Month: June 2017

Two Prineville residents, ages 21 and 17, were arrested Wednesday in a raid on a northeast Prineville home where police said the potentially volatile marijuana extract “butane honey oil” was being illegally produced, officers said Thursday. Prineville police received information Wednesday that the marijuana extract was being illegally produced by the two residents of a

The Deschutes County Road Department announced Thursday it will open the Cascades Lakes Highway at 8 a.m. on Monday after a long period of plowing the winter’s heavy snowfall . Officials said travelers should be advised that parking and access may be limited in higher elevation areas, as there is still a significant amount of

ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) – A middle school student in southern Oregon has been charged with 10 counts of sexual harassment after being accused of groping female classmates. The News-Review reports (http://bit.ly/2rouFdD ) the 14-year-old boy was removed from Freemont Middle School following the charges. Police say the boy groped an underage girl on a recent

(Update on crews’ progress, video) A BNSF railway repair crew was called to Bend to put back on the tracks two rail cars carrying lumber that derailed while being moved to a siding Wednesday night, blocking the main BNSF Railway line through the area, a railroad spokesman said. BNSF representative Gus Melonas in Seattle said

A Prineville man has been sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison for distribution of child pornography, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Thursday. Ryan Babcock, 35, was sentenced Wednesday by U.S. District Court Judge Ann Aiken in Eugene to 135 months in federal prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, prosecutors said.

Oregon State University-Cascades announced Thursday it has received a $500,000 gift from the Bend Foundation and a $75,000 gift from Brooks Resources Corporation toward its next academic building. The future building will include classrooms and laboratories, and focus on the STEAM disciplines of science, technology, engineering, arts and math. “The Bend Foundation’s and Brooks Resources’

HUBBARD, Ore. (AP) – Authorities say one person died when a vehicle and an Amtrak train with 48 passengers crashed southwest of Portland. The Marion County Sheriff’s Office says deputies were called to the crash near Hubbard around 7:10 p.m. Wednesday. The sheriff’s office says it appears the motorist was trying to drive across the

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Gov. Kate Brown has signed a bill that will make it easier for transgender people in Oregon to update their birth certificates away from public view, beginning next year. The measure makes Oregon the second state after California to adopt laws specifically designed to help mitigate potential discrimination against transgender individuals.

Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., on Wednesday applauded seven bills passed by the House to reduce the appeals backlog at the Veterans Administration, tackle opioid addiction and expand mental health care treatment options for veterans. In a news release, Walden said he was continuing his efforts to improve the care Oregon’s veterans receive at the VA,