Month: March 2019

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – A former manager of a Eugene 7-Eleven has filed a lawsuit against the franchise owner and the corporation, claiming unfair employment practices. The Register-Guard reports Brennen Jensen filed suit earlier this month in Lane County Circuit Court against 7-Eleven and Don Scarpelli , the franchise owner. The lawsuit seeks $175,000. Jensen

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – A lawyer for a child in Oregon’s foster care system plans to sue the state after the lawyer says the child saw two state workers having sex in the hotel room where the child was staying. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the attorney further contends the state sent the child to a juvenile

Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced Wednesday a new proposal to help Americans learn what they will have to pay for health care services before going to see a health provider. Speaking at Health Datapalooza 2019, Wyden said the proposal would require health insurance companies and Medicare to share data on the

Central Oregon residents may see light smoke periodically in the coming weeks south of Madras as fire managers on the Crooked River National Grassland resume juniper ” jackpot burning ” near Highway 26, Forest Service officials said Wednesday. Starting Wednesday and continuing through April as weather conditions allow, firefighters will look for opportunities to burn

Would you pump your own gas, if you had the option? Legislation introduced in the Oregon House this session would give all gas stations the option to introduce self-service pumps. As drafted, House Bill 3194 says up to 25 percent of pumps could be self-service. It also says gas stations cannot charge customers different amounts

Good Wednesday Morning, Everyone… A very wet system that is already bringing heavy rain and some snow to northern California has begun to move into southern Oregon. It will bring rain, heavy at times, to Central Oregon through the day and into tonight. Highs will be in the mid to upper 40’s. SE breezes will

At the manufacturer’s request, state regulators said Tuesday they have postponed new limits on an herbicide tied to Central Oregon tree deaths in recent years. The Oregon Department of Agriculture said it received a request last Wednesday from Bayer Crop Science LP, Environmental Science Division, to postpone the date of the proposed permanent rule (OAR

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) – A Portland man who abandoned a 5-month-old baby under a pile of debris in the woods of western Montana has been sentenced to 30 years in prison with 10 years suspended. The Missoulian reports 33-year-old Francis Crowley was sentenced Tuesday after previously pleading guilty to criminal endangerment and child criminal endangerment.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Oregon teens who spent time in foster care were less than half as likely as their classmates in the class of 2017 to graduate on time. The Oregonian/OregonLive reported Tuesday the graduation rate for teenagers who spent any amount of their high school years in foster care was 35 percent, according

(Update: Comments from police chief, Hughes’ attorney says they will fight ‘ludicrous’ charges) Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel filed official misconduct charges Thursday against a former Sunriver police officer, accusing him of abandoning his patrol post to meet his girlfriend and failing to investigate or report her alleged sexual assault to Bend police. The

Happy Tuesday evening, everyone! Tonight we’ll see increasing clouds ahead of the next system moving into Central Oregon. We’ll see partly sunny skies turn mostly cloudy by the morning. Overnight lows will be in the upper 20s and lower 30s , which is above average. Winds will gust around 15 miles per hour. Tomorrow will

The Pilot Butte Master Plan Advisory Committee will be working to guide and develop recommendations to the update of the master plan for Pilot Butte State Scenic Viewpoint 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. on Monday, April 8 at the Bend Park and Recreation District Office, 799 SW Columbia St., Bend. The meeting is open to

The Sisters Rodeo has chosen the Sisters legendary songbird, Peggy Clerf Tehan , as the 2019 Grand Marshal of the Sisters Rodeo Parade. Tehan , a 35-year resident of Sisters, sang the National Anthem at every rodeo performance for 29 years. Her pure soprano voice impressed the rodeo president, Glenn Miller, who first asked her

Former nurse practitioner Julie Ann DeMille, 60, of Portland, was sentenced Tuesday to four years in federal prison and three years’ supervised release for illegally distributing prescription opioids, filing a false tax return and lying to federal agents. “Our nation is drowning in substance abuse. We must wake up to this reality and stop pushing

This week, the Oregon FBI’s Tech Tuesday segment continues to look at building a digital defense against tax fraud. Last week we talked about how to spot fraudulent tax preparers. This week – some other scams where criminals are taking advantage of the confusion around the new tax law to dig into your pocketbook. Fraudsters

The City of Sisters is accepting applications for a volunteer to serve on the Urban Forestry Board, which is tasked with providing guidance for management of the urban forest, including all trees located within public right-of-way, parks and public places owned or controlled by the City, and providing recommendations to staff regarding City ordinances and

The end of the partial federal government shutdown boosted monthly hiring figures across Central Oregon, the state Employment Department reported Tuesday. However, when taking into account that temporary disruption, the employment situation remained little changed over the first two months of 2019. ” When looking at the first two months of the year together, we

Union members accounted for 13.9 percent of wage and salary workers in Oregon last year, a drop from the 2017 rate of 14.9 percent but still the 11th-highest rate in the nation, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday. Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Richard Holden noted that the union membership rate for Oregon

Good Tuesday Morning, Everyone… The early morning passage of a cold front will be followed by a very fair day. We will see mostly sunny skies will daytime highs reaching the mid 50’s. If we see any breeze at all it will be pretty light and coming out of the SE. Clouds will thicken overnight

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Oregon state employees found themselves unable to send work emails to some outside accounts beginning last week. OregonLive/The Oregonian reported Monday that state employees were unable to send emails to many people they would otherwise correspond with due to a spam email attack. The state’s chief information officer says an outside