Month: October 2018

(Update: OSP says driver cited for suspended license) A 29-year-old Redmond man who apparently fell asleep while driving to the first day of a new job in Sisters on Monday morning walked away from a crash in which his car landed upside down, some 50 feet down a steep ravine. Oregon State Police said Leo

It’s now been a year since the Oregon Department of Transportation halted construction of the ill-fated $17 million railroad overpass at Wickiup Junction in La Pine, after the heavy girders began sinking. On Monday, under ODOT oversight, a Stayton contractor, Fairline Bridge Inc, started removing parts of the overpass. NewsChannel 21 was told the beams

(Update: Reaction from Redmond mayor, Prineville mother) St. Charles Health System announced plans Monday to close the Redmond Family Birthing Center next summer, calling it “a very difficult decision.” After last week’s unanimous recommendation by the Redmond City Council to keep the center open, Mayor George Endicott not surprisingly was displeased with the decision. “Most

Good Tuesday Morning, Everyone…Today we will enjoy a short break between systems, but clouds that build in over the course of the day are a sign of rain that will follow tonight. We end up mostly cloudy by the end of the day with a chance of showers by this evening. Highs will be in

The Oregon Department of Forestry, working with the state’s Office of Emergency Management, said Monday it is filling a request from the Florida Division of Emergency Management for an All-Hazards Incident Management Team to support the response to Hurricane Michael. The request is coordinated through the Emergency Management Assistance Compact agreement. The EMAC offers assistance

A 22-year-old man riding an Amtrak train demanded to get off the train Sunday evening and reportedly put a choke hold on an employee until other passengers and crew intervened and held him in place until he was arrested, Lane County sheriff’s deputies said. Hugo Galvan, who had boarded the train in Portland, approached a

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Seven people have pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor charges stemming from the weekslong demonstrations outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the seven appeared separately Monday to enter pleas in federal court to charges alleging they created disturbances and failed to comply with federal officers’

Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Patty Murray, D-Wash., led a group of colleagues Monday in calling on the Food and Drug Administration to take stronger action to reduce youth use of addictive electronic cigarettes by immediately requiring manufacturers to remove kid-appealing flavored e-cigarettes from the market. More than 2 million middle and

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Zach Collins matched his career high with 17 points and C.J. McCollum also had 17 to lead the Portland Trail Blazers to a 103-93 win over the Indiana Pacers on Monday night. The Blazers have won three straight in the series and eight of the last nine against the Pacers. Indiana was

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) – Authorities have canceled an Amber Alert issued in California after police say they believe the non-custodial mother of a 4-year-old Vancouver, Washington, girl took her into Mexico. KGW-TV reports that based on sightings authorities believe 21-year-old Esmeralda Lopez Lopez crossed the border with Aranza Ochoa Lopez, Vancouver police spokeswoman Kim Kapp

Happy Monday evening, everyone! Our active weather pattern continues for the next several days. Scattered snow shower activity will taper off around midnight tonight for the mountains. The passes will likely see a rain/snow mix getting closer to the end of the showers as temperatures fall, so know the roads will be slick. The High

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The body of a woman was found by a summer camp employee southeast of Portland. The body was found at Sunday by a worker at Camp Namanu near the Sandy River in the area of Bull Run and Sandy. Clackamas County deputies say they believe the body was dumped there either

SEATTLE (AP) – The fight over a proposed carbon pollution fee in Washington is shaping up to be the costliest initiative campaign in state history. Campaign data shows that a total of $45 million has poured into both campaigns, with opponents raising twice as much as supporters. The “No on 1631” has raised nearly $30

Walk into Monet Biancucci’s classroom during a math lesson and you’ll see fifth-graders energetically talking, reasoning with each other and justifying their methods as they work to understand how to solve a problem. The Pine Ridge Elementary School teacher says you won’t see students working in solitude, silently calculating answers on a worksheet. Math, she

A 3-month-old puppy was shot and killed in a rural neighborhood west of Redmond last week, and the owner said Sunday they believe someone did it on purpose. Last Monday, the Hancock family let their five dogs play in their yard, which is partially fenced off. Only four came back. Their 3-month-old puppy, Saraya, was

ASHLAND, Ore. (AP) – After responding to reports that two cougars were spotted on the Southern Oregon University campus, Ashland police fired a shot at one of the animals, but missed and the cougar escaped, apparently unharmed. The Ashland Daily Tidings reports that police Chief Tighe O’Meara said officers and SOU campus security responded at

(Update: OSP releases names of those in crash; correcting which pickup rolled) A four-vehicle chain-reaction crash on rainy Highway 20 west of Santiam Pass on Sunday afternoon sent three people to St. Charles Bend, two flown there with serious injuries, Oregon State Police reported. Troopers and emergency medics responded shortly before 1:30 p.m. to the

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has donated $1.5 million to the campaign against a ballot measure in Oregon that would ban any future taxes on grocery revenue and items sold in supermarkets. The Oregonian/OregonLive said Monday that Bloomberg has not commented publicly on his donation to the anti-Measure 103

It’s not the time change that bothers us (some say we’re getting an extra hour this time of year – doesn’t matter!); it’s the impact on circadian rhythm, or the physical, mental and behavioral changes that follow our typical 24-hour cycle. Disturbance of this cycle, according to the National Safety Council, is a key risk

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A small tornado hit Portland during an intense fall rainstorm. The National Weather Service says the tornado on Sunday afternoon overturned three unoccupied trailers, damaged a roof, snapped tree limbs and briefly left about 800 people without power. The twister was a category E-0 — the smallest category — and had