Month: December 2018

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday distributed voluntary recall notice of sandwiches and salads distributed in the Northwest due to possible contamination that could cause illnesses, though none have been reported. Spokane Produce Inc. of Spokane has initiated a voluntary recall of sandwiches containing green leaf lettuce and foodservice lettuce filets following notice

Bend police have released the first, limited details of a death investigation after a man’s body was found in a downtown parking lot early Sunday morning but say the public is not in any danger. Around 2:45 a.m. Sunday, an officer responded to a parking lot on the southeast corner of Northwest Newport Avenue and

DURKEE, Ore. (AP) – Authorities say a woman died in a house fire in Eastern Oregon. KTVB-TV reports the house fire broke out Sunday morning in the small town of Durkee, about 20 miles west of Huntington. According to the Baker County Sheriff’s Office, 68-year-old Jackie Jackson called 911, saying the house was on fire

At this time of year, our hope is for all of our animals to find a loving home for the holidays. The Humane Society of Central Oregon is reducing adoption fees by 50 percent through Christmas Eve, Monday, Dec. 24 at 2 p.m. Brighten the holidays for our animals by joining HSCO on Saturday from

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The owners of the Super 8 Motel in Creswell were arrested after investigators determined two fires at their motel were intentionally set. KOIN reports that officials responded to the motel on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 22 shortly before 9:30 p.m. The fire was quickly extinguished. At the time of the fire, six

Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum said Monday she’s led a coalition of 10 state attorneys general in filing an amicus, or “friend of the court” brief in support of Vermont’s petition challenging loopholes in the Environmental Protection Agency’s recently adopted Mercury Rule. A copy of the filing with the Second Circuit Court of Appeals can

(Update: Both rescued sea turtles have died) The Oregon Coast Aquarium reported “with great sadness” Monday that two olive ridley sea turtles that stranded and were rescued in recent days have died, “despite strong aquarium staff efforts toward their recovery.” The first sea turtle, named Donatello, stranded on Horsefall Beach in Coos Bay on Wednesday.

A 21-year-old Madras man is recovering at St. Charles Bend after being stabbed several times during an assault early Sunday in downtown Madras, police said. Detective Sgt. Steve Webb released initial details Sunday evening on the attack, and while no information was made public about any suspect or suspects, he said police had “determined there

After the holiday season, many people tend to stay inside with the colder temperatures and winter like weather (maybe). The Downtown Bend Business Association is hoping to provide a fun scavenger hunt to get people out of the house and to Downtown! “It’s a fun way to get people out of their houses and possibly

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) – Students who use tobacco products at Whitworth University in Spokane will have to take their habit off-campus. The school goes tobacco-free on Jan. 1. School officials say discussions for making the campus tobacco- and vape-free have stretched back more than two years. The Spokesman-Review reports an estimated 9 percent of students

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality’s Materials Management program has awarded $600,000 in grant funding to 16 local governments, schools and nonprofits after the most competitive application process in the grant program’s history, the agency said Monday. The funding covers projects that reduce material use, reuse materials, and recover wastes through recycling. “Oregon’s sustainable materials

Researchers, including two Oregon State University scientists, argue in a new study that a paradigm shift is needed for assessing bridges’ tsunami risk. The study, motivated in part by hundreds of bridges being destroyed during recent tsunamis off the coast of Japan and in the Indian Ocean, advances the understanding of the physics at work

Good Monday Morning, Everyone…After a mild morning the next storm system will build in and bring some rapid change to the state of Oregon. Central Oregon clouds will thicken by the end of the day and winds will pick up out of the south to 10-20 mph. Late day scattered showers will turn into a

Good evening Central Oregon! Another cloudy day with above average temperatures and we are starting to see showers develop across the region as well. Today we saw highs in the 50s across the region. It looks like rainy conditions will stay with us through the evening hours and then things will start to dry out

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Rep. Beto O’Rourke, Sen. Jeff Merkley and three other Democratic members of Congress have toured a remote tent city in West Texas where they say 2,700 immigrant teens are being held at a cost of roughly $1 million per day. The lawmakers on Saturday urged the nonprofit running the facility not

PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) – Portland police are investigating a shooting that critically injured one person. Officers responded to the Division Heights PDX building in the Hosford-Abernathy neighborhood at 2:30 a.m. Sunday after gunfire was reported. Police searched the area and didn’t find any suspects. But hospital personnel told them a man linked to the incident

PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) – Police arrested a 33-year-old woman in Portland after she allegedly stabbed two people. KOIN reports an ambulance took the male and female victims to a hospital for treatment after the stabbing early Sunday. They are expected to recover. Investigators believe the victims were involved in a disturbance near the alleged assailant’s

(Update: More details on driver, passengers) A 16-year-old Redmond girl was charged with drunken driving after losing control of a car on icy South Canal Boulevard south of Redmond early Saturday morning and striking a power pole, shearing it from the ground, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said. The driver and two female passengers from Prineville,

Here are Oregon’s Saturday high school basketball scores, compiled by The Associated Press: BOYS PREP BASKETBALL Amity 55, Rainier 43 Arlington 40, Cove 39 Burns 75, Baker 53 Cascade 49, Astoria 48 Coquille 92, Douglas 50 Corbett 60, Stevenson, Wash. 56 Crosshill Christian 88, Livingstone 44 Damascus Christian 69, Siletz Valley Early College 54 Days

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – TJ Starks had 18 points and eight assists and Texas A&M won their third straight game with a 67-64 victory over Oregon State at the Dam City Classic on Saturday night. Brandon Mahan, Wendell Mitchell and John Walker III each added 10 points for the Aggies (4-4), who hadn’t played for