Month: January 2019

Good Friday Morning, Everyone…A system centered off the southern British Columbia coast is responsible for pulling moisture and warm air into the Pacific NW today. For us highs will be in the upper 40’s to low 50’s and southerly breezes will be gentle at 5-10 mph. Those gentle southerly breezes will stay with us tonight.

CLATSKANIE, Ore. (AP) – The state Land Use Board of Appeals has remanded a decision to rezone 837 acres of farmland for industrial development and expansion at Port Westward Industrial Park along the Columbia River in northwest Oregon. The Capital Press reports the Port of Columbia County had applied to rezone the land in 2017,

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., who serves as the top Democrat on the Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, released the following statement Thursday after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell refused to let the Senate vote on House-passed legislation that would end the partial federal government shutdown. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is one of the major agencies affected

The deadline to report all 2018 big game and turkey tags has been extended until April 15, 2019 (from Jan. 31) to give hunters more time to report under ODFW’s new licensing system. The new deadline applies to all 2018 deer, elk, cougar, bear, antelope and turkey tags. Anyone who purchased one of these tags

Here are Thursday’s Oregon high school basketball scores, compiled by The Associated Press: BOYS PREP BASKETBALL Adrian 71, Four Rivers Community School 33 Bandon 60, Reedsport 39 Country Christian 44, St. Stephens Academy 34 Crane 73, Long Creek 52 Damascus Christian 66, Portland Waldorf 11 Franklin 64, Wilson 52 Glide 44, Lakeview 39 Grand View

Housing Works announced Thursday that the waiting list for the Housing Choice Voucher Program, formerly known as the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Section 8 program, will open Monday, Jan. 14 at 8:00 am and remain open through Jan. 18 at 5:00 pm. This program is open to low-income qualified residents of

A new multimillion-dollar sports complex may break ground in Madras, due to the efforts of Ji m Weyermann, the new director at the Madras Aquatic Center Recreation District. Weyermann previously worked for the Golden State Warriors as vice president of franchise development. He heard about the open position at MACRD while watching news coverage of

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Bol Bol’s lone season at Oregon is over after nine games due to a left foot injury. Bol announced on Twitter on Thursday that his college career was over. The son of late former NBA player Manute Bol, Bol was considered one of college basketball’s top incoming freshmen prior to the

Happy Thursday evening, everyone! Overnight we’ll see breezy conditions as a cold front approaches the region. Winds will gust around 20 miles per hour especially around midnight and through tomorrow morning. Mostly cloudy skies will be overhead this evening with a very slight chance for showers, but a better chance closer to the Cascades. Lows

More than 148,000 Oregonians chose health plans for 2019 through HealthCare.gov, according to new data from the federal government. The sign-ups came during the Nov. 1 to Dec. 15 open enrollment period, the time window when people can buy health insurance for the upcoming year. Oregonians who enrolled in coverage during open enrollment, whether through

A pedestrian from Portland was struck and killed late Wednesday night on Highway 97 near Chemult in northern Klamath County, Oregon State Police reported Thursday. OSP and emergency personnel responded shortly after 11 p.m. to the reported crash near milepost 204, OSP Captain Tim Fox said. An investigation found that David Ralphs-Thomason, 37, of Portland

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – A state investigation released Thursday finds Oregon lawmakers didn’t do enough to stop sexual harassment in the Capitol. As a result, the five-month investigation by the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries, known as BOLI, concludes the state Capitol is a hostile workplace, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported. The findings largely align

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Larry Weinberg, one of the founders and original owners of the Portland Trail Blazers, has died. He was 92. Weinberg’s death was announced Wednesday by the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee. KATU reports that Weinberg was one of three partners who got the franchise started as an NBA expansion team in

Oregon Senator Ron Wyden and Rep. Earl Blumenauer on Thursday reintroduced their bill to expand Oregon-style vote-by-mail nationwide and knock down the mounting obstacles that voters across the country are facing, just to cast their ballots. The House of Representatives included a portion of the Wyden-Blumenauer bill in House Resolution 1, a package of pro-democratic

The Mt. Bachelor Sports Education Foundation and SELCO Community Credit Union are excited to announce that online voting is now open for the 2019 SELCO Pole Pedal Paddle design artwork contest. Go to selco.org/ppp . For in-person voting, art submissions are displayed at SELCO’s West Bend Branch at 137 SW Century Drive. Voting will be

Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., reintroduced a bill Thursday requiring sitting presidents and presidential nominees to release their tax returns to the public. Wyden first introduced this legislation in May 2016 after then-presidential candidate Trump broke his promise to release his tax returns. Revelations about Trump’s own financial ties and his associates’

With a new session of Congress beginning, Town Hall Project is celebrating lawmakers and candidates who were role models for public accessibility in 2018, including Oregon’s Senator Ron Wyden, winner of Town Hall Project’s “Senate MVP” Award. “Leaders like Ron Wyden understand that town hall meetings are an essential part of the job. These meetings

Newly elected or re-elected Deschutes County officials will be sworn into office at 8:30 a.m. on Monday in Courtroom C of the Deschutes County Circuit Courthouse, located at 1100 NW Bond St. in Bend. Six elected officeholders are scheduled to attend the ceremony and take the oath of office, which will be administered by the

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A homeless man has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for killing a 29-year-old homeless woman and mother of two. The Oregonian/OregonLive reported that 58-year-old Terry Hickman was sentenced Wednesday after pleading guilty to first-degree manslaughter and attempted second-degree assault last month. Hickman told a friend that he had killed

PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) – A Pendleton man has died after he was struck by a train. Angel Murillo, 24, died in the Tuesday morning accident. The East Oregonian reports Murillo was a cowboy and worked at a western store as a hat shaper and saddle maker. He was originally from White Salmon, Washington. Pendleton police