Month: January 2018

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A Multnomah County grand jury has cleared a Portland U-Haul employee in the shooting death of a man who tried to rob the business at gunpoint earlier this month. Portland police said 53-year-old Robert Porter brandished a handgun while demanding money at the U-Haul location on Southeast Powell Boulevard. Employee Tyson

Senator Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., released the following statement after the Senate voted on a Continuing Resolution to reopen the government through February 8 — a bill he voted no on: “While spending the past year jamming through a legislative wish-list for the privileged and powerful, President Trump and his congressional allies have time and time

Researchers at Oregon State University have designed and fabricated the world’s smallest electro-optic modulator, which could mean major reductions in energy used by data centers and supercomputers. An electro-optic modulator plays the key role in fiber optic networks. Just as a transistor is a switch for electronic signals, an electro-optic modulator is a switch for

Happy Monday morning, everyone! This morning we’re off to a frosty, cool start. Highs will eventually climb into the upper 30s and low to mid 40s. Partly cloudy skies will be overhead. At times we could see mostly sunny skies. Winds will generally be out of the southwest around 10 miles per hour. Snow showers

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Oregon voters will soon decide whether to fund the state’s expansion of Medicaid and other rising health care costs with taxes on hospitals and health insurers. Experts say the special election Tuesday is the only instance where voters — instead of lawmakers — will decide how to fund the Medicaid expansion

(Update: Store owner tells what happened) A masked gunman held up a downtown Redmond convenience store as an employee was opening up for the day early Saturday morning and got away, despite a police search of the area, police said. Police were dispatched just before 6 a.m. to Moe’s Food Mart on Southwest Fifth Street

The federal Bureau of Land Management on Sunday outlined its situation on the second day of the federal government shutdown, saying that while most public lands remain accessible, facilities on those lands are closed. “During the lapse of appropriations and the subsequent shutdown of the federal government, the majority of Bureau of Land Management public

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Satou Sabally scored 21 points, Sabrina Ionescu had 15 points and 11 assists and No. 7 Oregon beat No. 18 Oregon State 75-63 on Sunday night. The Ducks (18-3, 7-1 Pac-12) broke the game open with a 28-11 second quarter and led by as many as 27 points to snap a

ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) – The Coast Guard says contract crews are working to pull up an old 20-foot-long tank that may be the potential source of an oil sheen on the Columbia River near Astoria. Coast Guard spokeswoman Ali Flockerzi said Sunday that it could take a few days for workers to remove portions of

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – An Oregon man who served prison time for a 2002 racially motivated attack on Eugene’s largest synagogue has been arrested. The Oregonian reports that jail records show 37-year-old Jacob Albert Laskey was booked into Lane County Jail early Saturday. He was arrested on investigation of second-degree assault, unlawful use of a

Thousands of women and men gathered in Bend’s Drake Park on Saturday to take part in one of numerous Women’s Marches happening across the nation on the anniversary of President Trump’s inauguration – and the first day of a government shutdown. People of all ages marched through the park and into the downtown area, carrying

Hello Central Oregon! We have had a windy and wet Sunday. Some areas seeing some snow flurries others seeing rain. For the most part the snow that’s falling isn’t touching and sticking to the surface. Roads are fairly wet and could become slick as temperatures drop below freezing. The Winter Weather Advisory for La Pine,

A Bend man who fled an attempted traffic stop on the south end of Bend Saturday evening led police on a brief pursuit, then ran from his car at the end of a dead-end road, eluding a manhunt in the area by several agencies, authorities said. A passenger stayed in the car and was arrested

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Payton Pritchard scored 25 points, capped by four free throws in the final 6.7 seconds, to help Oregon hold off UCLA for a 94-91 win on Saturday night. MiKyle McIntosh and Victor Bailey Jr. had 18 points each for the Ducks (13-7, 3-4 Pac-12), who led by as many as 18

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) – Elijah Stewart had 18 points and the USC Trojans won their fourth straight with a 74-67 victory over Oregon State on Saturday night. Jordan Usher added 14 points for USC (15-6, 6-2 Pac-12), who have won four straight in the series against the Beavers (11-8, 3-4). With their victory over the

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Damian Lillard hit his first nine shots – including seven 3-pointers – en route to 31 points, and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Dallas Mavericks 117-108 on Saturday night. Lillard shot 10 of 15 from the floor and handed out nine assists. CJ McCollum added 26 points for Portland, which

(Update: Comments from sergeant, back on the job) A speeding, wrong-way driver on the Bend Parkway slammed into a Deschutes County sheriff’s sergeant’s patrol car late Thursday night, sending the sergeant to the hospital with minor injuries and a Bend man to jail on DUII and other charges, police said. Bend police said they learned

Hello Central Oregon! At 4a.m. a Winter Weather Advisory goes into affect for all mountain passes until 6 o’clock Sunday evening. This Advisory is also in place for La Pine and Sunriver until 10 o’clock Sunday night. This is due to a storm system that will begin to push into the region overnight. It will

(Update: Walden speech on House floor) Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, spoke on the House floor Saturday, as the government shutdown took effect, and called on Democrats to put partisan politics aside and support the Children’s Health Insurance Program . “We didn’t have to be here, and you

Hello Central Oregon! This evening we’ll remain mostly clear with temperatures fairly cold in the lower 30’s for overnight lows. Winds will stay fairly breezy around 10-15 miles per hour. At 4a.m. a Winter Weather Advisory goes into affect for all mountain passes until 6 o’clock tomorrow evening. This Advisory is also in place for