Month: September 2018

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A judge has tossed a lawsuit filed by animal rights activists in the name of a once-neglected horse, finding that animals don’t have a right to sue. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports that in doing so, Washington County Pro Tem Judge John Knowles on Monday refused to become the first judge in the

Good Tuesday Morning, Everyone…The passage of a weak cold front will take clouds with it and that will spell some gradual clearing for Central Oregon. With a few thin clouds remaining we will see highs staying cool, reaching the low 70’s, and northerly breezes staying gentle at 5-10 mph. Skies will remain mostly clear tonight.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A former non-military employee of the Oregon National Guard is accused of seeking $6.4 million in fraudulent reimbursements from the U.S. Department of Defense for work that was never completed. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports 46-year-old Dominic Caputo appeared Monday in federal court in Portland, pleading not guilty to counts of wire fraud

Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following statement Monday after the Senate passed the Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018. “I applaud the Senate for passing critical legislation to help combat the opioid crisis, which is taking the lives of more Oregonians than traffic accidents,” he said.

A Bend man faces several possible charges, including DUII-drugs and assault, after a crash of two pickup trucks on Highway 20 west of Santiam Pass Saturday afternoon, Oregon State Police reported. Troopers said the crash occurred around 2:45 p.m. on Saturday near milepost 78 in Linn County. Lynn Ray Culwell, 58, of Bend, was heading

(Update: OSP identifies victim; details of crash) A Detroit, Oregon man was killed Monday afternoon when his car crossed into the oncoming lane on state Highway 22E east of Gates, sideswiped one pickup and struck another, Oregon State Police reported. OSP Capt. Tim Fox said an investigation showed Eric Ellis, 57, of Detroit was heading

Jefferson County sheriff’s deputies warned the public Monday of a new rash of telephone scams alleging people are in legal hot water and that deputies are coming to arrest you, unless you pay up. “They look like local numbers, but they are probably coming from outside of the country,” sheriff’s Sgt. Ryan Wrote said in

Sens. Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) announced Monday the introduction of the Electric Cars Act of 2018, legislation to extend the electric vehicle tax credit for 10 years. The Electric Cars Act has been introduced in the U.S. House by Reps. Peter Walsh (D-VT) and Jackie Rosen (D-NV). In

Oregon Recovers applauded Monday the announcement of aggressive and tangible goals by the state Alcohol & Drug Policy Commission to reduce Oregon’s exceptionally high addiction rate, as well as its determination to become a national leader in addiction recovery policy, by becoming the first state in the nation to measure its addiction recovery rate and

Economic Development for Central Oregon announced the semi-finalist companies to advance in the Early Stage competition for the 15th Annual Bend Venture Conference, to be held Thursday and Friday, Oct. 18 – 19. This group of companies is one step closer to presenting on the historic Tower Theatre stage in downtown Bend, competing for an

(Update: Correcting AP typo: Sentenced to seven months, not years) PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A part-owner and operator of medical marijuana dispensaries in Portland and Eugene has been sentenced to seven months in prison, marking what a prosecutor called the country’s first federal sentencing of a legal pot business owner for tax crimes. The Oregonian/OregonLive

Happy Monday evening, everyone! Tonight we’ll see increasing clouds down from the northwest as a brief pulse sends activity our way. We’re only seeing clouds out of this as by tomorrow morning we wake up to mostly sunny skies and dry conditions. Overnight lows will be cold in the upper 20s and low to mid

A Boise woman was killed and a Caldwell, Idaho man was seriously injured in a motorcycle-car crash Sunday afternoon on U.S. Highway 395 in Lake County, Oregon State Police reported Monday. A preliminary investigation found that Jacob Alexander Lepeilbet, 26, of Caldwell was heading north on a blue 2015 Harley-Davidson motorcycle with Hailey Michelle Ernest,

Oregon’s community hospitals are again spending more on charity care, despite having one of the lowest rates of uninsured residents in the country, according to a newly released financial performance report by Apprise Health Insights from the second quarter of 2018. Despite the increase, median operating margins held steady from the same period last year,

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) – The rare closure of most of the Columbia River to salmon fishing is largely the result of bad weather and bad ocean conditions in 2015. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife on Thursday closed salmon fishing on the main stem of the Columbia River from Buoy 10 upstream to Highway

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A self-published romance writer accused of killing her husband has pleaded not guilty. KOIN reports that Nancy Crampton Brophy, 68, was arraigned Monday. Crampton Brophy once penned an essay titled “How to Murder Your Husband.” She’s accused of shooting her husband of 27 years, Daniel Brophy, at the Oregon Culinary Institute.

The nearly month-old Terwilliger Fire on the Willamette National Forest has grown to cover more than 11,000 acres and is now 75 percent contained, officials said Monday after a weekend where crews worked on removing weakened and damaged trees around Terwilliger Hot Springs. Here’s the Monday morning update from NW Incident Management Team 8 (Incident

Here is ODOT’s Region 4 construction update for the week of Sept. 17: 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

Good Monday Morning, Everyone…Despite plenty of sunshine, a flow of chilly, Arctic air will keep our daytime highs a bit below average today. Those highs will only reach the low 70’s and they will be accompanied by northerly breezes at 5-10 mph. Skies will stay mostly clear tonight. Gusty NW breezes in the evening will

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) – Democrats see new opportunity in a southwest Washington congressional district as the party looks to make gains in a section of the blue state that has been out of reach to them for years. Republican incumbent U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler was first elected to the 3rd Congressional District in 2010.