Month: September 2018

(Update: Adding more details about facility) Central Oregon is growing rapidly, and its public safety agencies are hoping to keep up with that growth…

Officials on Thursday will start hunting for the cougar that likely killed a Gresham woman hiking in the Mt. Hood National Forest. Hounds will be…

A tarp that blew into a transmission line opened a circuit-breaker and knocked out power to nearly 1,200 Central Electric Cooperative members north…

Happy Wednesday evening, everyone! A trough is centered over the Pacific Northwest bringing us unsettled, cool weather. We’ll see winds out of…

Members of the Oregon Air National Guard’s 125th Special Tactics Squadron mobilized from Portland to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on…

(Update: Comments from news conference) Law enforcement and other agencies said Wednesday they plan to use hounds as they try to track down the…

SEATTLE (AP) – Experts say they are preparing a plan to capture and treat a sick, critically endangered orca if there is no way to save it in…

(Update: Trucker identified as Portland man) Oregon State Police have identified a semi-truck driver from Portland who was killed early Wednesday…

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) – State wildlife officials will kill members of a new wolf pack that have attacked cattle in northeast Washington.…

Requiring physical activity classes in college encourages sedentary students to become more active, while elective classes tend to draw those who are…

Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced Wednesday more than $5.8 million in U.S. Department of Transportation grants to…

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on Wednesday asked Verizon to explain why it endangered communities threatened by wildfires and first responders by recently…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A woman accused of gunning down her chef husband in Portland is a self-published romance writer who once penned an essay…

(Update: OSP releases names, details of crash) A Medford man was killed and a Gresham man was injured Tuesday evening in a head-on crash of a van and…

There will be a first-ever nationwide test of the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) on Thursday, Sept. 20. IPAWS encompasses the…

The Tepee Fire southeast of Bend is now 75 percent contained and the Willow Fire northwest of Madras is now 100 percent contained, officials said…

Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Cory Gardner, R-Colo., Ed Markey, D-Mass., Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., called on the State Department…

Celebrate and care for your community by volunteering on Saturday, September 29 for the SOLVE Beach & Riverside Cleanup, in partnership with the…

Good Wednesday Morning, Everyone…After the passage of a weak cold front we will be left with less wind, but cool temps and a slight chance of…

The future of Bend’s Westside is up for debate, and a packed hearing Tuesday night was one of the first steps in deciding its fate. It’s…