Month: November 2017

OREGON CITY, Ore. (AP) – Nearly a year after telling police she was sexually assaulted by an acquaintance who she suspects drugged her with LSD, an Oregon woman is still waiting for the lab results and for authorities to conclude their investigation of the alleged attack. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Juliette Simmons told police of the assault

Redmond Proficiency Academy middle school students have been collecting donations to support the Redmond Chamber of Commerce Giving Tree. A Redmond Chamber of Commerce tradition, the Giving Tree provides a conduit through which members of the Redmond community can help provide gifts, clothing, and shoes to approximately 150 children and 75 families. This is the

Every year, S.S. gives thanks for the Saving Grace Police Line. When law enforcement showed up to the ranch where S.S. lived with her family five years ago, she was in grave danger. The responding officer suspected she was at high risk of being killed by her husband. So he called the Saving Grace “Police

Better Business Bureau Serving the Northwest is reminding donors to be wary of charity fraud this holiday season, especially with Giving Tuesday coming up and an increase in charity scams. Charity fraud varies from a scammer posing as a reputable charity to a misrepresentation of how much money actually goes to the charity’s clients. There have

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Lane County commissioners are considering a pilot program that would allow homeless residents with vehicles to camp on private properties near Eugene. The Register-Guard reports many neighborhoods in the pilot area lie within Eugene’s urban growth boundary but are outside the city limits. Under the program, businesses, churches, nonprofit agencies and other

A fire heavily damaged a home in Powell Butte Sunday morning, but the smoke alarms alerted the family inside, who escaped unhurt, officials said Monday. Crook County Fire and Rescue was dispatched around 9:40 a.m. to the possible structure fire on Southwest Wahkiakum Street in Powell Butte, Fire Marshal Russell Deboodt said. Arriving crews found

YAMHILL, Ore. (AP) – Authorities say a fight in Yamhill escalated to shots being fired and two men being hit by gunfire, with one of them suffering a life-threatening gunshot wound. KPTV-TV reports officers from the Yamhill Police Department and deputies from the Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office responded Friday night to the scene, where they found

With a near daily flood of new accusations against harassers, is it possible the tide is turning against sexual harassment in the workplace? Elizabeth Tippett, an associate professor at the University of Oregon School of Law thinks so. But justice for victims may not come from the courts. Tippett said one Supreme Court case in

Students at Oregon State University received an urgent email over the holiday weekend, warning the school’s ongoing outbreak of meningococcal disease had spread once again. “This is the fifth OSU student to be treated for meningococcal disease in the past year,” the email read. “It is important that you are aware of this latest case.”

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) – Tres Tinkle had 16 points and seven rebounds while Drew Eubanks and Alfred Hollins chipped in 12 points apiece to lead Oregon State over Marist, 65-46, in the seventh-place game at the AdvoCare Invitational Sunday. Oregon State (3-3) opened the first half with a 15-2 run but Marist closed the

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Freshman Trae Young had a season-high 43 points, including 30 in the second half alone, and Oklahoma defeated Oregon 90-80 on Sunday, the final day of the Phil Knight Invitational. Young made four 3-pointers and added seven assists in the win for the Sooners (4-1), who won two of three at the

A fire of undetermined cause destroyed a detached garage Saturday afternoon in the Cimarron City subdivision east of Bend, with losses totaling nearly $250,000 due to numerous restored antique motorcycles and other rarities stored inside it, officials said. Bend firefighters responded shortly before 3 p.m. to the reported fire in the 230000 block of Lariat

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Police identified a 62-year-old man as the suspect in a stabbing at a Portland Streetcar platform in the Lloyd District. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports that police said Sunday that Robert Gholston stabbed another man several times at a streetcar platform on Saturday night. Police said they received a report of a disturbance at 7:48

SEATTLE (AP) – City and state transportation departments are spending more than $1 million on fences aimed at keeping homeless people separated from highways in Seattle. The Seattle Times reports fencing crews have cordoned off areas under highways in the city with 10-foot (3-meter) fences that are designed to be difficult to climb. The Washington State Department

(Update: Victim identified, details of fatal crash) A 69-year-old Bend-area man who had crossed Cline Falls Highway to get his mail was struck and killed by a pickup truck Friday evening, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said. Sgt. William Bailey said deputies were dispatched shortly after 5 p.m. to the reported crash in the 65400 block

(Update: Missing man found safe) Bend police said late Saturday night they had found a 76-year-old resident with dementia who was reported missing and endangered a few hours earlier on the city’s south end, prompting an alert for the public to help watch for him. Lt. Clint Burleigh said Deschutes County 911 dispatchers received information

The Sunriver Nature Center & Observatory said it was deeply saddened to announce Friday that Chuck, a male trumpeter swan that has resided on Lake Aspen in Sunriver since 2013, was illegally shot on Thursday and fatally wounded. Chuck, together with his mate, Gracie, and their four cygnets had left their nesting area and were

A Deschutes County resident is suing the city of Bend and a snowplow operator for nearly $300,000, accusing the city worker of catching his pickup truck with the plow blade, causing his pickup to lift into the air and drop to the ground. The personal injury lawsuit was filed Wednesday by an attorney for Brian

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Royce Freeman set a new Pac-12 record for career rushing touchdowns while running for 122 yards and two scores in Oregon’s 69-10 rout of Oregon State on Saturday night in the 121st Civil War game. Freeman now has 60, surpassing Oregon State’s Ken Simonton, who ran for 59 touchdowns between 1998-01. Justin Herbert,

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Sabrina Ionescu scored 28 points and Ruthy Hebard had 15 points and 15 rebounds to lead No. 10 Oregon to a 92-74 victory over Oklahoma at the PK80 Invitational on Saturday. Ionescu had 18 points in the second half and finished one off her career high for the Ducks (5-1) to go