Month: October 2018

Good evening Central Oregon! Another beautiful day today for us across the region with plenty of sunshine and warm temperatures! We saw highs today in the 70s across Central Oregon after things warmed up this afternoon. Overnight tonight things will be on the cool side but many areas will stay above freezing with lows in

A Boise woman was jailed on DUII, manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide charges after her SUV crossed the fog line on a state highway near Baker City Friday evening and struck and killed a Walla Walla man who pulled his pickup and trailer over to check the tires’ air pressure, Oregon State Police said. The

Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., raised alarms Friday about comments by Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell that Wyden said call for harmful changes to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security, and protections for pre-existing conditions. “What Republicans are doing is the most brazen attempt to dupe the public that I’ve ever witnessed,” Wyden

Happy Sunday Central Oregon! Another beautiful day ahead for us, with plenty of sunshine and warm temperatures. Today, things will be a little cooler then what we saw yesterday and we wills start the day off on the cold side in the 30s across much of the region overnight last night. As things warm up

T wo people and their dog woke up to their RV burning near Phil’s Trailhead west of Bend early Saturday morning and escaped the blaze that destroyed it and also sparked a small wildfire, officials said. Bend firefighters responded shortly before 4 a.m. to the reported fire off Forest Service Road 4604, just over a

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Damian Lillard had 29 points while CJ McCollum added 24 and the Portland Trail Blazers downed the San Antonio Spurs 121-108 on Saturday night. Jusuf Nurkic added 12 points for the Blazers, who have opened the season with a pair of home wins. They led the Spurs by as many as

PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) – Gardner Minshew threw a 22-yard touchdown pass to Dezmon Patmon in the back of the end zone with 3:40 left and No. 25 Washington State beat No. 12 Oregon 34-20 on Saturday night. The Cougars (6-1, 3-1 Pac-12) capped one of the biggest days in program history by taking control of

Good evening Central Oregon! A gorgeous Saturday for us on the High Desert, with warm temperatures that felt a lot like summertime. Highs were in the mid to upper 70s across the region, with plenty of sunshine. The clear skies are set to stick with us through the weekend. Overnight, many areas will drop below

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) – Patrick Laird ran for 193 yards and two touchdowns, and also caught a scoring pass, and California snapped a three-game losing streak with a 49-7 victory at Oregon State on Saturday. It was Cal’s first conference win of the season. The Golden Bears (4-3, 1-3) had not won a Pac-12 game

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – A federal judge has denied a request by environmental groups to halt a 500-acre logging project in western Oregon. The Capital Press reports in a story on Thursday that U.S. District Judge Michael McShane denied the request for a preliminary injunction to stop the logging project in the Umpqua National Forest.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A Portland cremation worker who says she was sexually harassed and fired after reporting she sustained a back injury when a heavy corpse fell on her has filed a lawsuit seeking $900,000. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports that the sex discrimination and workers compensation discrimination lawsuit was filed Thursday in Multnomah County Circuit

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – The bankruptcy trustee for Oregon’s troubled Lost Valley Farm dairy has decided to auction off its cows. The Statesman Journal reports trustee Randy Sugarman filed a motion with a California bankruptcy court this week asking for approval to hire Toppenish Livestock Commission to sell the entire herd of cows at public

Two Redmond boys — 8 and 12 — have been identified as the pair who broke a window in a convenience store, climbed in and stole e-cigarettes from a display case a week ago, police said Friday. The break in the case came when the middle-schooler brought one to school and was arrested. Officers were

Registration is open for the 2019 Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office Citizens’ Academy, to be held in our Bend office. This 10-week course is designed to give attendees a very in-depth look at the different divisions of the Sheriff’s Office and educate the public about what your Sheriff’s Office does and is responsible for. In addition

Here are Friday night’s Oregon high school football scores, compiled by The Associated Press: Adrian/Jordan Valley 48, Pine Eagle 22 Aloha 44, North Medford 28 Amity 40, Clatskanie 32 Astoria 21, Valley Catholic 13 Astoria 21, Valley Catholic 13 Bandon 27, Reedsport 22 Banks 47, Molalla 7 Burns 43, Colton 6 Cascade 38, Philomath 13

Happy Saturday, everyone! Bundle up early Saturday morning if you’re heading out the door, but by the afternoon you won’t need sleeves! Daytime highs for Saturday will be our warmest of the week. Highs will top out in the low to mid 70s and upper 70s for some, which is well above where we should

SEATTLE (AP) – A judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by the National Rifle Association against Seattle’s new gun-storage law. The Seattle Times reports King County Superior Court Judge Barbara Linde ruled Friday, tossing the lawsuit on technical grounds after the city contended the plaintiffs lacked standing and noted the law had yet to take

MOUNT ST. HELENS, Wash. (AP) – Authorities say a 44-year-old Portland man suffered a medical event and died in a fall on Mount St. Helens. The Skamania County Sheriff’s Office said Friday that the man was hiking Thursday with a group of three at about the 6,700-foot (2,042-meter) level in the Monitor Ridge area when

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – The U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a high-profile climate change lawsuit that 21 young Oregon activists brought against the federal government. The order issued Friday by Chief Justice John Roberts freezes trial proceedings in U.S. District Court in Eugene until lawyers for the young people provide a response and until

Economic Development for Central Oregon hosted the 15th Annual Bend Venture Conference to a sold-out crowd at the Tower Theatre in downtown Bend. Over the past two days, 14 companies presented their ideas to 600 attendees in hopes of gaining investments from prominent funds. Of those 14 finalists, half of them walked away with funding