Month: September 2018

A motorcyclist was killed in a single-vehicle crash Sunday evening on U.S. Highway 20 west of Santiam Pass, Oregon State Police reported. The crash was reported around 6:30 p.m. near milepost 75, about five miles west of the Santiam Pass summit, according to OSP and ODOT officials. No other details were released initially, but ODOT’s

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) – Medford police have arrested a 20-year-old man in the shooting death of a woman found inside an apartment. The Mail-Tribune reports that Jesse Allen was taken into custody Saturday afternoon. Jackson County Jail records Sunday night showed he was being held without bail on a murder charge. Police say they received

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) – School will begin Monday for thousands of students in the southwest Washington city of Battle Ground after teachers ratified an agreement to end a strike. Members of the Battle Ground Education Association on Sunday approved an agreement that was reached with the district over the weekend. Teachers had been on strike

Good evening Central Oregon! A cool and breezy Sunday for us today on the high desert. Today highs were in the 60s across the region. We saw wind gusts out of the northwest at 10-15 MPH, which should stick with us through the evening hours before they down down overnight tonight. Overnight things will cool

(Update: Correcting name of woman killed) Oregon State Police on Sunday identified three people who were killed in a head-on crash on state Highway 18 near McMinnville Airport in Yamhill County Saturday afternoon. Troopers, McMinnville and Amity police, Yamhill County sheriff’s deputies and ODOT responded to the crash shortly after 1 p.m. near milepost 48

Another cool day is ahead for us in Central Oregon on this Sunday. We will see conditions much like we saw on Saturday with highs in the low to mid 60s across the region. We will also continue to see windy conditions although the winds have shifted to come out of the Southeast at 10-15

(Update: Adding Bend PD drone video of fleeing teen) With the help of a police drone and K-9 team, two teens were arrested on several charges Thursday night — one after a lengthy chase — accused of climbing into two pieces of gear at a northeast Bend construction site and crashing them into each other.

HOUSTON (AP) – Mauro Manotas had two goals and an assist and set a franchise record for goals in a calendar year, helping the Houston Dynamo snap a 10-game winless streak with a 4-1 victory over the Portland Timbers on Saturday night. Manotas gave the Dynamo a 2-1 lead in the 39th minute, tapping in

RENO, Nev. (AP) – Jordan Choukair missed a 33-yard field goal as time expired and Nevada held off a furious Oregon State comeback to win 37-35 on Saturday night. Nevada (2-1) led 30-7 lead with 10:16 left in the second quarter after Asauni Rufus forced Conor Blount to fumble the ball, and Malik Reed picked

Happy Saturday Central Oregon! Another cool day for us on the high desert and it was a bit windy out there at times as well. Today we saw highs in the 60s for much of the region. Winds are out of the northwest at 10-15 MPH and we could see gusts as high as 20

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Justin Herbert threw for 309 yards and three touchdowns and No. 20 Oregon beat San Jose State 35-22 on Saturday in the Ducks’ final nonconference tuneup before opening the Pac-12 season with Stanford next week. Freshman Cyrus Habibi-Likio scored on both of his carries and Johnny Johnson III caught a pair

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Tobin Heath and Lindsey Horan scored and the Portland Thorns advanced to the National Women’s Soccer League championship game with a 2-1 semifinal victory over the Seattle Reign on Saturday. The defending NWSL champion Thorns (13-6-6) will play the winner of the other semifinal between the Chicago Red Stars and the

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – A bankruptcy judge says the U.S. Justice Department can take over the management of the second-largest dairy in Oregon. The Statesman Journal reports that Judge Fredrick Clement issued his decision last week concerning Lost Valley Farm, a massive dairy farm near Boardman permitted to house up to 30,000 cows. The dairy

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Oregon fish and wildlife officials have rejected a request from six conservation groups to protect a small predator that inhabits old-growth redwood forests. The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission on Friday denied the petition by the conservation groups to protect the Humboldt marten under the Oregon Endangered Species Act. The state

Wildlife officials hunting for a cougar that apparently attacked and killed a woman hiking in the Mt. Hood National Forest shot and killed an adult female cougar Friday afternoon in the Hunchback Mtn.Trail area, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said. The agency said the shooting occurred around 3:15 p.m. and the carcass was

BAKER CITY, Ore. (AP) – Authorities say a 53-year-old northeast Oregon man was killed when he apparently tried to break up a pit bull fight in his home. http://Idahonews.com reports that Mitchelle Dean Segerdahl was found dead in his home in Baker City on Sept. 9. The cause of death was listed as a dog

Here are Friday night’s Oregon high school football scores, compiled by The Associated Press: Adrian/Jordan Valley 66, Cove 6 Aloha 49, David Douglas 24 Amity 47, Salem Academy 7 Arlington/Condon 25, Sherman 6 Ashland 51, Ridgeview 40 Baker 41, McLoughlin 0 Bandon 6, Oakland 0 Banks 51, Marist 13 Barlow 48, Gresham 0 Bend 29,

(Update: More details from police) A Bend transient was arrested early Friday morning on arson, reckless burning and other charges, accused of setting fire to a utility terrain vehicle in a car dealership’s parking lot, sparking a fire that destroyed that and another vehicles and damaged a third. Police officers and fire crews were dispatched

Despite a little warmer in some areas across the region, we had a very similar conditions day Friday as Thursday. We saw a few clouds on our satellite and radar coming off the coast, but overall conditions were mild. Overnight lows will be about average in some areas but below average in Sisters, Sunriver and

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Body camera video from two Portland State University campus police officers shows they ordered a legally armed black man to drop a gun before opening fire, killing him. PSU released the video Friday after Officers James Dewey and Shawn McKenzie were cleared by a grand jury in the June 29 death