Month: December 2017

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Vera Katz, a former three-term Portland mayor and first female speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives, has died.…

(Update: Updated damage figure, info on Saturday duplex fire) A fire early Sunday morning in the roof and ceiling by a woodstove chimney caused about…

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) – A homeless man stole a van from a bakery and rammed it into a building. That building just so happened to be a police…

Wells Fargo bank branches throughout Oregon and S.W. Washington are helping out those in need by collecting donations of food and toys this month.…

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) – The reward for information regarding the killing of two wolves in northeastern Washington state has grown to $20,000. The…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – A man authorities say kidnapped a woman and her child and held them at their home has been arrested after he took her to a…

How people who live close to burned forests feel about landscape recovery — whether they sense overwhelming loss or see positive signs in the…

Redmond High School sophomore JJ Riddell was recently elected to serve a one-year term on the executive board of the Oregon Association of Student…

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) – Higher rents are becoming an issue in Spokane County, where a new report says half of renters are spending over 30…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – A woman has died following a house fire in Salem. The Statesman Journal reports that more than a dozen firefighters…

(Update: Adding lifetime driver’s license revocation) A Prineville man was sentenced Friday to three years in prison, three years probation and…

Good Monday Morning, Those fortunate enough to avoid the fog or see it dissipate through the morning hours will have a chance to warm into the low…

A 22-year-old Lebanon man faces DUII and other charges after crashing his pickup through the front window of a house and into the living room…

SEATTLE (AP) – A Seattle police report says two officers had no alternatives when they fatally shot a woman who pulled a knife on them. The…

AARP Oregon on Friday named “Capitol Caregivers” of 2017 in recognition of their support family caregivers in Oregon. Honored for the…

(Editor’s note: A third person named in the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office news release was not charged with a crime and has been…

(Update: Noting the Hasty Team members are volunteers) An extensive weekend search was conducted for evidence related to the Thanksgiving Day fatal…

Jefferson County firefighters quickly knocked down a fire that damaged the kitchen of a home along Highway 97 south of Madras Sunday morning,…

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) – Marie Gulich and Taylor Kalmer combined for 41 points on 17-of-23 shooting and 19th-ranked Oregon State blasted San Jose…

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Two Willamette Valley pot shops say they’re getting harassed for having a similar name to another marijuana business…