Month: October 2018

Good Tuesday Morning, Everyone…With high pressure maintaining its grip over the Pacific NW we can expect another sunny day with highs a bit warmer than we saw yesterday. Those highs will be in the upper 60’s to low 70’s. Northerly breezes will be gentle at 5-10 mph. Skies will stay clear tonight and that will

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Prosecutors are dismissing the manslaughter case against a southern Oregon mother who left her 1-year-old daughter in a hot car for hours while she went to work. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Douglas County District Attorney Rick Wesenberg announced Monday that Investigators found no evidence to indicate 38-year-old Nicole Engler was aware her

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) – Washington state has agreed to pay a $28 million settlement to woman who was left quadriplegic in wreck on Interstate 5 in DuPont. The News Tribune reports 20-year-old Skylar Seward filed a lawsuit against the state Department of Transportation after the car she was riding in crashed into an overpass pillar

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – An Oregon man hunting for deer near Mt. Hood killed a cougar after he says three of the big cats advanced toward him. KGW-TV reports Bill Nylund of Rhododendron was hunting near Badger Lake earlier this month when the cougars approached. He says the animals didn’t appear scared of him, leaving

The Bend Urban Renewal Agency Board is looking for interested citizens to fill the builder stakeholder position on the Urban Renewal Advisory Board. The advisory board will provide recommendations to the agency relating to the potential use of urban renewal for the central area of Bend to accomplish the goals and policies outlined in the

Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on Monday highlighted a report he requested from the Government Accountability Office that shows people have improved access to health care in states that have expanded Medicaid, compared to states that have not expanded. “The past two years have made it clear that affordable health care is

Clackamas Bakery has recalled Fred Meyer Bakery Angel Food Cake Bar 1 2 oz. sold in its retail stores because the product may contain milk and soy not listed on the label. Clackamas Bakery initiated the recall when it was discovered that the Fred Meyer Bakery Angel Food Cake Bar label had been incorrectly applied

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – A father and son from California have pleaded guilty for their roles in a scheme that defrauded more than $27 million from Affordable Care Act programs in at least 12 states, including Oregon. Federal prosecutors in Connecticut say 60-year-old Jeffrey White and 33-year-old Nicholas White, both of Twin Peaks, California, pleaded

NW Natural Water Company, LLC, a subsidiary of Northwest Natural Holding Company, announced Monday that through a subsidiary it has signed an agreement with Sunriver Resort LP to acquire Sunriver Water, LLC and Sunriver Environmental, LLC. Sunriver is located near Bend in Central Oregon and is one of the largest resort communities in the Pacific

Oregon Secretary of State Dennis Richardson said the FBI has joined in the investigation of a business that reportedly is selling the voter rolls of 19 states, including Oregon’s, on the internet. Richardson said a press release from Anomali Labs stated that Oregon’s voter registration list is one of 19 states’ voter lists allegedly being

(Update: Adding DA comment on delay in autopsy report) A 24-year-old Bend woman whose body was found wrapped in a tarp three months after she disappeared earlier this year died of homicidal violence, autopsy results released Monday show. But Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel said the timeframe was too long to confirm how Sara

Happy Monday evening, everyone! Expect another calm, cold night as we’ll see light winds and clear skies. This morning many of us started in the teens and 20s across Central Oregon creating some slick road conditions and a frosty start. We won’t be as cold tomorrow morning, but still quite chilly. Temperatures will dip into

Pacific Power said Monday it’s preparing to make reinforcements to its more than century-old hydroelectric dam in downtown Bend to address a small leak that developed in one of the structure’s wooden panels. The work is expected to begin in early November. Last Wednesday, a plant operator discovered more water than normal passing through an

(Update: Hwy. 26 reopens) A Warm Springs man faces likely DUII, assault and other charges in a head-on crash on U.S. Highway 26 south of Mt. Hood Sunday afternoon that sent three people to hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries and blocked the highway for about five hours, Oregon State Police said Monday. The crash was reported

(Update: Teen’s body recovered by SAR volunteers; name released) About 20 search and rescue volunteers on Sunday recovered the body of a 16-year-old Boy Scout who died in a fall Saturday from a steep embankment overlooking Middle Rosary Lake in remote northern Klamath County, Sheriff Chris Kaber said. Klamath County SAR members met with other

They are seen as some of the most loyal fans: they change work schedules so they don’t miss games; skip family events to watch their team; consider their support of the sport as key to their identities. But for a small percentage of the most avid fans, sports consumption may also be compulsive and potentially

(Update: Stukel Fire still at 750 acres; road closures, Level 1 pre-evacuation notice) A new late-season wildfire raced across 750 acres Sunday on Stukel Mountain, in southern Klamath County near the California border, officials said. To the west, a large 2-month-old wildfire flared anew and prompted new evacuations and a Conflagration Act declaration. South Central

The Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District of the Deschutes National Forest will temporarily close Forest Roads 4032, 4220, 4220-800, and 4230 near Pistol Butte southwest of Bend for road construction activities. Beginning Tuesday, these forest roads will be temporary closed on a rotating schedule so that all areas will not be closed at one time. Construction

Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., requested an update Monday from Union Pacific and BNSF on the railway companies’ plans to ensure trains carrying hazardous material have updated braking systems. “Too often our constituents in the Pacific Northwest have seen trains carrying crude oil crashing within and around their communities,” the lawmakers wrote. “We

Annual open enrollment for Medicare started Monday, and Oregon’s Senior Health Insurance Benefits Assistance Program is available to help. Medicare is health insurance for people 65 years or older or younger than 65 with Social Security Disability Income. People living in Oregon who are 65 years or older may be eligible to sign up and