Month: January 2019

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Paul George scored 37 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder snapped a six-game losing streak to the Portland Trail Blazers with a 111-109 victory on Friday night. Russell Westbrook added 31 points for the Thunder, who had also lost eight straight games at the Moda Center dating to February 2014. Damian

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) – Taya Corosdale’s 3-pointer with two minutes left gave No. 11 Oregon State the lead and began a 12-4 game-ending run as the Beavers held off Washington State 76-69 on Friday night. The Cougars (7-6, 1-1 Pac-12) led 65-61 with 3:21 to go on Chanelle Molina’s jumper, but that was the last

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Erin Boley scored a career-high 28 points and Sabrina Ionescu had 20 points and 10 assists to help No. 5 Oregon outlast Washington 84-71 on Friday night. Satou Sabally added 17 points and 12 rebounds as the Ducks (12-1, 1-0) opened defense of their Pac-12 title with their fifth consecutive victory.

Happy Friday evening, everyone! Tonight we’ll remain dry before we see the next storm system move inland tomorrow. We’ll be between partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies. Lows will be chilly in the upper 20s and lower 30s behind the exiting cold front. Winds will be breezy at times gusting 15 miles per hour overnight

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – When Oregon’s next labor commissioner is sworn in, the state’s governor and attorney general, both women, will be administering the oath of office. It’s significant, Gov. Kate Brown said on Friday, because Labor Commissioner-elect Val Hoyle is also a woman, and her ascendancy marks the first time in Oregon’s 160-year history

Early Friday morning, the Bend Fire Department responded to a house fire in Deschutes River Woods caused by discarded wood stove ashes which were still hot enough to ignite combustible materials. During colder weather, with increased wood stove use, fire officials urge you to please remember to dispose of your wood ashes safely. Discarded ashes

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Oregon fish and wildlife officials will consider new rules to protect the imperiled Humboldt marten under a court settlement reached with environmental groups. The settlement follows a lawsuit filed by environmental groups that alleged state wildlife officials were not doing enough to curtail trapping of the mink-like animals. The Humboldt marten

BAKER CITY, Ore. (AP) – Prosecutors in Baker County have charged the parents of a toddler who shot himself in the head with homicide. The Baker City Herald reports that 2-year-old Liam Mankins shot himself with a loaded handgun in the family’s home in November. Authorities say they also found methamphetamine in the home. Thirty-three-year-old

SEATAC, Wash. (AP) – Seven years after Washington legalized the adult use of marijuana, Gov. Jay Inslee says he plans to pardon thousands of convictions for misdemeanor pot possession. The Democrat, who is mulling a 2020 presidential run, made the announcement Friday at a cannabis industry summit. Inslee said he was creating an expedited process

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Eugene’s mayor says finding shelter for the growing number of homeless residents there is her top priority for 2019. The Register Guard reports Friday that Mayor Lucy Vinis made her remarks during the annual State of the City speech. The speech come less than three weeks before a consultant will deliver

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – The Oregon Government Ethics Commission has accused former Oregon first lady Cylvia Hayes of using her bankruptcy proceeding to drag out a resolution of her ethics case months longer than needed. The Statesman Journal reports that Carolyn Wade, a senior assistant attorney general representing the commission, made the claim in a

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The U.S. Department of Justice has sought to delay some high-profile civil cases in Oregon – including a lawsuit filed by the widow of refuge takeover spokesman Robert “LaVoy” Finicum – as the federal government shutdown continues. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports federal courts in the state remain open and operating, with court

The Women’s March was meant to unify. Two years later, the national movement faces internal division, though leaders of a planned upcoming Bend event said they are not affiliated with that organization. Top leaders of the national Women’s March organization are being accused of anti-Semitic behavior, and ignoring the concerns of thousands of Jewish backers.

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) – Corvallis police arrested six people for allegedly squatting in two Oregon State University fraternities this week. The Gazette-Times reports police made the two first arrests Sunday, when a Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity employee doing a walk-through heard people inside the building, which should have been vacant, and called police. Court documents

Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum and 48 state attorneys general announced Thursday a settlement with for-profit education company Career Education Corp. (CEC) that will provide $493.7 million in relief to 179,529 students in the United States. Under the settlement, which was led by Oregon, 2,185 Oregon students will get student loan relief totaling almost $6.1

Oregon lawmakers are going back and forth on a potential bill in the upcoming legislative session that would put a cap on how much landlords can raise rent. And they’re getting plenty of advice on the issue. Currently, the bill is still being drafted, and no decisions have been made. The bill takes issue with

The Duck Store at the Bend River Mall closed on New Year’s Eve, a dozen years after the University of Oregon opened its first store featuring UO-themed apparel and other items in Central Oregon. The Duck Store moved to the Bend River Mall location in 2012, after opening its first store in Central Oregon in

A fire sparked by days-old wood stove ashes destroyed a home in Deschutes River Woods south of Bend early Friday morning, causing about $200,000 in losses, officials said. Bend Fire units responded around 2:30 a.m. to the reported house fire in the 60100 block of Cinder Butte Road, Battalion Chief David Russell said. By the

(Update: Adding Western Environmental Law Center release) Central Oregon LandWatch hailed a victory Thursday in its federal court challenge to a 137-mile off-road vehicle system proposed on the Ochoco National Forest, which it and other opponents said would endanger elk habitat and quiet recreation opportunities. “Calling it “a victory for public lands, wildlife and native

According to preliminary data received by NOAA’s National Weather Service in Pendleton temperatures at Bend averaged slightly warmer than normal during the month of December, and it also was drier than normal, continuing a trend seen throughout the year. The average temperature was 32.9 degrees, which was 1.9 degrees above normal. High Temperatures averaged 40.9