Month: January 2019

Happy Friday evening, everyone! Overnight we’ll see heavy rain showers at times with gusty winds. Winds will be out of the south around 15 to 20 miles per hour. Expect a very wet start to the day tomorrow. A passing warm front overnight will leave us with mild lows in the upper 30s and lower

(Update: Suspect’s husband had filed for divorce, sought restraining order barring her from having guns; correcting name of judge) The husband of a Bend woman arrested on a murder charge Thursday in the fatal shooting of a neighbor had filed for divorce and obtained a restraining order against her. But his request that she be

The Horseshoe Saloon in Prineville, a decades-old mainstay on Main Street, is surrendering its liquor license due to what state regulators on Thursday called “a history of serious and persistent problems,” including numerous fights. But new owners said they plan to finalize purchase of the place in the next few weeks and promise to spruce

ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) – The Sunset Empire Transportation District that services Clatsop County is struggling under the government shutdown. The Daily Astorian reports Friday that the service provides federally funded rural intercity bus service in the county in far northwest Oregon. The agency receives more than half of its money through federal reimbursement grants, but

(Update: Woman says she’s learned insurance to be reinstated) SALEM, Ore. (AP) – An ailing U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service worker in Oregon who was running out of a treatment to keep her alive and couldn’t reach her employer during the government shutdown says she’s been told her lapsed insurance will be reinstated. Jasmine Tool

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Pentagon says a U.S. Army Ranger has died as a result of gunshot wounds suffered during combat in Afghanistan on Jan. 13. Sgt. Cameron A. Meddock, 26, of Spearman, Texas, died Thursday in Landstuhl, Germany. The attack was in the Jawand District in northwestern Afghanistan. Meddock was in the 2nd Battalion

HILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) – Employees at a Taco Bell in Hillsboro barricaded themselves in the back room and called 911 when an armed man forced his way into the eatery after it had closed for the night, police said. KOIN reports that police were called to the restaurant around 2:40 a.m. Friday after the man

SAMMAMISH, Wash. (AP) – Authorities say a man killed his parents at their Sammamish home and lived there for five days before killing himself when police arrived to check on their welfare Tuesday. The King County Sheriff’s Office says 34-year-old Matthew Ficken may have killed them because he didn’t want his them to sell the

A formerly Bend-based marijuana testing business has surrendered its lab licenses for its Bend and Eugene locations due to violations that focused on workers taking home products left over from testing samples, under an agreement approved Thursday by the Oregon Liquor Control Commission. Each licensee at the two Evio Labs facilities also agreed to accept

Good Friday Morning, Everyone…Storm activity pressing in from the Pacific will bring rain to us and heavy snow to the Cascades. Highs today will be in the low to mid 40’s. Gusty southerly winds at 5-15 mph will stay with us through the night ahead. Warm air drawn in with this system will keep our

If your home is connected to a septic system, eventually you may have to either replace it or hook up to a sewer system. On Thursday morning, the board of the Oregon Water Wonderland II Sanitary District south of Sunriver met to discuss how to go about doing that for their neighborhood. It’s similar to

T hursday would have been the 59 th birthday for Valerie Peterson, the victim of a fatal shooting north of Bend just one day earlier. Instead of celebrating her birthday, friends and family gathered Thursday evening to celebrate her spirit and mourn her death. “When I heard about it, I was just so shocked,” said

On Wednesday, the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners voted to approve a new zone designed specifically to limit wildfire risk for development west of Bend. The county’s new Westside Transect Zone will limit development to a maximum of 187 homes on about 700 acres between the city of Bend and Tumalo Creek on private land

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) – Rob Edwards’ 13 points included two clutch free throws in the final seconds, and Arizona State held on to hand Oregon State its first Pac-12 loss of the season, 70-67 on Thursday night. The Sun Devils (12-5, 3-2 in Pac-12) have won 10 straight games over the Beavers at Wells Fargo

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – A federal bankruptcy judge has allowed the proposed sale of the troubled Lost Valley Farm to proceed, despite objections by Oregon agencies over who will clean up the dairy’s wastewater and manure. The Capital Press reports court-appointed trustee Randy Sugarman recently entered into an asset purchase agreement for Canyon Farm LLC

Grieving friends of a Sisters woman who died Saturday, allegedly shot and killed by a Bend man, remembered her Tuesday as a loving, caring mother of two who had come through hard times, inspired many and was fond of CrossFit and a certain soda. Jenny Cashwell was with a man she reportedly met through a

NORTH BEND, Ore. (AP) – Police responded to North Bend High School and contacted a student in the cafeteria after receiving a report that the 14-year-old boy had responded to a discussion about cyberbullying with “I’ll bring the guns.” North Bend Police Chief Robert Kappelman said in a statement that no weapons were found and

CANNON BEACH, Ore. (AP) – Huge numbers of moon jellyfish have washed up as far as the eye can see around Haystack Rock on the Oregon Coast. The Daily Astorian reported Thursday that it’s not unusual for the jellies to wash up after a winter storm or ocean upwelling. But marine biologists are urging beachgoers

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) – Oregon could feel the tide shifting. Arizona had found an offensive rhythm, the fans inside McKale Center rising and roaring with each made shot. Unlike a week earlier, when they blew a seemingly-insurmountable lead against UCLA, the Ducks turned back the charge and earned a win in one of college basketball’s

(Update: Comments from principals, students) When students at Ponderosa Elementary School in northeast Bend found out they had a “sister” school by the same name in Paradise, California that had burned in the devastating Camp Fire, they immediately wanted to help. “Pennies for Paradise” began as a small project for one school to gather donations,