Month: March 2018

Hello Central Oregon! This morning our skies will become cloudy once again. Rain showers will begin around 2 along the Cascades. If you’re driving over the passes be ready for mixed showers and wet roadways. This will be a great day for Mount Bachelor with about two inches of fresh snow in the next 24

(Update: Adding fire official comment, details) A fire tore through a northeast Bend duplex Saturday afternoon, causing more than $200,000 damage, but the residents and their pets escaped, despite a lack of working smoke alarms, fire officials said. Bend Fire Department crews responded around 1:15 p.m. to the reported fire in a duplex at 1777

BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. (AP) – Brandon Vincent had a goal and an assist and the Chicago Fire tied the Portland Timbers 2-2 on Saturday. Vincent headed down Bastian Schweinsteiger’s deep diagonal cross to cap the scoring in the 84th minute for the Fire (0-2-1). The result snapped Chicago’s four-game losing streak stretching back to last season.

Hello Central Oregon! Today we were fairly cloudy with temperatures around average in the mid 50’s. This evening we’ll remain cloudy, but our skies will clear up overnight. Temperatures will continue to fall in the low to mid 30’s. Tomorrow morning our skies will become cloudy once again. Rain showers will begin around 2 along

As a thank you to local skiers and riders for their continued support this season, Hoodoo Ski Area will offer all guests $20 lift tickets or $20 rentals with a two-item canned food donation April 2, 5 and 6. All donations will be given to NeighborImpact in Bend for local distribution. NeighborImpact is a 21

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – A Washington state man has filed paperwork to have the 93-year-old East Grandstand at the University of Oregon’s Hayward Field designated with historic status to prevent the school from tearing it down. The Register-Guard reports in a story on Saturday that Bob Penny of Bellingham filed the paperwork on March 23.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A Portland-based coffee company is shutting down after nearly 118 years in business. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports that Boyd Coffee Company will lay off about 230 workers, including 135 in Oregon. Boyd Vice President Ann Nordquist said Friday the layoffs will be complete by Oct. 1. The company was acquired by Texas-based

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A Gresham woman who crushed her husband with a pickup truck outside a pub has been sentenced to more than six years in prison. A Multnomah County Circuit Court judge on Friday found 50-year-old Jennifer Lowery guilty of second-degree manslaughter in the March 2016 death of her husband Mark Lowery. The

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A suicidal homeless man who was shot by Portland police after officers said he reached for a replica handgun has filed a $1.3 million lawsuit against the city. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports police said a replica handgun fell out of the van that Don Perkins had been living in next to Portland’s

(Update: Initial police info; 1 non-life-threatening injury) A semi-truck driver apparently braked too late and sparked a multi-vehicle chain-reaction crash at the intersection of U.S. Highway 20 and Robal Road on Bend’s north end Friday evening that sent one person to the hospital for observation, police said Saturday. The crash, involving four or five vehicles,

A candle left burning unattended apparently sparked a fire that caused about $20,000 damage to a northwest Redmond home Friday night, officials said. Redmond firefighters were called shortly before 10 a.m. to the fire in the 200 block of Northwest Ninth Street, Fire Marshal Traci Cooper said. The first of a dozen firefighters arrived to

KIDS Center (Kids Intervention and Diagnostic Service Center) and MountainStar Family Relief Nursery will kick off the Blue Ribbon Campaign on April 1, 2018. The Blue Ribbon Campaign coincides with April’s “National Child Abuse Prevention Month.” The Blue Ribbon Campaign began in 1989 as one woman’s tribute to her grandson when she tied a blue

Models of the four proposed sculptures for the Klondike Kate Memorial Sculpture will be on display at the Deschutes Historical Museum from April 7- 28. The Deschutes Historical Museum invites the public to comment on their preference of the four works of art for the memorial sculpture. The sculpture selected will be installed on the

The Oregon Green Light Program ushered the 25 millionth truck to bypass one of the state’s preclearance sites on Friday, the Oregon Department of Transportation said. The program, launched by ODOT in 1999, allows trucks that qualify for the preclearance program to bypass inspection and scale locations equipped with the Green Light System. The trucking

Happy Saturday morning, everyone! Saturday begins with more clouds than we will end the day. Highs will be in the upper 50s and lower 60s, which is a little above average. The weekend begins our cooler trend for the next few days. Winds will be breezy at times out of the northwest in the afternoon

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Jusuf Nurkic had 21 points and 12 rebounds, new father Damian Lillard added 17 points and 11 assists, and the Portland Trail Blazers held off the Los Angeles Clippers 105-96 on Friday night. Rookie Zach Collins came off the bench with a career-high 15 points for the Blazers, who were hurt

The Humane Society of Central Oregon is reminding people to avoid the impulse purchase of live rabbits, chicks or ducklings as Easter gifts. This Easter, bring home an adorable stuffed toy, chocolate bunny or box of Peeps that can be enjoyed in your holiday celebration. Chocolate is toxic to our pets, so keep it out

The call for help went out, and Central Oregon answered with an astonishing show of generosity. NewsChannel 21 broke the story of more than 80 horses seized from a Terrebonne property on Sunday, and throughout the week, the community rallied to help. When the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office requested hay donations, Marianne Walker sent tons

With consistently warmer temperatures, fire managers on the Deschutes National Forest will be taking advantage of favorable weather conditions and begin igniting prescribed burns across the Deschutes National Forest as early as Monday. The first burn will take place Monday, about 2 ½ miles west of Sisters and ½ mile west of the Tollgate subdivision

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Authorities say the half-brother of Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard was shot during a confrontation with two men in a mall parking lot. The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office says 20-year-old Jahrell Lillard received first aid at a store inside the mall before he was taken to a hospital. The severity