Month: July 2018

COOS BAY, Ore. (AP) – A Coos Bay man fatally shot by police last month sustained eight gunshot wounds. The World newspaper reports Eric Sweet was shot in the head, neck, abdomen and legs after allegedly pointing a rifle at an officer. Coos County District Attorney Paul Frasier has scheduled a Tuesday press conference to

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Police say a man shot at a home in East Portland died in an ambulance on the way to the hospital. Portland police Sgt. Chris Burley says no suspects were at the house when officers responded to reports of gunfire late Sunday and found the victim. Burley says the agency does

A researcher at Oregon State University-Cascades will lead a team working on turning salt water into drinking water as part of a $21 million national effort. The U.S. Department of Energy will provide $2 million, the largest award in OSU-Cascades history, to energy systems engineering professor Bahman Abbasi. This project is one of 14 funded

Here’s ODOT’s Region 4 construction update for the week of July 2: The Oregon Department of Transportation is committed to providing a safe, efficient transportation system. ODOT invests in Oregon’s future through roadway improvement projects. The following projects are located in ODOT’s Region 4 encompassing Central Oregon from The Dalles to Klamath Falls on the

Last month’s Graham Fire that burned two homes and prompted evacuation of the Three Rivers subdivision west of Culver was declared fully controlled as of 6 p.m. Sunday, officials said, offering thanks to those who assisted and a reminder to all about defensible space. The nearly 2,100-acre fire destroyed two homes and several outbuildings, but

(Update: Final fire size 10 acres) A brush fire broke out on BLM land southwest of Redmond and east of the Deschutes River Sunday afternoon, prompting some Level 2 evacuation warnings for nearby homes and the call-up of a retardant plane and two water-dropping helicopters that helped crews on the ground stop its spread. The

Rep. Greg Walden , R-Ore., said he received a phone call Saturday from President Trump, who said he is “seriously considering” pardoning Eastern Oregon ranchers Dwight and Steven Hammond, now serving a 5-year federal prison sentence. “Late Saturday afternoon, President Trump called me to say he is ‘seriously considering’ pardoning Dwight and Steven Hammond,” the

Good Monday Morning, Everyone…The air flow between high pressure to our SW and low pressures well to our NNE will result in cool air being drawn out of the NW right into Washington and Oregon. Under pretty clear skies our temps will only reach the low to mid 70’s and gusty NW winds will pick

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Oregon workers are getting a bump in the minimum wage but will also pay a new statewide transit tax. The Statesman Journal reports that workers in the Portland area on Sunday saw the minimum wage jump to $12 per hour, or a 75-cent increase. More rural parts of the state got

(Update: Week later, no info on whose canoe was found) More than a week after a submerged canoe, gear still aboard, was found overturned on the Deschutes River near Pringle Falls, the mystery of who it belongs to and what happened to them remains, an official said Sunday. “Still a mystery,” sheriff’s Sgt. William Bailey

Good evening Central Oregon! Another warm day for us on the high desert, we saw temperatures in the upper 70s to 80s. We once again saw those northwesterly winds pick up in the afternoon and we will see them carry through the evening. The wind is at 10-15 MPH gusting up around 25 MPH at

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Police in Portland say several people were injured and some arrests were made during violent protests Saturday. Police say four people were taken to hospitals, including one who suffered serious injuries. One officer was also hurt after being struck by a projectile. Clashes broke out between the right-wing Patriot Prayer, which

Hundreds of people gathered in downtown Bend on Saturday evening to protest President Trump’s “zero tolerance” immigration policies and the separation of thousands of children from their parents in recent weeks, one of hundreds of similar marches and rallies held across the country. Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel was one of the speakers at

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) – Authorities say a 52-year-old man has been arrested after the body of his estranged wife was found in a burning trailer north of Medford. The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office said Sunday that Kevin Dean Hicks Sr. was booked into jail, accused of murder and abuse of a corpse and held without

(Update: Correcting the falls are on Tumalo Creek) A southern Oregon woman who apparently went off the marked trail at Tumalo Falls fell about 20 feet down a steep embankment, prompting a rescue effort, officials said. Deschutes County 911 dispatchers got a call shortly before 3 p.m. reporting that Elizabeth Wright, 57, of Jacksonville, Oregon,

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Police in Portland have ordered participants in a march by Patriot Prayer to disperse after officers saw assaults and projectiles being thrown. Police said Saturday that some arrests had been made at the downtown protest. The problems occurred as two opposing protest groups – Patriot Prayer and antifa – took to