Month: January 2018

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) – Kat Tudor scored 18 points on 6-of-8 shooting from 3-point range and No. 22 Oregon State rolled to an 88-48 win over Arizona on Sunday. Marie Gulich and Taya Corosdale added 13 points apiece for the Beavers (13-4, 4-2 Pac-12 Conference) and Mikayla Pivec had 10 points, nine rebounds and eight

KENNEWICK, Wash. (AP) – An Oregon prison guard and his wife, a teacher, have been charged with crimes after prosecutors say they tried to lure a teen girl into a sexual relationship. The Tri-City Herald reported Saturday that 31-year-old Roy David Farber pleaded innocent to sexual exploitation of a minor and other counts during a

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) – Idaho and Washington have passed laws allowing people to salvage roadkill, provided they fill out a short form with the state wildlife agency to get a permit. The Spokesman-Review reports Washington’s law, which took effect July 1, 2016, allows for deer and elk only. Between then and the end of 2017,

Hello Central Oregon! Today was more foggy than expected. It came in around 8 o’clock this morning. With the help of some light wind and the weight of the fog it sunk faster than it did throughout the region. It started off fairly patchy, but it became dense throughout the afternoon. Above the fog skies

This weekend’s Oregon Wrestling Classic is bringing thousands of people to Redmond. Winter is a fairly slow time for Redmond hotels and restaurants, but they look forward each year to this weekend to kickstart business. As a bonus, most of the thousands of visitors are energetic high schoolers. “We really enjoy them here,” Best Western

Hello Central Oregon! Sunday we will continue with our beautiful weekend. We’ll remain mild with temperatures in the upper 40’s, but we’ll see more clouds than we did today. Still, be sure to enjoy the nice weather! It’s all due to an upper level ridge, which will pull some high clouds into the region from

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) – Shannon Evans scored seven of his 22 points in a late 10-0 run and No. 11 Arizona State held on to beat Oregon State 77-75 on Saturday. Kodi Justice added 14 points, including four 3-pointers, for the Sun Devils (14-3, 2-3 Pac-12), who were coming off an upset home loss to

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) – Allonzo Trier scored 25 points, Deandre Ayton added 24 and No. 17 Arizona used a late run to outlast Oregon 90-83 on Saturday. Arizona (14-4, 4-1 Pac-12) grinded out a defense-dominated win over Oregon State on Thursday. It was all about the offense on Saturday, two long, athletic teams trading runs

UPS Inc. has stopped delivering packages to Juniper Acres, a rural community in Central Oregon, over “safety concerns.” Instead, they are being dropped off at the Alfalfa Store. Juniper Acres is an off-the-grid community east of Bend. Up until a few days ago, UPS had been delivering packages there. But on Friday, the company gave

Hello Central Oregon! We saw record breaking temperatures today! Some of us hit the low 60’s for daytime highs today. We’ll remain dry with clear skies throughout the evening. Temperatures will drop in the lower 40’s to upper 30’s for the evening. Overnight temperatures will get cold, near freezing for our low’s. Sunday we will

A 53-year-old man was arrested on DUII, assault and other charges in a crash on Interstate 5 early Saturday that sent two Portland police officers to the hospital. Two other drivers also were arrested on DUII charges at the same location. The crash occurred around 1 a.m. on the northbound freeway near the Interstate Bridge.

BEND, Ore. (AP) – A man who rented a townhome in Bend is facing a $120,000 lawsuit that accuses him of letting the temperature inside drop too low and thus allowing the pipes to freeze. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the suit says renter Benjamin Scicluna signed a lease for the property agreeing he wouldn’t let the

Bend FBI agents traveled to Indonesia this week and brought back a deported 68-year-old man who appeared in San Francisco federal court on Friday, accused of a nearly $1 million scheme and falsely claiming to use investors’ funds for housing built for disaster victims. Richard Macadangdang Sales made his initial appearance Friday before U.S. Magistrate

NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Anthony Davis scored 36 points in his return from a right ankle sprain, and the New Orleans Pelicans beat the Portland Trail Blazers 119-113 on Friday night. Davis did not appear at all bothered by the injury that kept him out of Wednesday night’s narrow loss in Memphis, scoring on everything

A vacant building previously used for training will be burned Saturday morning at the Redmond Airport, fire officials advised residents. Redmond Fire & Rescue said it will be burning a building at their training facility formerly used by the city’s Public Works Division, said Training Chief Jake Campbell. No training operations will occur during the

Hello Central Oregon! This weekend will be beautiful with mild temperatures in the lower 50’s and clearer skies. Dry conditions will continue all weekend long. Be sure to enjoy the nicer weather! It’s all due to an upper level ridge, which will pull some high clouds into the region from the Pacific Ocean. Otherwise, we’ll

A fire early Friday destroyed a vacant motor home at a homeless camp east of Redmond, also spreading to nearby trees before crews stopped it, officials said. Firefighters were called to the homeless camp off East Antler Avenue around 3 p.m., Fire Marshal Traci Cooper said. Crews arrived to find the motor home fully involved

Here are Friday’s Oregon high school basketball scores, compiled by The Associated Press: BOYS PREP BASKETBALL Adrian 65, Harper 43 Ambrose School, Idaho 40, Nyssa 37 Arlington 48, Dufur 36 Banks 48, Newport 37 Barlow 65, Centennial 56 Beaverton 77, Century 50 Bend 60, Summit 57 Benson 77, Wilson 67, OT Bonanza 33, Crow 23

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) – Sabrina Ionescu totaled 22 points, 11 rebounds and four assists and Ruthy Hebard added 14 points and six boards to power the No. 8 Oregon women to a 62-44 victory over Arizona on Friday night. Maite Cazorla scored nine with six assists, two steals and two blocked shots for the Ducks

(Update: Suspect identified; rifle recovered) SHERWOOD, Ore. (AP) – Authorities say a man was shot and killed by police southwest of Portland in Sherwood. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office received a report Friday afternoon about a suspicious vehicle and possibly armed man near Southwest Scholls-Sherwood Road and Roy Rogers Road. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports when an