Month: September 2018

Good evening Central Oregon and Happy Sunday! A cool and cloudy day for the most part on the high desert, although we did see some sunshine form time to time. Clouds helped to keep us cool along with a bit of a breeze, highs today were in the upper 50s to low 60s. There is

(Update: Suspect in downtown Portland shooting dies at hospital) Authorities are investigating after an officer-involved shooting in downtown Portland early Sunday morning. Police said the suspect in an earlier shooting that injured two people later died at an area hospital. Portland Police have not released the name of those involved, but say officers were patrolling

An 18-year-old was shot and fatally wounded in an apparent fight during a large party early Sunday at a home in the Rock Creek area of Washington County, sheriff’s deputies said. The sheriff’s office responded shortly before 1 a.m. to the reports of gunfire at a home on Northwest Connett Meadow Court. Deputies arrived and

ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) – Fishery managers in Oregon have delayed the start of the razor clam harvest in Clatsop County because the clams are too small. Shellfish biologist Matt Hunter tells the Daily Astorian that the situation is far from normal and though there are plenty of clams most have shell lengths between 2 and

ESTACADA, Ore. (AP) – Authorities say a 2-year-old child died in an accident involving a tractor Saturday morning in Estacada. The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office says deputies responded to a home just before 10 a.m. on Saturday and found the toddler had suffered fatal injuries. Officials didn’t release any details or the identity of those

A Madras woman and her child escaped an early-morning fire Sunday that heavily damaged their mobile home, authorities said. Jefferson County Fire District No. 1 crews were dispatched around 3:20 a.m. to the fire in a space at the Willow Creek Mobile Home Park on Northwest B Street, Captain Kaey Skaar said. They arrived to

BLUE RIVER, Ore. (AP) – Hotter, drier summers are having an impact on some of the migrating songbirds that come to Oregon and Washington to breed each spring. Oregon Public Broadcasting reports that because of rising temperatures, the areas where hermit warblers can live and find food are shrinking by up to 4 percent each

Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue came to the assistance of a Salem man who re-injured a pre-existing injury on a hike Saturday near South Sister, deputies said. County 911 dispatchers got a call around 2:25 p.m. reporting that a 47-year-old Salem man was hiking with a friend who began helping him down the

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – FC Dallas clinched a spot in the playoffs with a 0-0 draw with the Portland Timbers on Saturday night. Dallas sits in first place in the Western Conference with four matches left. The team needed a win or a tie against Portland to solidify a postseason berth as rumors swirl that

Bend’s longest continuously running women’s service organization, Soroptimist International of Bend (SI Bend), is kicking off its 75 th birthday with a celebration at Bethlehem Inn on Tuesday, Oct. 16, from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. As part of our 75 th Birthday Celebration, the Soroptimist club in Bend has donated $10,000 toward a new

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) – Justin Herbert threw two touchdown passes and La’Mar Winston Jr. returned a fumble for a touchdown to help No. 19 Oregon bounce back from a crushing loss a week ago by beating No. 24 California 42-24 on Saturday night. Travis Dye ran for 115 yards and a touchdown and C.J. Vardell

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) – Eno Benjamin rushed for a school record 312 yards on 30 carries and scored four touchdowns as Arizona State beat Oregon State 52-24 on Saturday night, giving coach Herm Edwards his first Pac-12 victory. Benjamin, a sophomore from Wylie, Texas, scored on runs of 44, 47 and 10 yards and caught

From the Powder River in Baker City to Harris Beach near the California border, over 4,000 dedicated volunteers came out in force on Saturday to improve Oregon as part of the annual SOLVE Beach & Riverside Cleanup, in partnership with the Oregon Lottery. This year, an estimated 42,000 pounds of trash and marine debris, and

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke announced Friday more than $50 million in funding to states through the State Wildlife Grant Program. The funds will support state conservation efforts of non-game fish and wildlife, including mapping “connectivity corridors” in Oregon. The SWG Program is the only federal program with the explicit goal of preventing

NEWPORT, Ore. (AP) – A 77-year-old woman was medically evacuated from a cruise ship in Oregon waters after suffering a stroke. The U.S. Coast Guard said a crew airlifted the woman from the Grand Princess cruise ship Saturday morning about 55 miles southwest of Newport. The ship was traveling between Victoria, British Columbia and San

SEATTLE (AP) – The owner of a Washington seafood company has been sentenced to prison for over-harvesting sea cucumbers. Federal prosecutors said Friday that 62-year-old Hoon Namkoong was sentenced to two years in prison and must pay $1.5 million in restitution. He pleaded guilty earlier this year to underreporting the number of sea cucumbers he

(Update: Adding Peter Murphy comments, KTVZ.COM Poll) Beginning Monday morning, crews with the Oregon Department of Transportation will begin the process of removing hazard trees from the U.S. Highway 20 right of way west of Sisters. Peter Murphy, public information officer for ODOT Region 4, said Friday some of the trees are being removed after

For the first time in 18 months, the 1,100 parking spaces at Redmond Municipal Airport were all full Friday afternoon — much to the surprise of airport officials, who advised travelers to check their website for updates and live webcams as they work to ease the crunch long-term. As of 4 p.m. Friday, there were

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Marion County Sheriff Jason Myers says his deputies violated use of force policy during an arrest that included one of them punching a homeless person in the head 17 times. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports that Myers declined to say Friday which deputies violated the policy or if they will be disciplined. Prosecutors

Good evening Central Oregon and happy Saturday! A nice day today for us across the region, we saw sunny skies and warm temperatures, but changes are on the way. We could see some showers tonight as the winds are picking up and we are seeing a change in the weather this afternoon and into the