapping up the gas main installation of Phase 5 Section 2, in downtown Bend. This week, there will be some minor tie in work in Tin Pan Alley and at the intersection of NW Minnesota Ave & Gasoline Alley. Congestion should be minimal, but watch for crews wrapping up in

Do you like to teach and interact with people? AARP needs an additional driver safety instructor for the Bend and La Pine areas. You don’t have to be a driving expert, but just a desire to help older drivers reduce crashes and save lives. This is an all-volunteer program, with all expenses paid by the

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Stephen Curry scored 34 points, Klay Thompson added 24 and the short-handed Golden State Warriors overcame a slow start to take a 3-0 lead in their playoff series against the Portland Trail Blazers with a 119-113 victory on Saturday night. The Blazers led by as many as 17 points in the

(Update, clarifying that fire apparently rekindled) A fire that broke out early Friday morning at a northwest Prineville storage unit business apparently rekindled late Saturday afternoon, putting up more black smoke, and Oregon State Police and the state fire investigators were called in to help look for the cause, authorities said. The initial smoky fire

Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said Saturday night a missing Alzheimer’s patient who walked away from his home at Eagle Crest Resort, west of Redmond, had been found safe in the city. “The missing subject from Eagle Crest has been located in Redmond and is being reunited with his family,” the agency said in its update,

A lot of people do it, and not because they want to. Crossing the street without a crosswalk can save time, but it’s stressful and dangerous. The crosswalk at the corner of Franklin and Third Street in Bend is the last one you’ll see for a while, depending on which direction you’re going. If you

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Darlington Nagbe scored a spectacular goal early and Darren Mattocks added his first of the season as the Portland Timbers defeated the Vancouver Whitecaps 2-1 on Saturday. Nagbe’s highlight reel strike came in the 18th minute, when he received a pass 30 yards from goal and danced away from two Vancouver

Bend police asked the public for help Saturday in finding the driver in an early-morning hit-and-run crash on the Bend Parkway that left a man recovering from serious injuries in the hospital. Police responded around 12:50 a.m. to the report of a man lying in the middle of northbound Highway 97 near the Reed Market

(Update adding tuition amounts) The Oregon State University Board of Trustees on Friday approved tuition and mandatory fees for the 2017-18 academic year. Tuition will increase 4 percent for Oregon resident undergraduate students and 2 percent for non-resident undergraduates on both the Corvallis and OSU-Cascades (Bend) campuses. Tuition will climb 4 percent for resident undergraduates

(Update with woman’s body found by searchers) A search for a missing Bend woman that covered about 500 acres northwest of the city ended sadly Saturday morning with the discovery of her body, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said. The agency had turned to the public for assistance Friday in search of any clues to the

With the new roundabout project on U.S. Highway 20 in Sisters at about the halfway mark, crews from Knife River Corporation, under contract to the Oregon Department of Transportation, are closing access to McKinney Butte Road to complete the job. The restriction of access from Highway 20 will begin Monday and it will reopen the

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Police have arrested a third suspect following the shooting death of a high school student in a Portland park. Police in Portland arrested 19-year-old Miguel Thompson on Friday evening near a shopping mall. He’s being held in the Multnomah County Jail and faces charges of first-degree murder and robbery. Police say

WEST LINN, Ore. (AP) – Police in the Portland area have shot and killed a man. Authorities say West Linn police at about 10:15 p.m. Friday responded to a report of an armed and suicidal man in the city south of Portland. Police say the officers confronted a male with a firearm who was subsequently

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Authorities in northwest Oregon say they’re looking for a suspected car thief after he tried to run over a sheriff’s deputy, who opened fire. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office says police responded following a report of a man spray painting a car at about 4:15 p.m. Friday in the Cedar Mills

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Police say a person of interest has been taken into custody in connection with a death at a Motel 6 in southeast Portland. The Portland Police Bureau says the incident began as officers attempted to stop a stolen car that was observed leaving the motel Friday morning. They soon after stopped

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., applauded news Friday that the Federal Reserve fined Deutsche Bank $157 million for violating the Volcker Rule. The fine is the first related to enforcement of the Volcker Rule, which Merkley co-authored along with former Senator Carl Levin as part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of

Prineville city leaders on Friday — the eve of Earth Day — unveiled the new 500-acre Crooked River Wetlands Complex, a novel approach to sewage treatment that also has drawn fans from the bird-watching community. The man-made wetland complex took two years to complete and is a sustainable project that includes educational kiosks, a pavilion