Month: February 2018

More growth and housing choices mean teachers, firefighters and other laborers can remain in Seattle alongside wealthy tech workers, supporters say. As the city has grown, “there’s a real sense of some folks winning and some folks losing as part of that growth,” said Seattle Councilmember Rob Johnson, an urban planner who is sponsoring the

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Payton Pritchard had 19 points and 10 assists, and Troy Brown Jr. also had a double-double to lead Oregon past Washington State 84-57 on Sunday night. Brown Jr. finished with 16 points, 10 rebounds and a career-high five steals for the Ducks (17-8, 7-5 Pac-12). The freshman limped to the bench

SEATTLE (AP) – Kat Tudor hit a career-high tying seven 3-pointers on nine attempts and finished with 23 points and No. 16 Oregon State hit a season-high 18 3-pointers in its 95-57 win over Washington on Sunday. Mikayla Pivec had 15 points on 5-of-6 shooting and added five rebounds with seven assists for Oregon State

SEATTLE (AP) – Seattle school bus drivers are going back to work following a week-long strike. Teamsters Local 174, which represents the 400 drivers, says they voted Saturday to accept a new contract. They return to work Monday. The Seattle Times reports that the agreement with the bus company First Student includes expanded benefits and

The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office warned residents Sunday afternoon that the familiar “arrest warrant” scam is again hitting the area. “We have received several calls over weekend from community members who have been contacted by a subject who identifies himself as ‘Detective Garcia with the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office’ and asks for money to clear

Hello everyone! An overcast day with temperatures slightly below average. Daytime highs were only in the upper 30’s. A low pressure system is sitting on top of Oregon at the moment. It will continue to rotate on top of the state. Around seven o’clock there’s a 60 percent chance of snow showers. If it hits

PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) – Ruthy Hebard scored 29 points, hitting all 12 of her field goal attempts, as No. 9 Oregon beat Washington State 90-79 on Sunday, to remain in a tie for first place in the Pac-12. Satou Sabally and Sabrina Ionescu each added 17 points for Oregon (23-4, 12-2 Pac-12), which shot 80

Here are Saturday’s Oregon high school basketball scores, compiled by The Associated Press: BOYS PREP BASKETBALL Arlington 60, Mitchell/Spray 24 Central Christian 32, North Lake 30 Condon/Wheeler 68, Ione 53 Crane 72, Prairie City 51 Delphian High School 37, Faith Bible 34 Dufur 58, South Wasco County 30 Echo 49, Cove 35 Elgin 46, Imbler

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) – Stephen Thompson Jr. hit a 3-pointer with 0.3 seconds left in double overtime as Oregon State stormed back to beat Washington 97-94 on Saturday night. Thompson finished with 22 points, four 3-pointers, six assists and a career-high six steals, while Tres Tinkle added 29 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists for

Hello Central Oregon! Sunday skies will be mostly cloudy. There’s a slight chance of snow showers in the afternoon as snow levels drop. Around dinner time the chance of snow showers will increase. Parts of Central Oregon could see about an inch of fresh snow. It won’t be as great of a snow event for

Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and 10 other senators wrote the White House on Friday, raising serious concerns about former Staff Secretary Rob Porter’s ongoing access to classified information, even after White House Chief of Staff John Kelly was notified that Porter could not obtain a security clearance. The letter to Kelly and White House Counsel

Many people willingly took a dip in the frigid Deschutes River Saturday morning to support Special Olympics Oregon. “We have a lot of special Olympic athletes that come into the studio,” said participant Jamie Lesowske. “We think this is such a cool way to fundraise, and it’s a little more fun than just writing a

(Update: Comments from area resident, ODOT) Oregon Department of Transportation highway managers said Friday they have lowered the speed limit near the intersection of U.S. Highway 20 and Hamby Road east of Bend, where a Bend man was killed in a crash last month. Effective immediately, the speed limit 500 feet east of the intersection,

Imagine this: It’s 6 a.m. on a Friday morning in January. The sun isn’t up yet, the temperature is below freezing, but you’re on your way somewhere — not work, not school, but hockey practice. “There’s nothing quite like having the wind in your face, and a puck on your stick and just playing with

The Oregon Department of Human Services Aging and People with Disabilities program announced Friday that an agreement with Disability Rights Oregon, Legal Aid Services of Oregon and the Oregon Law Center to restore long-term care hours and benefits to older adults and adults with disabilities who lost them due to program and rule changes last

Hello Central Oregon! A nice, sunny and chilly Saturday. Temperatures were in the mid 40’s, which is right around average, but cooler from the temperatures we’ve had earlier in the week. Tonight we’ll remain with our mostly clear skies, which will cause the heat from the day to rise quickly, leaving us with cold overnight

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A former Washington County patrol deputy was sentenced to five years of probation after police say he threatened and assaulted his girlfriend last year. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports 35-year-old Brian Waterbury was sentenced Thursday following his guilty plea to fourth-degree assault and menacing. Beaverton police say Waterbury was arrested in September following

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – A judge has ruled that a video used in the trial of a woman sentenced to 10 years in prison following the death of her 3-year-old daughter isn’t unfairly prejudicial and the woman must serve the rest of her sentence. The Statesman Journal reports that Mercedes Alvarado received the ruling in

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – A social welfare group supported by pharmaceutical companies is a funding a campaign asking Oregonians to speak out against a bill that would require companies to explain big drug price increases. The Register-Guard reports internal documents the paper reviewed shows that the pharmaceutical industry’s involvement in the citizen letter-writing campaign by

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) – A Klamath County man who stole more than $100,000 from his blind, 94-year-old grandmother pleaded guilty to theft charges and was sentenced to 30 days in jail. Richard Barney of Chiloquin was also ordered to pay restitution, undergo gambling-addiction treatment and spend three years on probation. The Herald and News