Month: March 2019

A new week in a new month promises far less snow than the record-setting dump on Central Oregon seen a week ago. But while there’s still plenty of shoveling and snow removal to do, we’re not out of the cold, snowy woods just yet. And while some Bend parents said they are worried about children

(Update: Interview with Ken Brundidge’s wife, 2 adult children) The shocked, grief-stricken family of an Oregon City man who fell head-first into a tree well and died at Mt. Bachelor Friday said he was an experienced skier and loving, fun-loving husband and father who lived his life to the fullest, until what they could only

KEIZER, Ore. (AP) – A man has died in a fire in a mobile home in a Keizer senior community. A barking dog early Sunday alerted neighbors to the fire at Rainbow Gardens Mobile Village in Keizer, near Salem. The Keizer Fire District says a man and woman were inside the burning mobile home. The

With the onslaught of snow and cold weather, Shepherd’s House Ministries is helping more people than ever, and badly needs your help, the Bend shelter said Saturday. Here’s the rest of their announcement: “Just last night, we housed and fed 122 overnight guests in our five locations and are anticipating the same for the foreseeable

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) – Luguentz Dort had 20 points with four 3-pointers as Arizona State came back in the second half to beat Oregon State 74-71 on Sunday night. Zylan Cheatham added 12 points and 10 rebounds, while Remy Martin and Rob Edwards scored 13 points apiece, for the Sun Devils (20-9, 11-6 Pac-12). Ethan

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) – Mikayla Pivec had 21 points and 14 rebounds, and No. 9 Oregon State outlasted Arizona 65-60 in double overtime on Sunday to close out the regular season. Arizona (17-12, 7-11 Pac-12) trailed by 11 in the first quarter, but tightened up defensively over the new two quarters to take the lead.

Good evening Central Oregon, happy Sunday! Cold, foggy and even a few snow flurries across the High Desert today. We are looking at the freezing fog sticking around overnight tonight and into tomorrow morning as well. Things could be very slick and frosty to start the work week with temperatures overnight dropping down into the

A Sisters construction crew returning from overnight snow removal work early Saturday interrupted a flatbed trailer theft in progress and blocked in a fleeing suspect with a road grader, leading to the Portland man’s arrest, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said. They said they are still searching for two other vehicles stolen in the area overnight

(Update: Taylor comments on his Facebook page) A Sunriver-area man whose SUV got stuck in the snowy woods for five days until he and his dog were rescued said he survived the ordeal by eating a few taco hot sauce packets he had on hand and periodically starting his rig, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said

SEATTLE (AP) – A U.S. Coast Guard report blames a crab boat’s owner and captain for a fatal 2017 voyage in the Bering Sea. The Seattle-based fishing vessel Destination went missing Feb. 11, 2017 off a remote Alaska island. The bodies of its six crew members have not been found. It was the worst Alaska

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) – Sabrina Ionescu scored 12 of her 19 points in the fourth quarter, Satou Sabally added 18 points and No. 6 Oregon pulled away from No. 21 Arizona State on Sunday for a 66-59 victory and a second consecutive Pac-12 championship. Maite Cazorla had 15 points and Ruthy Hebard had 11 rebounds

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) – Rodney Hood scored 27 points, Jusuf Nurkic added 26 points and 15 rebounds and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Charlotte Hornets 118-108 on Sunday. Damian Lillard had 23 points as the Blazers won for the sixth time in their last seven games. Portland entered the game tied with Oklahoma City

RANDLE, Wash. (AP) – Deputies in Washington state say they shot and killed a man who pointed a weapon at them. A deputy and reserve deputy from the Lewis County sheriff’s office were on patrol early Sunday when they found a suspicious vehicle parked at a dead end in Randle. According to a news release,

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Freshman Louis King scored 14 points and Oregon used two 12-0 runs in the second half to dominate Arizona 73-47 on Saturday night. Payton Pritchard and Will Richardson added 12 points each and Francis Okoro had 10 for the Ducks (17-12, 8-8 Pac-12), who outscored the Wildcats 42-16 in the second

WILLOW, Alaska (AP) – Joar Leifseth Ulsom may not be flashy or brash, but he has sled cred. The quiet, unassuming 32-year-old defending champion of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race leads the field of 52 mushers hoping to be the first to reach Alaska’s western coast after a 1,000-mile (1,600-kilometer) trek across the Alaska

Rep. Diego Hernandez (D-Portland) and the Oregon Student Association introduced a bill Thursday that would disarm campus police at the University of Oregon and Portland State University. The bill, House Bill 3338, comes after several dangerous or deadly encounters for campus community members at the hands of armed campus police forces, Hernandez’s office said in

For the 15th year, the Oregon Council on Problem Gambling dedicates March to help increase public awareness of problem gambling and the availability of prevention, treatment and recovery services. This coincides with the National Problem Gambling Awareness Month whose campaign theme is “Awareness + Action.” “Problem gambling directly affects approximately 2.6 percent of adult Oregonians,

Local youth are invited to participate in the Bend Park and Recreation District’s spring sports leagues. The deadline to register for the Youth Lacrosse League is Monday, March 4; the deadline to register for Girls Softball League is March 10; and the deadline to register for Bitty Baseball is March 17. Registration is available at

An extensive search effort, which included an AirLink air ambulance following footprints in the snow Thursday night and Air Force forensics specialists in Florida poring over cellphone data, led rescuers to an 82-year-old Prineville rancher who’d become lost after his truck got stuck in the frigid cold east of Bend. John Goodwin was found lying

Julie Elston, a professor of management at Oregon State University-Cascades, has received the Fulbright-Kathryn and Craig Hall Distinguished Chair for Entrepreneurship in Central Europe. The teaching and research award is among the most prestigious Fulbright scholar appointments. Elston’s research explores the link between entrepreneurship and cultural intelligence in central Europe. She contributed to the widely