Month: December 2017

Favorable weather conditions are allowing fuels specialists with the Bureau of Land Management, Prineville District Office, to continuing with their winter prescribed burning program. Specialists will begin prescribed burning Tuesday along both sides of Millican Road, seven miles southwest of Prineville. The area has been open this past year for juniper firewood cutting, and BLM

For the fifth consecutive year, the American Red Cross issued a challenge to cities in Oregon and Washington; sponsor a blood drive and help bolster the community blood supply when blood donations tend to decline. A total of 29 cities stepped up to help patients in need and the City of Happy Valley won the

A total of 205 Oregon middle schools and high schools have secured career readiness grants totaling $10.3 million, Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian and Acting Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction Colt Gill announced Monday. The CTE Revitalization Grant funds will serve diverse communities around the state with programs focused on advanced manufacturing, engineering, agricultural science, aviation,

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – The U.S. Attorney’s office in Portland says federal officials are investigating a marijuana processing facility in Oregon near Interstate 5, a major drug-trafficking route, after an explosion there injured a man who was previously convicted in a money laundering operation linked to a pot-trafficking operation. The probe is a rare instance

LA GRANDE, Ore. (AP) – Oregon wildlife officials say a 250-pound llama killed in Union County was probably attacked by a wolf, but the agency isn’t certain. The East Oregonian reports that the landowner found the llama dead with wounds to its right rear leg on Nov. 24. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife investigators

A minimum-custody inmate got out and fled Monday morning from a state prison inmate work crew van, the Oregon Department of Corrections said. Lorrie Marie Hocker, 42, an inmate at the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility in Wilsonville, was on the way to a work assignment in Salem, riding in a van, when she opened a

The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department announced Monday it has closed the gate to the Pilot Butte summit road. The road will remain closed to public vehicle traffic until spring, out of safety concerns for park visitors. “We are now in the winter driving season and the stretch of road on the north slope of

State Rep. Gene Whisnant, R-Sunriver, announced Monday that he won’t seek a ninth term as a member of the Oregon House. “Serving House District 53 constituents and Oregonians for over 15 years when this term ends has been an honor and great experience,” Whisnant said in a news release. “I am proud of our office’s

A 64-year-old Bend man was killed early Sunday when he lost control of his pickup and collided head-on with a semi-truck on icy Highway 97 in Klamath County, Oregon State Police reported. A preliminary investigation found that a red 2000 Ford F-250 driven by Roy Everett Smith was heading south on Highway 97 near milepost

(Update: Adding court appearance scheduled Monday afternoon) A resident of Juniper Acres, a rural Crook County “off the grid” subdivision, was arrested Saturday on first-degree murder and other charges in the Thanksgiving Day shooting death of her live-in boyfriend who she also was charged with firing several shots at last year, authorities said. Sheriff’s deputies

SEATTLE (AP) – A man who spoke with reporters about his longtime girlfriend’s immigration arrest has now been detained himself, and he says agents told him it’s because he was in the newspaper. Baltazar “Rosas” Aburto Gutierrez spoke with the local Chinook Observer as well as The Seattle Times after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

SEATTLE (AP) – The fight over the latest version of President Donald Trump’s travel ban returns to two federal appeals courts this week. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals hears arguments in Seattle on Wednesday, followed by a full complement of 13 judges at the 4th Circuit in Richmond, Virginia,

Boise State (10-3, Mountain West) vs Oregon (7-5, Pac-12), Saturday, Dec. 16, 3:30 p.m. EST LOCATION: Las Vegas TOP PLAYERS Boise State: QB Brett Rypien, 2,515 yards passing, 14 TDs Oregon: RB Royce Freeman, 1,475 yards rushing, 16 TDs NOTABLE Boise State: The Broncos avenged a loss to Fresno State the week before by beating

Here are Saturday’s Oregon high school basketball scores, compiled by The Associated Press: BOYS PREP BASKETBALL Bickleton, Wash. 43, Griswold 26 City Christian 51, Open Door 49 Condon/Wheeler 70, Echo 50 Coquille 61, North Bend 55 Fruitland, Idaho 61, La Grande 58 Klickitat/Glenwood, Wash. 77, Four Rivers Community School 19 Lyle-Wishram, Wash. 56, Dufur 47

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – DeMarcus Cousins had 38 points and the New Orleans Pelicans overcame the absence of Anthony Davis for a 123-116 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Saturday night. E’Twaun Moore added 19 points for the Pelicans, who were playing the second of a back-to-back. The victory stopped a three-game losing skid.

WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) – Mikayla Pivec scored 20 points on 9-of-12 shooting and Marie Gulich knocked down 8 of 11 shots and finished with 17 points and nine rebounds as No. 21 Oregon State breezed to a 94-55 victory over Utah State on Saturday night at the Maui Jim Maui Classic. Oregon State (5-2), the

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) – Drew Eubanks had 22 points, on 10-for-10 shooting, and four blocks as Oregon State held on to beat Loyola Marymount 78-74 on Saturday. Tres Tinkle added 18 points, seven rebounds, seven assists and three blocks for the Beavers (4-3). Zafir Williams had 14 points and six rebounds and Mattias Markusson added

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Satou Sabally scored 22 points and Sabrina Ionescu had 21 points and a career-high 14 assists to help No. 10 Oregon rout Weber State 114-87 on Saturday. Sabally, a 6-foot-4 German freshman making her first start, was 8 of 11 from the field and made three 3-pointers for the Ducks (7-1).

Redmond police turned to the public Saturday in hopes of finding a motorcyclist who was spotted by a detective driving carelessly and sped away from an attempted traffic stop several weeks ago. On Thursday, Nov. 9 around 2:45 p.m., a Redmond detective was driving behind a motorcyclist heading into Redmond from Crooked River Ranch, Lt.

(Update: Suspect identified as victim’s son) PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Authorities in Portland are searching for a 30-year-old man police say fatally stabbed his 64-year-old father Saturday morning. The Portland Police Department says a warrant has been issued for Tyler Nees. He’s described as 6 feet tall, 190 pounds with blues eyes and short red