Month: November 2017

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Police say two men have been arrested in connection with a shooting near Portland State University earlier this month that killed a 21-year-old man from Vancouver, Washington. Portland police said Thursday that 26-year-old David M. Brown was arrested on an assault charge on Nov. 7 shortly after the shooting death of 21-year-old

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) – Authorities say a woman from Molalla and a 16-year-old boy have been identified as the people who died in a collision Wednesday afternoon south of Corvallis. The Gazette-Times reports 43-year-old Tonya Moore was driving on Highway 99 when her car, a 1999 Saturn SL, was hit head-on by a car at an

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas has fired its newly hired special education director after learning that she had been accused in a lawsuit of trying to hush up the alleged sexual abuse of a student at a small Oregon school district where she’d worked previously. Laurie Kash had started with the Texas Education Agency on Aug.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A Portland couple has filed an $8 million lawsuit against their apartment company, claiming their 2-year-old daughter died because a heater in their unit raised the temperature in her room to a lethal level. Portland attorney Jane Paulson, who’s representing Taqwa Dakhlalla’s estate, says the child was healthy before she died in

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Terry Larrier scored 18 points, Alterique Gilbert and Jalen Adams both added 16 points each, and Connecticut knocked off Oregon 71-63 in the opening round of the PK80 Invitational on Thursday night. The Huskies (4-0) overcame an awful night of shooting to knock off the Ducks playing essentially a home game a

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) – Shamorie Ponds scored 26 points and Marcus LoVett added 18 as St. John’s rallied from a double-digit second-half deficit to beat Oregon State 82-77 Thursday in the first round of the Advocare Invitational. After trailing by 10 midway through the second half, St. John’s went up 69-67 with 4 minutes

(Updating: Police speak to wildlife collisions, clarify injuries) Five people were taken to the hospital with injuries Wednesday evening after a deer on Century Drive led to a two-vehicle crash that closed the road for more than an hour, police said. Police and fire medics responded around 5 p.m. to the reported crash on Century

Inmates at the Deschutes County Jail are cleaning up the land while they clean up their acts. “We’re people who made mistakes and are paying for it,” Daniel Aguirre said Wednesday. For him, being part of an inmate cleanup crew is a way to get out and give back. “It’s nice being outside of the

PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Joel Embiid had 28 points, 12 rebounds and two blocks and the fast-starting Philadelphia 76ers handled another Western Conference opponent with relative ease, beating the Portland Trail Blazers, 101-81 on Wednesday night. Coming off a 21-point victory over Utah on Monday night, the 76ers scored the game’s first 16 points and held a

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Wolves have returned to Oregon after being killed off 70 years ago – and they’re thriving. Since the first wolves successfully crossed from Idaho about a decade ago, the population has boomed to at least 112 wolves in 2016. Wolves have been so successful the state removed them from its endangered species list

It’s that wonderful time of the year when family and friends travel into town to gather around a Thanksgiving meal, but that’s not until Thursday. Quite a few people went out to dinner Wednesday night. Jeff Hakala, 10 Barrel Brewing’s general manger, said the night before Thanksgiving can get busy. He said most of the

A 21-year-old Madras man was arraigned on attempted aggravated murder and other charges Friday, accused of attempting to kill his girlfriend’s 2-year-old son earlier this month. A Jefferson County judge held the bail for Josue Jair Mendoza-Melo at $1 million and scheduled a pre-trial conference for Dec. 14. He was booked into the county jail

The results were decisive in Tuesday’s KTVZ.COM Poll, asking whether people support the FCC chairman’s proposal to repeal net neutrality rules: Do you support the FCC chairman’s proposal to repeal net neutrality rules? Yes – 19% (116 votes) No – 81% (489 votes) Total Votes: 605

Growing cranberries on Oregon’s south coast is a challenge – not because it can’t be done or done well, but due to competition with states that have larger production and lower costs. Nonetheless, Oregon remains fourth in the nation in cranberry production, and its growers are tapping the marketplace with new, innovative products that can

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) – Authorities say one person has been killed in a shooting in Medford. KTVL-TV reports the person was shot near Chestnut and Prune streets on Wednesday evening. Medford Police only described the person shot to death as male. Police are searching for a dark van seen leaving the area. No further information was immediately released.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – An Oregon appeals court says a state board was wrong to permanently revoke the license of a Portland psychologist who told the parents of a 9-year-old boy to bottle feed him chocolate milk and force him to crawl to treat a diagnosis of reactive attachment disorder. The appeals court ruling Wednesday let

Oregon Housing and Community Services is putting $40 million toward homeless prevention this year. That amount is double last year’s total, which was double the year before that. Central Oregon specifically will see $1.8 million of that amount. The extra money’s going toward providing housing for the homeless, as well as education and drug rehab

(Update: More from Castain on father’s purchase and her return of artifact) Bend resident Cynthia Castain is being formally thanked by Saudi Arabian officials for donating and returning an ancient ceramic pot to the country where her father bought it at a small market some six decades ago. “My dad went over to Saudi Arabia

(Update: Victim identified) SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Divers have recovered the body of an 89-year-old Salem woman from a vehicle that went into the Willamette River. Lt. Chris Baldridge of the Marion County Sheriff’s Office says a ferry boat operator spotted the vehicle Tuesday night near the Buena Vista Ferry ramp, and rescuers discovered what appeared

A proposed development is set to go into a Southeast Bend neighborhood, and it’s going to utilize the city’s “cottage code.” The project would place 22 cottages of 400 to 600 square feet on a 3.1-acre parcel that wraps around an already existing neighborhood. This story was first brought to NewsChannel 21’s attention last week