Month: December 2018

Bend police said they are using as many resources as they can spare to try to find out who made a false shooting report that shut down several downtown streets on Saturday morning and prompted a major “active threat” call-out of officers. Police said they responded to an active threat at Yellowknife Wireless on Greenwood

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) – Justin Herbert shook off a sluggish day and threw a touchdown pass to Dillon Mitchell in the fourth quarter, and Oregon held on after Michigan State botched a fake field goal attempt for a 7-6 victory in the Redbox Bowl on Monday. Herbert passed for 166 yards and extended his

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Good evening Central Oregon and Happy New Year’s Eve! Cold and clear out there for much of the day today across the region. We saw temperatures today top out in the 30s for much of the High Desert. With those clear skies out there we have seen an area of high pressure settle in over

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Marijuana could take the next step toward joining pinot noir and craft beer on Oregon’s list of famous exports, under a proposal likely to go before state lawmakers in the new year. The Statesman Journal reports that the Craft Cannabis Alliance, a business association led by founder and executive director Adam

What made news on the High Desert in 2018? As a busy, tumultuous year draws to a close, It might actually be easier to answer, what didn’t? Before the internet took root, it usually took some head scratching and a stack of newspaper front pages to help determine what was the biggest news of the

It was a scary night for the Matlock family when a man in a ski mask and armed with a hammer walked into the lobby of Local Motors Saturday evening. Morgan Matlock, owner of the used car lot on Northeast Division Street in Bend, said Sunday he was drinking a beer and watching college football.

Good morning and happy Monday! A cold front that passed through the area left a moist northerly flow over the area. Chances of rain and snow are diminishing as the system moves eastward. Monday through Wednesday will be partly cloudy with no expected precipitation. Highs on Monday will be in the mid to high 30s,

(Update: Hwy. 26 reopens, backups linger) Crowded Highway 26 over Mount Hood was hit by “extreme winter driving conditions” Sunday evening, closing the road for about three hours and causing big backups as travelers returning home from the holiday weekend mixed with traffic leaving ski areas. ODOT diverted traffic around Mt. Hood for a time

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – C.J. McCollum scored 35 points to break out of a brief shooting slump, and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Philadelphia 76ers 129-95 Sunday night. McCollum made four 3-pointers and hit 13 of 18 from the floor to lead Portland. In his six previous games, McCollum was 35 percent from the

(Update: Adding video, Hardtails owner comments) Central Electric Cooperative repair crews were busy in the Sisters-Camp Sherman area Sunday, dealing with wind-caused outages and downed lines affecting more than 1,000 customers after a night and morning in which winds gusted to 63 mph. More than 100 CEC members lost service in the Camp Sherman area

Happy Sunday Central Oregon! A cold day out there for us today we saw temperatures top out in the 40s and even snow flurries from time to time. There is a slight chance that we cloud see some snow flurries for parts of Central Oregon this evening before this system starts to dry up. Overnight

ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) – Fishery managers say commercial fishermen in parts of Oregon and Washington state will finally be able to set their Dungeness crab gear on Tuesday. The Daily Astorian reports fishermen can begin pulling their gear on Friday. The lucrative commercial fisheries traditionally starts Dec. 1. But the fishery was delayed this year

(Update: More info from police, pilot ID; adding new video) A single-engine plane with four people aboard crashed when a gust of wind hit as it landed at the Bend Municipal Airport on Saturday afternoon, ending up well off the runway and partially atop a mound of gravel. But despite significant damage, police said no

(Update: Unfounded report of shooting prompted ‘active threat’ closures) A call reporting a shooting at a Greenwood Avenue business Saturday morning turned out to be unfounded, police said, but led to a major “active threat” call-out of officers and the closure of several streets for nearly two hours. Police were dispatched at 7:37 a.m. to

(Update: Highway reopens; crews completing clean-up, monitoring site) State Highway 22 near Detroit reopened Saturday afternoon after Oregon Department of Transportation crews removed a large rock slide that partially blocked the route Friday evening, officials said. An ODOT update around 2:15 p.m. said the highway was open again in both directions just west of Detroit.

Investigators have concluded that a 34-year-old Deschutes County man whose body was found in a downtown Bend parking lot nearly two weeks ago died by suicide, police said Saturday. An officer responded shortly before 3 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 16 to the report of a person found on the ground at a parking lot on

A man wearing a badge and a ski mask and armed with a hammer entered a northeast Bend car dealer before closing time Saturday evening, yelled “sheriff!” and demanded money from the owners, police said. He stole their cellphones and eventually ran after police arrived but was caught by officers a short distance away. Deschutes

Two Klamath County sheriff’s deputies have been placed on administrative leave following the fatal shooting early Saturday of a 33-year-old man who officials said approached them with a weapon. Deputies responded shortly before 4 a.m. to the call of an assault in progress at a home northeast of Beatty, a town 30 miles east of

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Klay Thompson scored 32 points, Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant each had 25 and the Golden State Warriors avenged a loss from earlier this week, beating the Portland Trail Blazers 115-105 on Saturday night. Golden State, stinging from a 110-109 home loss to the Blazers on Thursday, outscored Portland in each