Month: August 2017

Here are the results of Monday’s KTVZ.COM Poll, asking whether police should make graffiti and vandalism in public places a high priority: Do you think graffiti/vandalism in public places should be a high police priority? Yes – 57% (276 votes) No – 43% (206 votes) Total Votes: 482

The state of Oregon announced Monday more than $17 million in funding available for the construction, acquisition or rehabilitation of new multifamily rental housing units that serve low-income veterans struggling with financial or mental health crises. “Oregon’s veterans deserve the assurance of knowing they have access to safe and stable housing,” said Governor Kate Brown.

Former and current JROTC and community members filled the Jefferson County School District building Monday evening to find out what would happen to the recently canceled Madras program, and got some good news. Superintendent, Ken Parshall announced they’ve found a viable candidate to take over as lead instructor, weeks after a school board decision to

Visitors to Bend’s Pilot Butte Monday morning were met with a message of hate, apparently aimed at tourists, new arrivals or both. Someone spray-painted “Get out of our town” across the summit viewing area of the popular tourist attraction. The state park’s bathroom and roadway also were vandalized with paint. The graffiti was not there

(Update: Charlton Fire stopped at 16 acres; new small fire east of Bend also knocked down) A wildfire near Little Cultus Lake was contained Monday night at 16 acres, but with the heat wave ramping up, Bend and other fire crews were dispatched Tuesday morning to stop a small brushfire burning near Highway 20 east

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – An adult and three minors charged in the death of an Oregon teenager have pleaded not guilty to murder. Police arrested 20-year-old Isai Guzman-Ramirez and the three teens on Saturday after 17-year-old Jose Ricardo Morales was found dead on a Gresham sidewalk. He had been shot with a .22 caliber rifle. According to

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – A Salem security guard accused of murder has been denied bail. The Statesman Journal reports (https://is.gd/NGIMAN ) a judge made the decision Monday at Gregory Capwell’s first court appearance. Capwell was arrested nearly a week after the July 22 shooting death of Jose Francisco Moreno. Police found Moreno bleeding from multiple gunshot wounds

NEWBERG, Ore. (AP) – A man now living in Newberg is accused of using a fake Great Britain passport for close to 20 years. The Oregonian/OregonLive reported (http://bit.ly/2whDvv7 ) Monday that the man is accused of using a passport with a dead baby’s name on it multiple times. He used it to enter Mexico, Thailand, Cambodia,

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Authorities say divers recovered the body of a man who drowned in Blue Lake east of Portland near the Columbia River. The man in his 20s and a woman jumped off a paddle boat Monday afternoon after the boat started to fill with water. Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Brandon White says the

Deschutes County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue came to the aid Monday evening of a 74-year-old Lane County woman who was thrown from her horse and injured in the Wickiup Plains area of the Three Sisters Wilderness, officials said. Robert Andreasen of Fall Creek, Oregon called Deschutes County 911 around 6:15 p.m. to report his wife,

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – A Eugene man killed in an alleged dispute with a neighbor Sunday has been identified. The Register-Guard reports (https://goo.gl/VYKnPH ) 41-year-old Michael Dennis James Long’s identity was released Monday by the Lane County Sheriff’s Office. Jeffery Witt was charged with murder on Monday afternoon in connection with the incident. It did not appear Monday

GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) – A Southern Oregon man died in a motorcycle crash five weeks after his father was killed in such a crash. The Daily Courier reports (https://is.gd/pFQoqs ) 49-year-old Raymond Millette died Friday afternoon on a dirt road in the mountains west of Grants Pass. Paramedics needed a pickup with four-wheel drive to

Motorists who consider parking on Oregon highway shoulders during the eclipse may risk a fine, put others in jeopardy, contribute to congestion and worst case, may possibly see their vehicle towed away, ODOT warned Monday. With thousands of eclipse-seekers hitting the state’s highways to catch a view of the Aug. 21 celestial event, ODOT expects