Month: November 2018

Happy Saturday, everyone! Saturday is off to a cold start with temperatures in the 20s. Because of the clouds to start the day we’ll see a chilly morning. By the afternoon skies will clear and we’ll see temperatures topping out in the low to mid 40s. Winds will be breezy at times out of the

SEATTLE (AP) – The National Rifle Association is suing to block a new, voter-approved gun control measure in Washington state. Initiative 1639 passed with 60 percent of the vote last week. It bars the sale of semi-automatic rifles to people under 21 and to people who don’t live in Washington, and it requires buyers to

REPUBLIC, Wash. (AP) – A Washington city is considering becoming a “sanctuary city” to shield itself from gun laws after its police chief said he won’t allow his department to enforce the regulations passed by voters under Initiative 1639, saying the new gun laws violate the Second Amendment. Initiative 1639 raises the age limit to

Sens. Ron Wyden and Mike Crapo on Friday introduced bipartisan legislation to extend the Secure Rural Schools program by one year, through Fiscal Year 2019. The Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act was first introduced in 2000 to assist counties containing tracts of federally-owned land that is tax-exempt. Critical services at the county level

About 300 Oregon firefighters and 75 engines are part of more than a dozen Oregon strike teams working with thousands of others to stop the deadly, devastating Camp Fire in Northern California’s Butte County, the Oregon State Fire Marshal’s Office reported Friday in an update on the state crews’ involvement. The Camp Fire in Butte

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Andrew Wiggins scored 23 points, Derrick Rose had 17 and the Minnesota Timberwolves kept cruising without Jimmy Butler by beating the Portland Trail Blazers 112-96 on Friday night. Robert Covington and Karl-Anthony Towns each had 14 points for the Wolves, who are 7-1 at home and 3-0 since trading the disgruntled Butler

NEW YORK (AP) – Bol Bol had 26 points and nine rebounds, and No. 13 Oregon beat No. 15 Syracuse 80-65 in the consolation game of the 2K Classic on Friday. Payton Pritchard added 18 points for the Ducks (3-1) and Kenny Wooten had 12 in the first-ever meeting between the ACC and Pac-12 programs.

ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) – Gligorije Rakocevic scored 15 points, including a pair of key baskets down the stretch, and Oregon State rallied in the second half Friday for a 61-56 victory over Old Dominion in the opening game of the Paradise Jam tournament. Down 53-44 with 6:17 remaining, the Beavers (3-0) took

Happy Friday evening, everyone! A weak cold front is moving through the region tonight. Overnight lows will be around average in the mid to upper 20s with mostly cloudy skies. Winds will be out of the northwest around 10 miles per hour overnight. We’ll wake up to clouds tomorrow morning. Saturday is off to a

(Update: Inmates were mixing sanitizer with water, juice packs) Two jail work-crew inmates who stole a Deschutes County Sheriffs Office ATV and rammed through a gate to escape the agency’s animal rescue ranch east of Bend had gotten drunk on hand sanitizer before taking off, prompting a manhunt and their eventual capture, officials said Thursday.

Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., on Friday asked the country’s two largest private immigration detention contractors for information about their compliance with federal immigration detention standards. The letters from Wyden, Merkley and nine other senators to contractors GEO Group and CoreCivic follows a troubling report by the Department of Homeland Security Office of

NEWBERG, Ore. (AP) – Authorities are investigating after a human foot was found in a dumpster at a boat ramp in Newberg, southwest of Portland. KATU-TV reports authorities responded Friday morning after someone reported finding the foot at Rogers Landing Park in Newberg while looking for returnable bottles. The Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office is investigating.

Oregon Housing and Community Services on Thursday released the draft Breaking New Ground: the OHCS Statewide Housing Plan, a five-year look at the agency’s priorities, goals, and strategies in ensuring a stable and affordable housing landscape. Drafted after combining robust statewide outreach and partner input sessions with quantitative data analysis, the document reflects what is

Here is the city of Redmond’s list of road closures and delays for the week of Nov. 19: City Street Maintenance Operations: Monday, November 19 thru November 23 – The following traffic disruptions will take place: Monday, November 19 – Starting at 7:3 0 a.m., SW Evergreen Ave from SW 7 th St to SW

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Authorities say a man collecting bottles and cans in Portland was hit and killed by a car. KOIN reports that officers responded to the scene in Northeast Portland shortly before 11:30 p.m. Thursday. An injured pedestrian was found at the scene and transported to a nearby hospital, where he later died

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The Portland City Council has approved a $36 million in transportation funding for projects like creating bus-only travel lanes on the approaches to three downtown bridges, building a network of protected bike lanes on both sides of the Willamette River and improving dozens of dangerous pedestrian crossings in the city’s center.

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Republican-controlled House passed a bill Friday to drop legal protections for gray wolves across the lower 48 states, reopening a lengthy battle over the predator species. Long despised by farmers and ranchers, wolves were shot, trapped and poisoned out of existence in most of the U.S. by the mid-20th century. Since

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality said Friday it is extending an air stagnation advisory for Southern Oregon through Tuesday and is issuing a new advisory for Central Oregon that will be in place from Sunday through Wednesday. Air quality in Southern Oregon is expected to improve slightly on Saturday before deteriorating early next week,

The U.S. Forest Service’s plans to limit the number of people who can use certain trails into three Central Oregon wilderness areas during the summer months have been a long time coming, although they aren’t expected to take effect until 2020. And when they do, the restrictions will only apply to the summer months between

High-dose influenza vaccine reduces hospitalization for the virus among Oregon seniors, the Oregon Health Authority reported Friday, citing results of a new study. The study of more than 144,000 seniors, ages 65 and older, living in the Portland metropolitan area showed that high-dose flu vaccine was 31 percent more effective at preventing senior flu-related hospitalizations