Month: February 2018

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) – Deandre Ayton had 19 points, 12 rebounds and three blocks, and No. 14 Arizona, minus one of its star players, beat Oregon State 75-65 in overtime on Thursday night. Rawle Alkins added clutch scoring with 16 points and eight rebounds, and Dusan Ristic had 14 points for the Wildcats (22-6, 12-3

(Update: Correcting which school student went to) A 16-year-old Marshall High School student who formerly attended Bend Senior High School was arrested on a disorderly conduct charge at his home Wednesday night, accused of threatening online to shoot several BSHS students, police said. Lt. Clint Burleigh said guns were found at the teen’s home, but

Figure skating showcases both grace and skill in a physical art form. “There is nothing like gaining speed across a glassy sheet surface of ice,” Julia Kelleher, a coach for the Bend Ice Figure Skating Club, said recently. “The wind in your hair, your eyes, and the tears come down because the cold weather. It’s

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – The leaders of the Oregon House and Senate are asking for a review of laws and policies about workplace harassment at the Capitol. House Speaker Tina Kotek and Senate President Peter Courtney, both Democrats, said Thursday they had made the request to the Oregon Law Commission. In a joint statement, they

(Updated with new comments from Bend Mayor Casey Roats) The Bend City Council narrowly voted Wednesday night to put a limit on the number of large events a business can have that exceed a building’s occupancy. Currently, the Century Center is the only business truly impacted by the limit. Some say the sunken grade and

A group of Central Oregonians say they’ve had enough inaction on gun violence, so they’re taking on the big issue themselves. And their mission is getting a lot of attention. Angela Chisum said a feeling of desperation led her to create a Facebook group for others who might be feeling the same, and now it’s

(Update: Adding DA John Hummel’s comments) A Ridgeview High School instructional assistant and baseball coach has been arrested on rape and sex abuse charges that officials say don’t involve minors or the school. Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies booked Jake Wyatt Branham, 25, into the county jail in Bend late Tuesday night on first-degree rape and

Happy Thursday evening, everyone! Snow showers are expected to wrap up in the region tonight. Once we take the turn into midnight we’ll see a clearing overhead and temperatures will be frigid. Roads and surfaces will be icy and slippery tomorrow morning. Lows will fall into the single digits with many getting close to zero.

Police go on calls for all sorts of sad or troublesome things going on in a community, each and every day. But then, once in a while, they get to be involved in a far happier drama — like help bring a new life into the world, as two Redmond officers did Thursday morning. Around

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – People convicted of stalking and domestic violence or with restraining orders in Oregon won’t be able to buy or own guns or ammunition after the Senate passed a bill that now goes to Gov. Kate Brown for her signature. Brown, who on Tuesday told a Senate panel that anguished voices in

According to a report to BBB Scam Tracker, a Bend man who tried to buy an excavator listed for sale on craigslist lost $12,000 to Montana Truck Experts, a fraudulent vehicle distribution website that posed as a legitimate escrow business based out of Montana. But thanks to a joint effort between the Montana Attorney General and Better Business Bureau Northwest & Pacific, the website was

BOARDMAN, Ore. (AP) – A natural gas-fired power plant in Boardman run by Portland General Electric would be allowed to emit more than three times more carbon monoxide and eight times more smog-causing pollution if a new permit is approved. The East Oregonian reports Thursday that PGE can emit 99 tons of carbon monoxide a

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown announced Thursday a new staffing plan aimed at tackling caseworker shortages in the Child Welfare division of the Department of Human Services and “right-sizing” the state’s troubled foster care system. Brown’s announcement followed a January audit that found serious problems with foster care in Oregon, including overworked caseworkers, a drop in

The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department and Travel Oregon announced Thursday that the Oregon Parks and Recreation Commission approved the designation of the Crooked River Canyon Scenic Bikeway. The bikeway is rated at moderate difficulty and stretches 18 scenic miles between Prineville and Big Bend Campground. Riders begin the 37-mile out-and-back journey in the historic

Here are the results of Wednesday’s KTVZ.COM poll, asking if you think state mandated immunizations are necessary: Do you think state mandated immunizations are necessary? Yes – 26% (662 votes)No – 74% (1931 votes)Total Votes: 2,593

TALENT, Ore. (AP) – An Oregon State Police trooper was dragged down Interstate 5 when a suspect fled a traffic stop that netted a brick of cocaine. The OSP says 24-year-old Giovanni Dante White jumped back into his car while a drug-sniffing dog was searching it and fled. The Mail Tribune reports Thursday that the

GOOD THURSDAY MORNING, EVERYONE…SNOW SHOWERS THAT TAPER OFF THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS WILL AMOUNT TO NO MORE THAN A DUSTING IN SOME AREAS TO AN ACCUMULATION OF 1-3″ AT THE UPPER ELEVATIONS. HIGHS WILL ONLY REACH THE MID TO UPPER 20’S AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHERLY BREEZES WILL BE GENTLE AT

Midwife-friendly laws and regulations tend to coincide with lower rates of premature births, cesarean deliveries and newborn deaths, according to a new U.S.-wide “report card” that ranks all 50 states on the quality of their maternity care. The first-of-its-kind study found a strong connection between the role of midwives in the health care system –

The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office advised late Wednesday night that a viral post on social media, warning of a school shooting Thursday at “SHS,” is a hoax originating in Ohio and is not a credible threat to area schools. After 8 p.m. Wednesday, the sheriff’s Office and Bend Police Department began receiving calls from citizens

More than 98 percent of Oregon State University students have completed or are close to completing a new university requirement that all students 25 and under attending the university’s Corvallis campus must be vaccinated against Meningococcal B. OSU officials reported Wednesday that more than 84 percent of its required students have completed the vaccination requirement.