Month: March 2018

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Sabrina Ionescu had 19 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds for her 10th career triple-double, and second-seeded Oregon defeated No. 15 seed Seattle 88-45 in the NCAA Tournament on Friday. Ionescu, who holds the NCAA record for triple-doubles, becomes the 15th woman to get one in the NCAA Tournament. The last

People at a popular Bend eatery are picking up the pieces after a fire broke out in a food truck. Witnesses say Thailandia, one of the food trucks at the lot, caught fire around 8:45 p.m. Thursday. Others working at The Lot helped clean up the damage Friday. Owners of Thailandia were planning on moving

Happy Friday evening, everyone! Snow shower chances continue into this evening and overnight. Lows will be in the low to mid 20s, which is around average. Winds will generally be out of the northwest around 10 miles per hour. Tomorrow morning could start with some icy or slick surfaces. Saturday begins with some clouds overhead

The May 15 primary election is rapidly approaching, and there are seven measures on the ballot in Deschutes County. The future of the Bend City Council is dependent on this election. Two measures could directly impact council members. The first, asks voters to decide whether or not the mayor of Bend should be elected by

Over the next month, there will be leadership changes at the Deschutes County 9-1-1 Service District. The county announced late Friday that district Director Steve Reinke has announced his retirement, as the agency works to fix serious problems with the county’s radio system. Reinke, 62, has served as the district’s director since September 2014. “This

Here are the results of Thursday’s KTVZ.COM Poll, asking if you follow the Oregon law banning texting while driving: Do you follow the Oregon law banning texting while driving?Yes, always – 78% (627 votes)Mostly – 18% (145 votes)No – 5% (37 votes)Total Votes: 809

NEW YORK (AP) – Nike says a second high-level executive has left the athletics wear company, a day after it said another executive was stepping down. A Nike Inc. spokesman declined to say why Jayme Martin, a vice president at the company, had left. The latest departure, first reported by The Wall Street Journal, comes

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) – The population of wolves in Washington state continued to grow in 2017. The state Department of Fish and Wildlife’s annual survey found at least 122 wolves living in Washington last year. The survey found 22 wolf packs and 14 successful breeding pairs. The agency said Friday that the 2016 survey documented

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Mohammed Fawad Mohammadi survived the war in his native Afghanistan, where he served as an interpreter for U.S. military forces. Now he is in a hospital, with part of his leg amputated after he was attacked by a man in who allegedly drove at Mohammadi again, and again, and again with

A fire broke out in a southeast Bend apartment Friday morning, but a sprinkler system confined it to one room and doused the blaze before firefighters arrived, officials said. The fire was reported around 10 a.m. in one unit of a three-story complex at the Seasons at Farmington Reserve apartments on Southeast Aaron Way. Five

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A man has been sentenced to time served and two years of supervised release for his role in the 2016 occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Joseph O’Shaughnessy was sentenced Thursday. O’Shaughnessy’s lawyer sought one year of supervised release, while prosecutors asked for two. O’Shaughnessy, who was

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A former Oregon Department of Energy official has pleaded guilty to federal charges related to the bribes he received to help arrange the sale of state energy tax credits. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Joe Colello pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court to charges of money laundering, conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A state agency has proposed more than $148,000 in penalties for a Lake Oswego company after an employee claimed she was fired for missing work for jury duty. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries found that Navex Global violated state laws that require employers to excuse workers

An alleged drunk driver ran a stop sign east of Bend and struck a car on Highway 20 at Ward Road Thursday night, sending one driver to jail and the other to the hospital, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said. Deputies responded shortly before 10 p.m. to the reported injury crash at the intersection of Highway

The Redmond High School Marine Corps Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps won two state Cascade Mountain League all-service championships on Saturday in Salem. “It was a total team effort and we won the championship by a significant margin,” retired Lieutenant Colonel Doug Seal said. “I’m proud of our cadets for consistently performing so well at

GOOD FRIDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… SISTERS SCHOOLS: 2-HOUR DELAY A WINTER STORM SYSTEM CENTERED OFF THE SOUTH COAST OF OREGON IS CHURNING A GOOD DEAL OF MOISTURE AND COOL AIR INTO CENTRAL OREGON. IT BROUGHT US SOME MIXED SHOWERS OVERNIGHT THAT MAKES FOR SOME VERY SLIPPERY STREETS THIS MORNING. HIGHS TODAY WILL REACH THE LOW TO

Here’s a look at the topics discussed Thursday in news releases from the offices of Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore.: Wyden, Merkley, Tester, Shaheen, Hassan Introduce Legislation to Push Back Against Nationwide Internet Sales Tax Senators Stand with Small Businesses and Oppose Marketplace Fairness Act Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.),

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – CJ McCollum scored 29 points and the Portland Trail Blazers won their NBA-best 11th straight game with a 113-105 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday night. Damian Lillard added 24 points for the Blazers, on their longest run since also winning 11 in a row in 2013. It was the

BEAVERTON, Ore. (AP) – Sports apparel brand Nike says one of its senior executives will step down in August. Nike did not say why Trevor Edwards, its brand president who had been seen as a possible future CEO, was leaving the company. The Wall Street Journal reported that his resignation was announced to Nike employees

A debate’s still going on whether the Jefferson County EMS and fire districts should consolidate. There were two main arguments voiced at a public meeting Thursday evening. Supporters of consolidating the two agencies say it’ll streamline the process of responding to emergencies like a fire, when an ambulance might show up first and would have