Month: January 2019

(Update: Kasner hearing held) The suspects in two separate Bend-area shooting cases made court appearances Tuesday by video from the Deschutes County Jail. Alan Peter Porciello, 36, accused of manslaughter in the shooting death of a Sisters woman at his northeast Bend apartment, appeared in court Tuesday morning for his arraignment on formal charges. Porciello,

Good Wednesday Morning, Everyone…Morning winds will weaken through the day, as will our chance of showers. Breezy conditions with a chance of scattered showers will be a factor during the early part of the day. Highs will be in the mid 40’s to low 50’s. We will see some gradual clearing going into tonight. Look

By Darwin G. Goodspeed Director, VA Portland Health Care System Preventing Veteran suicide is a top priority for the VA, the VA Portland Health Care System, and it is a national public health issue that affects all Americans. Just as in the general population, there is no single cause of suicide among Veterans. A death

The future of the Republican Party in Oregon could look different in the coming years. The Oregon Republican Party soon will once again decide who it wants as its chairperson, and that could be Bend businessman Sam Carpenter. After the the 2018 election cycle, the party is looking at how it would like to move

Here are Tuesday night’s Oregon high school basketball scores, compiled by The Associated Press: BOYS PREP BASKETBALL Arlington 55, Dufur 54 Astoria 44, Tillamook 35 Banks 53, Valley Catholic 46 Blanchet Catholic 53, Amity 45 Butte Falls/Crater Lake Charter 43, Glide 42 C.S. Lewis 72, Willamette Valley Christian 35 Catlin Gabel 58, Westside Christian 51

With the completion of the Tom McCall Roundabout, Oregon’s second-largest single lane traffic circle designed to accommodate highway-caliber traffic, the city of Prineville is conducting a search for an original, large scale, interpretive public artwork to adorn it. Situated at the intersection of Highway 126 and Tom McCall Drive at the west entrance of Prineville,

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Attorneys for a once-neglected horse are filling an appeal after an Oregon judge dismissed their lawsuit last year, finding that animals don’t have a right to sue. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports lawyers from the Animal Legal Defense Fund sued the horse’s former owner for lifelong costs of medical care. The horse named

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Data show that 11 people were killed in Oregon in 2017 in crashes involving drivers who had a blood alcohol level between the current legal limit and a proposed lower limit. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports state Senate President Peter Courtney has proposed legislation to lower Oregon’s 0.08 blood alcohol level limit to

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – Paul George had 36 points and eight rebounds, Russell Westbrook had a triple-double of 29 points, 14 assists and 10 rebounds and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Portland Trail Blazers 123-114 on Tuesday night. Steven Adams and Terrance Ferguson each added 14 points for Oklahoma City, which snapped a three-game

Federal employees in Central Oregon are feeling the effects of the partial government shutdown — so much so that some say they’re having to visit food banks. Officials at St. Vincent de Paul said Tuesday the food pantry typically provides meals for 35 to 40 households a day. But now it’s up to 50 or

Happy Tuesday evening, everyone! Tonight expect some breezy conditions still out of the southwest as a warm front moves across the region. We’ll see mild overnight lows due to the front in the low to mid 30s. We’ll see cloudy skies and a chance for showers between midnight and sunrise tomorrow, but the chance will

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The Oregon State Medical Examiner says the weapons used to kill four people Saturday at their Clackamas County home were an ax and knives. The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday that sharp-force trauma was the cause of death for 9-month-old Olivia Gago, 31-year-old Shaina Sweitzer and 64-year-old Pamela Bremer. The

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) – Health officials now say they have confirmed 23 measles cases in Clark County since the beginning of the year. Clark County Public Health said Tuesday it is also investigating two suspected cases. Officials say 20 of those infected were not immunized, while the three others are not verified to have had

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – On a day when another U.S. senator formally entered the 2020 presidential race, Sen. Jeff Merkley, who’s also pondering a run, seemed content to just be a senator by holding a town hall back in his home state of Oregon. Merkley, one of Congress’ most vocal critics of President Donald Trump’s

OSU-Cascades officials want the Central Oregon community to start thinking about diversity. To help get people started, they’re offering a few workshops. From February through May, OSU-Cascades is hosting a series of discussions to help reframe people’s thoughts on racism and, hopefully, make it easier to talk about. As part of the celebrations honoring Dr.

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced Tuesday that due to expected Senate votes this week, he’s postponing a dozen town halls planned across the state, including three in Central Oregon. Wyden had planned the series of town halls, including the last ones on Friday, Jan. 25 in Prineville and Jan. 26 in Madras and Bend. The

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – The Oregon Legislature, having convened for the 2019 session, will now aim to improve the state’s lagging public schools – and find the revenue to accomplish that, address climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and promote access to health care. The session began Tuesday. Democrats who control both the Senate

SEATTLE (AP) – Three Democratic presidential electors from Washington state who joined a long shot effort to deny Donald Trump the presidency in 2016 are challenging the $1,000 fines they received for breaking their pledge to support their party’s nominee. The three agreed to support Hillary Clinton in the Electoral College after Clinton won the

Populations of coastal cutthroat trout and coastal giant salamanders in the Pacific Northwest show the ability to rebound quickly from drought conditions, new research by Oregon State University suggests. The findings, published in the journal Hydrobiologia, indicate that the fish and salamander populations can get back to predrought form within just a few years. That’s

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Disability Rights Oregon and four other groups have filed a class action lawsuit against the state of Oregon in U.S. District Court alleging the state denies hundreds of children with disabilities the right to attend a full day of school. Tuesday’s lawsuit comes on the first day of Oregon’s legislative session