Month: January 2018

(Update: Third robbery suspect caught; two tied to both Bend holdups) Bend police arrested a third suspect Wednesday afternoon in Monday’s armed robbery of the Super 8 Motel — hours after warning the public about the “armed and dangerous” man — and also tied him and one other suspect to the holdup of the Days

Here are Wednesday night’s Oregon high school basketball scores, compiled by The Associated Press: BOYS PREP BASKETBALL Beaverton 54, Aloha 43 Central Linn 49, Lowell 25 De La Salle 71, Portland Christian 52 Glencoe 69, Liberty 51 Illinois Valley 51, Bandon 42 Irrigon 56, Riverside 50 Jesuit 63, Westview 54 Oregon School for Deaf 39,

The Deschutes Cultural Coalition announced Wednesday the 2018 recipients of the coalition grants, funded by the Oregon Cultural Trust. The amount available to grant this year was $22,000. Requests amounting to $51,450 from 16 applicants were submitted. This year’s recipients are: Central Oregon Symphony Association- $3,000 Stage Right Productions- $2,500 Waterston Desert Writing Prize- $500

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A federal appeals court in San Francisco has upheld a plan by wildlife officials to kill one type of owl to study its effect on another type of owl. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Wednesday that the experiment by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service didn’t violate a

HOUSTON (AP) – Chris Paul scored a season-high 37 points and Eric Gordon added 30 as the Houston Rockets withstood a late run to get a 121-112 win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday night. The Blazers used a big run to cut a 14-point deficit to three with about three minutes left. Houston

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Police say no charges will be filed against an Oakridge woman who killed a half-brother visiting for the holidays from his home in Redmond. Oakridge Police Chief Kevin Martin said Wednesday that Angela Slabaugh acted in self-defense when she shot Justin Ryan in the head Dec. 23. The Register-Guard reports the

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The U.S. government will temporarily stop killing beavers in Oregon after environmental groups threatened a lawsuit alleging the practice reduces the number of dams that create deep pools that are ideal habitat for young, endangered coho salmon. In a letter released Wednesday by a coalition of environmental groups, the government said

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Boosting affordable housing and job growth in rural Oregon, tightening gun control and battling the opioid epidemic are among Gov. Kate Brown’s priorities in the upcoming legislative session. Brown’s policy advisers described the bills Brown would support in a briefing with reporters Wednesday. They include assisting those in the construction industry

There’s an online company selling Central Oregon water to Californians for a shocking amount. The company is called Live Water, and it’s recently made waves over the health benefits it says come from drinking it. Live Water delivers glass jugs of water to customers in California. It’s considered ‘live’ because it is all sourced from

Tuesday, Jan. 16, is the last day recommended by the U.S. Postal Service to mail ballots back for the January special election. Ballots must be received by 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 23. Ballots that are not mailed by Tuesday, Jan. 16, should be delivered to an official ballot drop site. A full list of

(Update: Bend 18-year-old charged as driver in robbery) An 18-year-old Bend man was arrested his home on Wednesday, accused of being the driver in a weekend marijuana robbery by two 15-year-olds at a northwest Bend apartment, during which a 16-year-old was shot and seriously wounded. Police learned shortly after the Saturday evening shooting that Jesus

Over the holidays, the Oregon Liquor Control Commission conducted more minor decoy operations across the state and found that some licensed marijuana retailers are selling marijuana products to minors. But two rounds of minor-decoy “stings” on the High Desert last month found all of the local retailers checked their ages and didn’t sell to them

Leading Edge Aviation announced Wednesday that it has acquired Professional Air, parent company of Pro Air Services, Inc. and The Flight Shop, Inc., operating out of Bend Municipal Airport. The purchase includes the fixed-base operator (FBO), maintenance, avionics and flight school divisions of Professional Air. Leading Edge Aviation said it is now the sole fuel

A plea deal — a “true life” prison term without parole, but no death penalty trial — is in the works for Edwin Lara, accused killer of Kaylee Sawyer, the victim’s mother revealed publicly Wednesday. Lara is due to go on trial in the fall of 2018 on four counts of aggravated murder in the

Here are the results of Tuesday’s KTVZ.COM Poll, asking if you lock your car doors at night: Do you lock your car doors at night?Yes – 76% (463 votes)No – 24% (143 votes)Total Votes: 606

Hello Central Oregon! Partly cloudy skies over Central Oregon on this Wednesday. We saw mild temperatures in the 30’s to 40’s across the region. Overnight tonight we will see lows in the 30’s and a chance of rain to the north. These calm conditions that we saw today will change though as a system is

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – A young Bend woman has been sentenced to up to 20 years in prison for a series of armed robberies in Eugene. Prosecutor Stephen Morgan says Elaine Jeffers, who turned 18 last month, stabbed one of the seven victims during the holdups last February. The Register-Guard reports Jeffers was 17 at

As a convenience to customers, the U.S. Postal Service says the Bend Post Office, 2300 NE Fourth Street, will be open for retail service on the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, Monday, Jan. 15, from 8 a.m. to noon.

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) – A man who left the bodies of two severely malnourished dogs in a Medford motel room has pleaded no contest to animal abuse and been sentenced to more than a year in prison. The Jackson County District Attorney’s Office says the pit bulls died from neglect weeks before 39-year-old Tabari Hayes

Shooting guns is not an unusual pastime in Central Oregon. But for some people living just southeast of Bend, the way it’s being done by some is unacceptable. Scott Linden lives in the Sundance neighborhood near Horse Butte. He said Tuesday there are growing numbers of people in the area who are illegally dumping trash,