Month: July 2017

In the thick of fire season, trees left behind after being taken down on the northwest side of Bend, just off O.B. Riley Road, are creating a fire hazard, worried neighbors say. “It’s a lot of dry wood,” Bend resident Erich Lieberkenecht said Monday. “It’s super-hot out here. It’s a certain risk that we have

Three people were injured, one seriously, in a three-vehicle crash Monday on Highway 97 six miles north of Bend, Oregon State Police reported. Troopers, police and fire medics responded to the crash at Highway 97 and Gift Road shortly after noon, said OSP Sgt. Michael Berland. A preliminary investigation found that David Nixon, 80, of

(Update: Police identify shooting victim, other details) A man who was shot several times by a family member at his home in southwest Prineville Sunday evening was in critical condition Monday at St. Charles Bend, authorities said. Prineville police, Crook County sheriff’s deputies and Oregon State Police responded around 6:30 p.m. Sunday o the reported

If you’re a patient at St. Charles Health Systems, your care could be costing more than the state average. The Oregon Health Authority released its annual report comparing prices for about 60 of the most popular inpatient and outpatient procedures for 2015, and Central Oregon’s hospitals had above-average costs for many of them. “(The report

(Update: All power back on; utility says downed tree was cause) A downed tree triggered a power outage that hit more than 3,500 Pacific Power customers in southern Bend for several hours on a hot Monday afternoon. The outage was reported around 2:15 p.m. and initially affected 3,517 customers, according to Pacific Power’s Oregon outages

Police scanners have been used for years, as people listen in to calls around their community. That could soon be changing, as law enforcement agencies in Deschutes County, for the safety of their officers, are going to scramble their signals so that scanners can’t pick them up. Redmond police Lt. Curtis Chambers said Monday the

Deschutes County residents reported a flood of calls Monday from scammers claiming to be with the IRS and telling people they need to pay back taxes or face arrest. The county’s 911 dispatch center advised receiving about 100 calls from citizens reporting the IRS scam, sheriff’s deputies said. The citizens are being told there is

A new wildfire has burned about 65 acres in the Whitewater Creek area of the Mt. Jefferson Wilderness, Willamette National Forest officials said Monday. A commercial plane flying over the area Sunday evening reported seeing smoke, officials said. Within minutes, the fire lookout on nearby Coffin Mountain located its source. With breezy winds, high temperatures

Here are the results of Friday’s KTVZ.COM Poll, taking the pulse of eclipse travel plans: Do you plan to travel 10 miles or more to view the eclipse? Yes – 7% (67 votes) No – 89% (807 votes) Don’t know yet – 3% (30 votes) Total Votes: 904

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Four Wasco County residents have sued a jail that holds immigrants awaiting deportation or a hearing on their status. The four assert they are taxpayers who helped pay for the jail in Wasco County, and the facility is violating an Oregon law that prohibits local authorities from helping federal authorities enforce immigration

SEDRO WOOLLEY, Wash. (AP) – A climber died after falling into a crevasse while descending Forbidden Peak in the North Cascades. Susan Bennett, a 61-year old woman from Bellingham, Washington, was with a group of four who had climbed to the summit on Saturday. They were descending the West Ridge when she fell several hundred feet. A

TILLAMOOK, Ore. (AP) – Authorities arrested a 42-year-old man accused of killing his older brother in Tillamook. The Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office says in a news release that police went to a home on a disturbance call Sunday and found the body of 49-year-old John Armitage. His brother, Jared Armitage, was booked into jail on a murder

(Update: Adding location) A police drone helped searchers recover the body of a man who drowned after jumping from a footbridge into the Deschutes River Sunday afternoon. Bend Fire Department rescuers, as well as police and Deschutes County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue, were dispatched shortly before 4 p.m. to a reported water rescue situation at

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) – A former southern Oregon teacher facing trial on criminal sexual abuse charges is being sued in federal court by his alleged victim. The Mail-Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/2uVSX3b) that the alleged victim has filed a civil lawsuit against Jeffrey Zundel, a former Crater High School teacher, and the Central Point School District. Her lawsuit filed

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) – Sebastian Blanco scored early in the second half and the undermanned Portland Timbers beat the Vancouver Whitecaps 2-1 on Sunday to snap a six-game winless streak. Jeremy Ebobisse set up the winner and also scored for Portland (8-8-6) . The Timbers are short-handed because of injuries, suspensions and players away for

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Salem police say detectives are investigating after a 25-year-old man was fatally shot by a private security guard. Police say officers responding to a shooting about 3:30 a.m. Saturday found Jose Francisco Moreno in a parking lot. He died at the scene. Police identified the security guard as 33-year-old Gregory Capwell with Homefront

A Washington state resident was arrested when a Highway 97 traffic stop south of La Pine turned up more than five pounds of cocaine worth more than $67.000 in his car, Oregon State Police said late Friday, calling it “a significant seizure.” Moises Sanchez Alcaraz, 58, of Mattawa, Washington was driving a 2006 Porsche Cayenne

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – An early morning fire swept through an apartment building in northeast Portland Sunday, killing one person and displacing more than two dozen people. Portland Fire and Rescue says firefighters found heavy fire coming from the first floor of the apartment building on Glisan Street when they responded early Sunday morning. Crews pulled one

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) – Police arrested three residents on charges of initiating a false report of harassment and kidnapping. One of them also faces a fourth-degree assault charge. The Eugene Register-Guard reports (http://bit.ly/2tRM4ec ) Springfield police received a report Friday about an attempted kidnapping of a 3-year-old girl. The parents, William Brady and Marlena Brady, told police

PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) – Work has started to remove a dam in Eastern Oregon that blocks salmon, steelhead and lamprey. The East Oregonian reports (http://bit.ly/2uKCf6m) that work to remove the Dillon Diversion Dam on the Umatilla River outside of Echo started earlier this month. The dam built in 1915 served five landowners as part of the Dillon