Month: January 2018

Hello Everyone! A day without storms felt like a nice break to go outside and enjoy the mild temperatures. We were partly cloudy throughout the afternoon. Windy at times as well with winds up to 10 miles an hour. The winds will pick up throughout the evening and stick around for the next couple days.

A 32-year-old reportedly drunk Eugene man was found by searchers Sunday morning, about four hours after he left a home wearing just shorts and T-shirt and carrying only a towel, police said. Sunriver officers responded shortly after 2 a.m. to an address on Cypress Lane on the report of a missing intoxicated man, Sgt. Joe

A packed, standing-room-only crowd in Sunriver Saturday heard eight candidates — six Democrats, as well as a Libertarian and Independent Party candidates — explain why they should be the next person to represent Oregon’s sprawling Second Congressional District. It was one of several forums being held before the May 15 Democratic primary that will decide

Hello Central Oregon! Today temperatures will continue to be fairly mild in the mid 50’s. Skies will begin to break up as the storm moves well out of our region and an upper level ridge will build. This means we’ll have drier conditions just light clouds passing through our skies. For the work week conditions

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Elijah Brown scored 20 points and Paul White had 17 off the bench to help lead Oregon to a 66-57 victory over Oregon State on Saturday night. Brown had 18 points in the first half as the Ducks (14-7, 4-4 Pac-12) built a 41-25 lead. Oregon held the Beavers (11-9, 3-5)

NEWPORT, Wash. (AP) – An eastern Washington state man who killed two wolves has been fined more than $8,000. Fifty-five-year-old Terry Leroy Fowler of Liberty Lake received the fine Thursday in Pend Oreille County District Court after pleading guilty to two counts of unlawful taking of endangered wildlife. Authorities say they began investigating the wolf

RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) – Lower Yakima Valley cattle ranchers have filed a lawsuit against the Department of Defense for nearly $15 million for damage to their land and livelihood after a 2016 wildfire. The Tri-City Herald reported Friday that the lawsuit filed in federal court claims a gunner fired at a target and the burst

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Mt. Hood National Forest officials say they have reduced the area closed by the Eagle Creek fire, allowing access to campgrounds, lakes and trails. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports as of Friday the public can now access more than 23 square miles previously closed because of the historic blaze, which began in September

SEATTLE (AP) – Driver’s-license applications in Washington state will no longer ask where a person was born. The Seattle Times reports as of Friday, a 120-day, emergency rule with the change has taken effect, including also applicants for permits and ID cards, while officials seek a permanent modification to state law. The move is among

ALOHA, Ore. (AP) – Police arrested a suspect in the death of a woman whose body was found inside a vehicle west of Portland. The Oregonian reports an Aloha man is in custody after Washington County authorities found the woman’s body decapitated and dismembered inside two suitcases in the trunk of a BMW Thursday. The

Hello Central Oregon! Started the day off with some snow on the roads in parts of the region. Once the sun rose and temperatures began to warm the snow quickly melted. A warm front is moving across the region today. Therefore, temperatures were about ten degrees above average in the lower 50’s. Winds were fairly

(Updated: More details of lawsuit, damage figure, background) PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The family of an Arizona rancher who was killed by police during the armed occupation of a national wildlife refuge in Oregon alleged in a $70 million federal lawsuit Friday that he was “deliberately executed by a preplanned government ambush.” The wrongful-death lawsuit,

Here are Friday night’s Oregon high school basketball scores, compiled by The Associated Press: BOYS PREP BASKETBALL Arlington 69, Ione 37 Bandon 72, Myrtle Point 44 Banks 57, Astoria 38 Barlow 69, Central Catholic 64 Beaverton 70, Sunset 69, OT Blanchet Catholic 61, Jefferson 49 Burns 43, Nyssa 38 Butte Falls/Crater Lake Charter 62, Crow

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) – Ruthy Hebard had 20 points and nine rebounds to help No. 7 Oregon beat Colorado 74-55 on Friday night. Pac-12 scoring leader Sabrina Ionescu added 14 points for Oregon (19-3, 8-1), and Satou Sabally had 12. The Ducks have won 12 of their past 13 games. Kennedy Leonard led Colorado (11-9,

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – Marie Gulich scored 18 points and blocked six shots and No. 17 Oregon State defeated Utah 69-58 on Friday night. Mikayla Pivec had 14 points and 12 rebounds for her third double-double this season and Taya Corosdale added 11 points for the Beavers (19-3, 8-1 Pac-12), who were coming off

Hello Central Oregon! Saturday the snow will turn to rain showers throughout the afternoon. Temperatures will rise in the low 50’s. Weather conditions will dry up Sunday. Breezy conditions with milder temperatures in the low to mid 50’s. We’ll stay fairly mild and cloudy going into the rest of the week. Temperatures will slowly fall

President Trump imposed tariffs on imported solar panels and washing machines earlier this week. The news is receiving mixed reactions from solar companies across Oregon. Solar panel tariffs start at 30 percent and phase out after four years. Washers will be hit with a tariff of up to 50 percent in the first year and

DALLAS (AP) – Damian Lillard scored 28 points to lead the Portland Trail Blazers past the Dallas Mavericks 107-93 on Friday night. C.J. McCollum added 20 points and Jusuf Nurkic had 12 for the Trail Blazers (27-22), who have won four of their past five games – including two wins against the Mavericks. Ed Davis

The Redmond Police Department has a new tool in its arsenal. Officers can now see in the dark. Thanks to a state grant, patrol officers are now carrying thermal imagers. The department received 20 devices, each costing $600 to $800, toward the end of last year. Officers have already used them to catch suspects who,

Blood donations are down, just as the demand is up, worried American Red Cross officials said Friday. The storms on the East Coast forced 550 blood drives to be canceled. That means more than 16,000 blood and platelet units were not collected. Plus, according to Jennifer Shaw, donor recruitment manager for the Red Cross in