Month: January 2019

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Health insurance enrollment through a federal HealthCare.gov website has dropped for the first time in Oregon. Oregon Public Broadcasting reports about 148,000 Oregon residents signed up through the website to receive coverage this year. That is 8,000 fewer than the number enrolled last year. The administrator of Oregon’s Health Insurance Marketplace,

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Oregon county jails will start making tampons available free of charge to women in custody. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the Oregon State Sheriffs’ Association made the announcement in response to inquiries. The state’s only women’s prison recently began giving tampons to inmates who want them. The state prison previously gave inmates sanitary

SEATTLE (AP) – Alaska Airlines flights are back in the air after a nationwide ground stop that was apparently caused by a power outage. The airline says all its flights were grounded between about 4:20 a.m. and 5:15 a.m. Sunday after a power outage in the Seattle area, where its operations are based. Airline spokeswoman

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) – A Jacksonville woman facing a murder charge in the shooting death of her uncle has been ordered held without bail after a smartphone recorded her shouting an expletive when told he was still alive a few minutes after the shooting. The Mail Tribune reports that Jackson County Circuit Judge Lisa Greif

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Jusuf Nurkic had 25 points and 15 rebounds, and the Portland Trail Blazers snapped James Harden’s 40-point streak and the Houston Rockets’ six-game winning streak with a 110-101 victory on Saturday night. Harden finished with 38 points, falling just short of his sixth straight game with 40 or more. He was

Here are Saturday’s Oregon high school basketball scores, compiled by The Associated Press: BOYS PREP BASKETBALL Baker 51, McLoughlin 46 Benson 60, Franklin 56 Central Christian 63, Rogue Valley Adventist 39 Cleveland 70, Wilson 40 Condon/Wheeler 65, Arlington 53 Coquille 80, Reedsport 56 Corbett 56, Astoria 32 Country Christian 52, Valor Christian 50 Crane 64,

Good morning Central Oregon! A windy night overnight and we are going to continue to see breezy conditions out there for out Sunday. There is also chances for snow showers as we move into the afternoon hours. We could see 1 to 2 inches of snow tomorrow afternoon across the region. Temperatures today will top

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) – Ezekiel Elliott rushed for 137 yards and the go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter, and the Dallas Cowboys hung on for a 24-22 wild-card win over the Seattle Seahawks on Saturday night. The playoff win by the Cowboys (11-6) was the first for Elliott and quarterback Dak Prescott on their second

Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., parted ways with nearly all of his GOP colleagues and voted for the House Democrats’ bill aimed at largely ending the partial federal government shutdown. Oregon Public Broadcasting reports the Hood River Republican took heat from conservatives supporting President Donald Trump for Thursday’s vote. Walden told OPB he believes it’s a

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Tres Tinkle scored 16 of his 28 points in the second half and Oregon State held off Pac-12 preseason favorite Oregon 77-72 on Saturday night. Tinkle limped through most of the second half on an injured left ankle to lead the Beavers (9-4, 1-0) to their first road win in a

Good evening Central Oregon and happy Saturday! We are starting to see some changes in the weather on the high desert as we head into the evening hours. Overnight tonight we do have a wind advisory in effect for much of Central Oregon. We are expecting to see winds out of the southwest at 20-25

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., held a trio of town hall meetings across Central Oregon on Friday, answering questions on a wide variety of issues, and often about his own political future, as he publicly weighs the pros and cons of a possible run for president. Reporter Katie Zuniga talked with Merkley and asked him why

(Update: Interview with woman paralyzed in sledding accident) What started as a fun day sledding on the mountain with her family ended with a life-changing injury. Katie Ciancetta, 48, of Salem was tubing down the steep part of the Santiam Sno-Park on New Year’s Eve. She started down the hill feet-first, but her inner tube

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The NAACP of Portland says a new city policy requiring public signs on brick buildings warning they might collapse in an earthquake is part of a long history of white supremacy aimed at forcing black people to move out of neighborhoods. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports that the group on Thursday decried the

Central Oregon is home to lots of trails — and lots of dogs. So what happens when dog owners don’t clean up after their dogs on those trails? Someone else does. For the past eight years, Tom Cappy has been getting people together a couple of times a year to clean the trails in Bend.

Senator Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., said Saturday he will return to the southern border on Monday to investigate the death of an eight-year-old child in U.S. custody. The death of Felipe Alonzo-Gomez on Christmas Day follows another death only a few weeks prior, of 7-year-old Jakelin Caal. “The death of any child is a tragedy,” Merkley

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) – Authorities say gray wolf OR-7’s Rogue Pack has been blamed for killing another cow at a ranch in southwest Oregon, marking the eighth confirmed livestock kill attributed to the pack since late October. The Mail Tribune reports that the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife says a livestock owner found an

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) – Authorities in Vancouver have confirmed a case of measles in a child while the Oregon Health Authority has confirmed a separate measles case in Portland. Clark County Public Health says people who visited PeaceHealth Urgent Care – Memorial in Vancouver in the afternoon Dec. 31 may have been exposed. The Oregon

Happy Saturday, everyone! Saturday starts on a dry, blustery note. We’ll see partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies and dry conditions while the sun is up. After sunset is when our chance for mixed showers develops. Highs for Saturday will reach the mid to upper 40s. Mt. Bachelor and the ski areas won’t see new

Here are Friday’s Oregon high school basketball scores, compiled by The Associated Press: BOYS PREP BASKETBALL Adrian 64, Huntington 37 Baker 73, Fruitland, Idaho 65 Barlow 102, Centennial 52 Beaverton 64, Glencoe 36 Bend 64, Redmond 32 Camas Valley 53, New Hope Christian 26 Camas, Wash. 65, Sunset 46 Central Catholic 76, Gresham 54 Central