Month: January 2019

(Update: Police ID victim, comments) KELSO, Wash. (AP) – Authorities are searching for a person who shot and killed a convenience store employee during a robbery in Kelso, Washington. According to the Kelso Police Department, the robbery occurred at Holt’s Quik Chek at 4:12 a.m. Tuesday. The suspect shot and killed the only employee in

Many parts of Oregon remain at risk of high radon levels, and for one Portland family, it meant listening to their Realtor, who not only helped them find their dream home but was also looking out for their safety. “Our Realtor told us that we should have it tested for radon as part of our

With U.S. traffic congestion costing the average driver over $1,400 per year and the U.S. ranked 10 th in the world in road quality, the personal-finance website WalletHub on Tuesday released its report on 2019’s Best & Worst States to Drive in — and Oregon took the top ranking. To determine the most driver-friendly states

WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. Supreme Court is rejecting an appeal from a former Seattle-area football coach who lost his job because he refused to stop praying on the field. But four conservative justices said Tuesday that they are interested in former Bremerton High School Coach Joe Kennedy’s case and the legal issues it raises.

Good Tuesday Morning, Everyone…The greatest strength of the system pressing into the Pacific NW will be felt to our north, but that will leave us with a 30-40% chance of some scattered, mixed showers. Highs will range from the upper 30’s to low 40’s and southerly winds will be gentle at 5-10 mph. Storm activity

The Homeless Leadership Coalition is getting ready for the annual Point in Time count of Central Oregon’s homeless, taking place later this week. The coalition’s tri-county effort begins on Wednesday, a mandate from federal Department of Housing and Urban Development. That data is then used to help determine which areas receive funding and resources for

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – Damian Lillard scored 26 points and Jusuf Nurkic had 17 in the third quarter to lift the Portland Trail Blazers past the Utah Jazz 109-104 on Monday night. In a matchup between two of the NBA’s hottest teams, the Blazers made 50 percent of their shots and piled up 30

A fire tore through the second floor of a southwest Redmond home late Monday afternoon as police helped three occupants escape with their dog and a cat, officials said. Medics took the three people to the hospital for evaluation while firefighters put out the blaze and rescued a rabbit, but several ferrets and a rat

Happy Monday evening, everyone! Tonight we’ll see increasing clouds after midnight. Temperatures will cool quickly before the clouds roll into the region. Winds will be gentle out of the south around 5 to 10 miles per hour. Overnight lows will fall into the teens and 20s for a cold start tomorrow morning. Areas of fog

A wanted Redmond man suspected of passing bad checks was arrested Friday in northeast Oregon after he allegedly failed to return a pickup truck from a test drive and an Oregon State Police trooper used spike strips to stop a pursuit on Interstate 84. Shawn Robert Lee, 54, was the subject of a Jan. 10

Redmond police asked the public Thursday to help them find a man suspected of passing checks on a closed bank account in the Bend-Redmond area and wanted on an arrest warrant in a separate but similar case. Shawn Robert Lee, 53, is a Central Oregon resident with no permanent address, Lt. Curtis Chambers said. He

Two Eugene residents riding a snowmobile got stuck in deep snow and were rescued Sunday night near Kwohl Butte, south of Mount Bachelor, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said. Around 7:45 p.m., Jeffrey Roos, 46, called 911 dispatchers to report his snowmobile was stuck near Kwohl Butte, according to sheriff’s Deputy Aaron Myers, assistant search and

(Update: Additional case confirmed) VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) – Health officials now say they have 22 confirmed measles cases in Clark County since the start of the year. Clark County Public Health said Monday it is also investigating three suspected cases of the infection. Officials say 19 of those infected were not immunized, while the three

Have a howling good time at a local brew pub during the Pup Crawl and help raise money for homeless animals. The Humane Society of Central Oregon’s 8 th Annual Pup Crawl begins Tuesday, Feb. 5 for 12 evenings from 4-8 p.m. each night. Join us at any or all of the nights. Tuesday, February

New state Rep. Jack Zika, R- Redmond, said Monday he has been appointed to the Task Force on Addressing Racial Disparities in Home Ownership by House Speaker Tina Kotek. The task force was formed in 2018 after the passage of House Bill 4010 to address racial disparities in home ownership. A total of 11 committee

Big earthquakes appear to follow a brief episode of “shallow mantle creep” and “seismic swarms,” suggests new research at Oregon State University that offers an explanation for the foreshocks observed prior to large temblors. Published Monday in Nature Geoscience, the findings are an important step toward understanding the relationship and interactions between aseismic slip and

The M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust has announced its most recent collection of grants to nonprofits serving the Pacific Northwest, totaling close to $11 million for 48 projects. This includes two grants totaling $1.3 million to organizations serving Central Oregon, including Habitat for Humanity of La Pine Sunriver and Young Life. Habitat for Humanity La Pine

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – An Oregon legislative committee will consider a bill that would allow the state to shut down the more than 600 food-related establishments operating without permits. House Bill 2060 would allow the Oregon Department of Agriculture, which licenses and inspects non-restaurant food establishments, to condemn or close operations that refuse to get

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) – It’s months away from wildfire season, but Public Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz has proposed a plan to strengthen the ways that Washington can prevent and respond to wildfires. Franz released the 10-year plan last week as part of her $55 million budget request to the Legislature to improve the state’s firefighting

A fire destroyed a cabinet shop west of Redmond late Sunday night, but firefighters said they were able to keep it from reaching nearby vehicles or another structure. Redmond Fire & Rescue crews were called shortly after 11 p.m. to the structure fire in the 800 block of Southwest Helmholtz Way, Fire Marshal Traci Cooper