Month: February 2019

Sure, Punxsutawney Phil may be calling for an early spring, but more importantly for Oregonians, so is Nancy, the Oregon Zoo’s African pygmy hedgehog. Nancy did not see her shadow Saturday morning, meaning an early spring could be in store here in the Northwest as well. Hedgehogs are the real weather experts of the animal

(Update: Correcting supervised release, restitution information) A Warm Springs man has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for assaulting two tribal police detectives by trying to run them down with his pickup truck, prosecutors said Friday. Victor William Smith Jr., 43, also was sentenced on Jan. 15 to three years supervised release and

Here are Friday’s Oregon high school basketball scores, compiled by The Associated Press: BOYS PREP BASKETBALL Adrian 97, Long Creek 76 Baker 74, Ontario 51 Banks 62, Tillamook 34 Barlow 72, Centennial 48 Beaverton 60, Mountainside 42 Benson 53, Franklin 39 Blanchet Catholic 74, Yamhill-Carlton 48 Burns 69, Irrigon 46 Cascade 46, Sisters 45 Cascade

Happy Saturday, everyone! Saturday begins with snow levels around 5,700′. Throughout the day we have some chances for showers specifically picking up in the afternoon. Temperatures will reach the upper 40s and lower 50s, which is still above average. Winds won’t be too breezy, but will gust around 10 to 15 miles per hour. Snow

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Satou Sabally scored 20 points and No. 4 Oregon closed the game on a 27-6 run for an 87-65 victory over No. 14 Utah on Friday night. Ruthy Hebard and Maite Cazorla had 16 points apiece, Erin Boley added 14 and Sabrina Ionescu scored 11 as all five starters scored in

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) – Aleah Goodman had career highs with 25 points and six 3-pointers in her first-ever start as No. 9 Oregon State beat Colorado 89-65 on Friday night. Destiny Slocum scored 26 points and Mikayla Pivec added 12 points, six rebounds and five assists for the Beavers (18-3, 8-1 Pac-12). Alexis Robinson had

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — A measles outbreak near Portland has revived a bitter debate over so-called “philosophical” exemptions to childhood vaccinations as public health officials across the Pacific Northwest scramble to limit the fallout. At least 43 people in Washington and Oregon have fallen ill in recent weeks with the extraordinarily contagious virus, which was

Happy Friday evening, everyone! Tonight we’ll see a chance for rain showers across Central Oregon with snow for higher elevations. Apart from the chance for showers we will see mostly cloudy skies. Overnight lows will fall into the low to mid 30s, which is about 10 degrees above average. Winds will be out of the

More than 300 employees with the Deschutes and Ochoco national forests and the Prineville District BLM in Central Oregon are thanking the public for its support while they were recently furloughed during the lapse in federal funding that caused a partial government shutdown . “While it was a stressful and insecure time for employees, we

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) – Shipbuilder Vigor has chosen Vancouver as the place to build a new generation U.S. Army landing craft – a contract valued at nearly $1 billion and a project that could bring 400 jobs to the southwestern Washington city The Columbian reports that Vigor will be investing millions in capital upgrades and

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The parents of a teenage girl who was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver while crossing a street in Portland say they are having a hard time dealing with the fact that the suspect has disappeared and may have been helped by the government of Saudi Arabia. Fifteen-year-old Fallon Smart

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Several members of the Gypsy Joker Outlaw Motorcycle Club have been indicted by a federal grand jury on murder, kidnapping and racketeering conspiracy charges. The U.S. Department of Justice says the gang has ties in Washington and Oregon. The Statesman Journal reports that among those charged Thursday was the club’s national

PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) – A bill introduced in the Oregon House this week would increase funding into Future Farmers of America programs around the state. The measure from Rep. Greg Barreto, a Republican from Pendleton, would allot more money for students to attend statewide and national events to build their FFA resumes and develop their

(Update: Authorities determine death was a suicide) Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies called to an apparently fatal fall at Smith Rock State Park on Thursday afternoon have conducted an investigation and determined the death to be a suicide, officials said. Hikers at the popular climbing spot called 911 around 2:30 p.m. to report they found a

A detached garage was destroyed by a fire in the Tumalo area early Friday morning, but firefighters were able to stop it from spreading to the nearby home, officials said. The Bend Fire Department responded around 3:40 a.m. to the reported fire in the 65300 block of Tweed Road, Deputy Fire Marshal Dan Derlacki said.

Someone out for a walk north of Bend spotted a piece of metal with some wires along Deschutes Market Road late Thursday morning and called 911, leading to a call-out of the Oregon State Police bomb squad from Salem. Deschutes County sheriff’s Sgt. Shawn Heierrman said the citizen report came in around 11:45 a.m. from

Oregon lawmakers are considering a bill that would block landlords from placing so called “pet rents” on tenants. If this bill were to become law, landlords could still charge a pet deposit, but they would not be allowed to tack on extra rent each month for a pet. House Bill 2683 is aimed at curbing

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – A draft bill to curb carbon emissions which contribute to global warming landed with a thud Thursday, at 98 pages in length, and quickly drew fire from Republicans. The measure released Thursday would establish a Carbon Policy Office, modify greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals and market-based mechanisms for covered entities to

Good Friday Morning, Everyone…The advance of a wet winter system that will bring heavy rain to the coast and valley, and snow to the Cascades, will steadily increase our chance of showers today on the High Desert. Highs will be in the mid 40’s and southerly breezes will tend to get a little gusty this

Here are Thursday’s Oregon high school basketball scores, compiled by The Associated Press: BOYS PREP BASKETBALL Columbia Christian 89, Vernonia 42 Damascus Christian 53, N. Clackamas Christian 42 Eddyville 49, McKenzie 46 Jefferson PDX 73, Grant 66 Knappa 68, City Christian 53 Lowell 68, Oakridge 50 McNary 59, South Salem 57 Neah-Kah-Nie 55, Faith Bible