Month: February 2018

The Oregon State Marine Board will hold a public hearing to accept testimony on a proposed rule for a slow-no wake zone in the Fly Creek Inlet on Monday, March 5, at 11 am. The meeting will be held at the Jefferson County Annex Commissioners Room, 66 SE D Street, in Madras. The proposed rule

Hello everyone! There’s a Winter Storm Warning in place for the Cascades until tonight. Due to this drive carefully if you’re headed over mountain roads. At the moment they are fairly snow packed and icy in some spots. If you’re towing something chains are required. There’s also a Winter Weather Advisory for Sunriver and La

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – No. 14 Arizona played without coach Sean Miller and lost 98-93 to Oregon in overtime at the end of a difficult Saturday for the troubled Wildcats program. Miller sat out a day after ESPN reported he was heard on an FBI wiretap discussing a $100,000 payment to current Wildcats freshman Deandre

PHOENIX (AP) – Damian Lillard scored 40 points, the last two on a driving, left-handed layup with nine-tenths of a second to play, and the Portland Trail Blazers rallied from 15 down in the final 7 1/2 minutes to beat Phoenix 106-104 on Saturday night, the Suns’ ninth straight loss. Lillard, who scored 19 points

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) – Tres Tinkle had 15 points, eight assists and eight rebounds as Oregon State held on to beat Arizona State 79-75 on Saturday night. Drew Eubanks added 16 points and eight rebounds and Alfred Hollins had 14 points and a career-high six steals for the Beavers (14-14, 6-10 Pac-12), who broke a

A few to several inches of snow fell over much of Central Oregon again Saturday morning, leading to several slide-offs and crashes around the region, none with serious injuries reported — including a collision east of Bend that damaged a Deschutes County sheriff’s patrol car. In a Facebook post, sheriff’s office Sgt. William Bailey said

Hello everyone! A snowy Saturday for Central Oregon. Most of us woke up to one to three inches of snow on the ground. A nice snow day once the sun popped out during the afternoon. There were still scattered snow showers throughout the afternoon. Throughout the evening and overnight there’s a slight chance of showers.

A big over night and morning snow storm left roads packed with snow for several hours until the sun finally came out and melted some of it. Winds were blowing the snow around as well, but the sunlight did help driving conditions. A few accidents were reported, but here is a look at what Bend

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – A Springfield man charged with making online threats to kill President Trump will undergo a mental competency evaluation before he returns to U.S. District Court in Eugene. The Register-Guard reports U.S. Magistrate Judge Jolie Russo issued the order Friday at the government’s request. Also Friday, the public defender for Thomas Murphy

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A 37-year-old man accused of stashing $1 million worth of marijuana in fake boulders and attempting to ship it from Springfield, Oregon, to Oklahoma City now faces a federal charge. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports that a federal complaint filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Eugene accuses Curran Manzer of possession with

A developer from Seattle is trying to build a big apartment complex on the Deschutes River, and neighbors are not happy about it. The proposal comes from the Evergreen Housing Development Group. It’s the same developer that built the Pilot Butte Commons. They now want to build a 45-foot tall, 185-unit apartment complex on the

NewsChannel 21 at Six will not air Saturday evening due to Winter Olympics coverage on KTVZ and UFC Fight Night on KFXO. However, we invite you to join us for the final Olympic Zone broadcast at 4:30 p.m. (after NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt), followed at 5 p.m. by a final night of live

(Update: Last power restored NW of Redmond0 Central Oregon shivered and bundled up under clear skies that sent temperatures plunging to or below zero early Friday, setting a record for the date in Redmond at -5 degrees and leading to some school bus delays while possibly contributing to power outages that cut the heat for

A couple in their 70s from the Mt. Hood area became lost during a snowshoeing trip near Edison Butte with their dog on Friday, prompting a call for help from a snow shelter and a successful rescue effort that concluded late Friday night. Judith Russell, 74, called Deschutes County 911 dispatchers around 4:40 p.m. to

Students in OSU-Cascade’s energy systems engineering program are finishing their capstone project, and it’s said to be the first of its kind in the Pacific Northwest. The project is a Nordic ski trail lighting system, which they demonstrated Friday evening at Meissner Sno-Park. There are systems like them in Europe, but most of them are

Central Oregon Independent Practice Association, St. Charles Medical Group and six other family care providers in the region have together created an Accountable Care Organization (ACO) to improve the quality of care for Medicare patients. The goal of an ACO is to ensure that patients — especially the chronically ill — get the right care

Here are Friday’s Oregon high school basketball scores, compiled by The Associated Press: BOYS PREP BASKETBALL Bend 73, Redmond 68 Central Catholic 71, Barlow 66 Churchill 70, Eagle Point 28 Clackamas 78, David Douglas 68 Crater 63, Thurston 56 La Salle 44, Hillsboro 34 Lake Oswego 65, Tigard 53 Marist 82, Ashland 65 Mountain View

Happy Saturday morning, everyone! A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY is in effect for most of Deschutes County, parts of Jefferson County, and the Cascades. Central Oregon can expect snow showers around midnight and continuing through the afternoon today. The mountain passes will be snow covered and it will be slow going on the roadways. Allow yourself

Bend-La Pine Schools Superintendent Shay Mikalson announced Friday that Wendy McCulloch has been selected to become High Desert Middle School’s next principal. McCulloch is currently the assistant principal at High Desert, a position she has served in for five years. Mikalson says McCulloch offers a strong, collaborative leadership style. “As assistant principal, Wendy has continued

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) – Marie Gulich had 20 points and 12 rebounds and Oregon State jumped out early and cruised to a 65-40 victory over Arizona on Friday night. Oregon State (22-6, 13-4 Pac-12 Conference) has won six in a row. Arizona (6-22, 2-15) has five straight double-digits losses and was held to fewer than