Month: November 2017

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) – Lexie Brown scored Duke’s last 10 points of the game, finishing with 19, as the No. 16 Blue Devils held off No. 18 Oregon State 72-65 on Saturday. The Beavers used an 8-0 run to close within one with 5:49 to play and was down by three when Brown took over. She

WASHINGTON (AP) – C.J. McCollum scored 26 points, including seven straight during a 10-0 game-closing run, and the Portland Trail Blazers overcame a 17-point fourth-quarter deficit to defeat the short-handed Washington Wizards 108-105 on Saturday night. Damian Lillard scored 29 points for Portland, which won for a second consecutive night on the East Coast in dramatic

SEATTLE (AP) – A family made an unusual discovery inside the bathroom of their north Seattle apartment on Friday – a snake was hiding in their toilet. KOMO-TV reports the family called police after a child found the 4-foot (1-meter) snake inside the apartment in the Lake City neighborhood. Officers helped remove the snake, and personnel with

FOREST GROVE, Ore. (AP) – Officials say a 20-year-old Hillsboro man was arrested after trying to run over a Forest Grove Police sergeant. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports that Joseph Eison was arrested late Friday night on charges that include assault, attempting to flee, DUI, escape and criminal mischief. The Washington County’s Sheriff’s Office says deputies were called at

UCLA says it has hired Chip Kelly as its coach, bringing the former Oregon coach back to the Pac-12 after he tried his hand in the NFL. Kelly went 46-7 in four seasons (2009-12) leading the Ducks, including reaching the BCS championship game after the 2010 season. He won the Pac-12 three times and helped revolutionize

GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) – A county in southern Oregon has declared a housing emergency. The Daily Courier reports the Josephine County Board of Commissioners took the action this week, hoping to get state assistance and suspend some state rules to address housing problems. A housing crunch caused by an increasing population and depressed housing construction has

A Boise, Idaho man stole a pickup truck parked at a La Pine fuel oil business late Friday afternoon, led Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies on a chase and eventually abandoned the truck when it got stuck in soft dirt, deputies said. Deputies said the ensuing manhunt ended when a sheriff’s K-9 found him hiding in

Jericho Road of Redmond celebrated Thanksgiving by serving nearly 200 guests at their free, hot meal program with the support and generosity of Tate and Tate Caterers and the Terrebonne Thriftway store. On Wednesday, the Tate and Tate folks supplied a turkey dinner with all the trimmings that more than 70 individuals, families and children

(Update: Victim identified, person of interest interviewed; undersheriff comment) Authorities on Friday identified a 51-year-old resident of the rural Juniper Acres subdivision as the man found dead on Thanksgiving in an apparent homicide at his home, and said they had interviewed a person of interest in the case. Crook County Undersheriff James Savage said deputies

Thanksgiving is one of the busiest travel days of the year, and Oregon Coast Aquarium staff found out late Thursday night that this travel is not limited to humans. A female olive ridley sea turtle, Lepidochelys olivacea, arrived at the Aquarium for care, thanks to a joint effort by two Good Samaritans and multiple organizations.

Here are the results of Wednesday’s KTVZ.COM Poll, asking what you believe government’s to funding priority should be in trying to curb homelessness: What should be the top priority for government spending to curb homelessness? Funding/operating more shelters – 13% (82 votes) Building more affordable housing – 26% (160 votes) Drug/alcohol treatment programs – 19%

An attempted traffic stop in downtown Prineville turned into a chase of a speeding pickup that crashed into another pickup at an intersection, then smashed into the corner of the Tastee Treet restaurant, police said. The 22-year-old driver ran away but was caught and arrested on numerous charges. The string of events began around 10:40

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Payton Pritchard made seven of Oregon’s 15 3-pointers, scoring a career-high 29 points and leading the Ducks to an 89-79 overtime win over DePaul in the consolation bracket of the PK80 Invitational on Friday night. Oregon (4-1) attempted a school-record 39 3-pointers, letting fly without hesitation against the Blue Demons. The Ducks

(Update: Resort won’t open this weekend) PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Ski season has been delayed at Mount Hood Meadows. The ski area planned to kick off its 50th season on Friday, but rain interfered and the entire weekend was lost. Spokesman Dave Tragethon says snow is in next week’s forecast, and the ski area hopes to

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) – Deishaun Booker had 14 points, 12 assists and five rebounds to lead Long Beach State to a 74-69 win against Oregon State at the Advocare Invitational on Friday. The two teams played last Saturday, with Oregon State winning 89-81 at home. Booker hit a 3-pointer with 1:28 remaining to give the

NEW YORK (AP) – Damian Lillard scored 34, Jusuf Nurkic added 29, and the Portland Trail Blazers rallied from a six-point deficit late in the fourth quarter to edge the Brooklyn Nets 127-125 on Friday. Portland trailed 121-115 with 2:20 left after former Trail Blazers’ guard Allen Crabbe floater. The Trail Blazers then scored the next

MCMINNVILLE, Ore. (AP) – A Yamhill County judge has denied a motion to dismiss a complaint filed by a vineyard owner against aspiring marijuana growers. The vineyard owner, Momtazi Family LLC, claims marijuana odors would damage wine grapes with “foul-smelling particles.” The Capital Press newspaper reports Steven, Mary and Richard Wagner asked the judge to throw out

COOS BAY, Ore. (AP) – The U.S. Geological Survey has recorded a 4.7-magnitude earthquake in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Oregon. The temblor struck Friday at 9:36 a.m., about 108 miles west of Coos Bay. It occurred at a depth of 6.2 miles. There have been no reports of injuries or damage.

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – A Eugene woman has accepted a $30,000 settlement from a school district and a nonprofit organization that she sued after her blind son who has autism was injured during an outburst at school. The Register-Guard reports Bethel School District officials this week released a copy of a settlement agreement that it and

LA GRANDE, Wash. (AP) – Authorities say a man who was drunk, naked and having sex with a woman while driving south of Tacoma missed a curve and struck a tree. Washington State Patrol spokeswoman Brooke Bova says the crash happened at about 6 p.m. Wednesday on Mountain Highway East near La Grande. Bova says the woman,