Month: April 2019

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A 53-year-old man from Mexico has been sentenced to a year in federal prison for his role in a complex money laundering scheme linked to the fashion district in Los Angeles. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Esteban Guillen Ramirez was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court in Portland after previously pleading guilty to

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Authorities say an inmate at the Marion County jail died Sunday of an apparent suicide. The Marion County Sheriff’s Office says 31-year-old Thomas Denn of Salem was found unresponsive in his cell at 1:09 a.m. Saturday by deputies. The Statesman Journal reports the deputies performed CPR and Denn was taken to

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – A record number of wolves are roaming the forests and fields of Oregon, 20 years after the species returned to the state. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said in a report released Monday that the number of known wolves in Oregon at the end of 2018 was 137, a

Good Tuesday Morning, Everyone… A wet, chilly flow out of the NW will not only serve to keep some rain showers in our forecast today, but it will also keep us pretty chilly. Daytime highs won’t get much above the mid to upper 40’s. NW winds will ramp up to 15-25 mph with some areas

More Oregonians would have access to important palliative health care services if the state’s numerous hospice organizations could provide them, backers of a Senate-passed bill say. Senate Bill 177 – which passed with a 26-0 vote on the Senate floor Monday – will help to address that issue by allowing hospice programs to provide palliative

(Update: Adding two Bend Area Habitat for Humanity projects) Housing Works will celebrate the grand opening Friday of two new affordable housing projects, in La Pine and Sisters, with all 90 units at the two locations already leased and occupied. The organization also announced Monday it has secured state funding for two more projects, in

Plans to continue modernizing aging irrigation infrastructure by piping canals in the Swalley Irrigation District recently have been approved to move forward into construction, which supporters say marks yet another major milestone in irrigation improvements that will benefit farmers, fish and local communities in the Deschutes Basin. The final watershed plan and environmental assessment for

Crews will begin removing more than 2,000 hazard trees near U.S. Highway 20 west of Sisters in late April, the Oregon Department of Transportation announced Monday. The trees were compromised several years ago by use of the herbicide Perspective and need to be removed to ensure public safety in the highway corridor, the agency said.

(Update: Adding flood, slide threats elsewhere, safety tips) Oregon Highway 58 remained closed to through traffic Monday afternoon, a day after a landslide covered the road at milepost 27, eight miles west of Oakridge, along with two smaller slides nearby, the Oregon Department of Transportation reported. “Through travelers should take alternate routes,” the agency said

The Oregon Senate unanimously passed legislation Monday clearing the way for an affordable housing project in Redmond, sending it to Gov. Kate Brown’s desk. House Bill 2336 passed in the Senate with a 26-0 (4 excused) vote. “This is a critical bill for Redmond, and we are now only one step away from it becoming

Happy Monday evening, everyone! Tonight we see a chance for rain showers but will stay mainly dry. Higher elevations could see some snow showers overight as snow levels fall to 4,000′ by tomorrow morning. We have the chance for showers and will see mostly cloudy skies apart from that chance. Low temperatures will fall into

Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies have released four security camera images in hopes of finding two masked suspects who broke into the Wickiup Station Sports Pub in La Pine early Monday morning and made off with a small safe. Deputies responded around 5:45 a.m. to the business on Highway 97 and were joined by detectives at

(Update: Adding which plane to be used, airport incentive package, other added flights) Seven years after low-cost Allegiant Air quit its 5-year-old Redmond-to-Las Vegas flights, a new budget flight entry, Sun Country Airlines, will bring twice-a-week nonstop flights between the two cities for three months this fall, Redmond Airport officials announced Monday. Beginning Sept. 5,

United Way of Deschutes County supports local, direct-service nonprofits and programs that focus on a wide range of human health and wellness issues in Central Oregon. Each year, the nonprofit awards grants to vetted local nonprofits and programs that focus on health, education, prevention and development, financial stability, basic needs, childhood trauma, community transformation, and

The OSU LIVE Chick-Cam is streaming and chicks are beginning to hatch! Broadcasting LIVE from the OSU Extension office in Astoria, watch the eggs shake, rattle and roll all week on our live feed! The baby chicks began to hatch on Monday and you can watch it all happen in real time! They have three

(Update: Missing woman located, OK) A Bend woman reported missing over the weekend has been found “alive and well,” Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said Monday morning. The public had been asked to provide any information on the whereaboauts of Katrina Gagatko, 43, last seen leaving her workplace late last Thursday night. Around 6:40 a.m. Monday,

Several gates west of Bend on the Deschutes National Forest will remain closed for resource protection until conditions improve, U.S. Forest Service officials said late last week. The Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District will keep three gates closed to prohibit vehicle access west of Bend including the junction across from Widgi Creek golf course at Cascade

(Update: Slide closes Hwy. 58 at least overnight; evacuations along Row, Willamette rivers) Amid steady, often heavy rain across Oregon that’s sending rivers rising, some over their banks, a landslide Sunday afternoon closed a 45-mile stretch of state Highway 58 west of Oakridge. Meanwhile, “historic” releases from a reservoir prompted evacuations near the Row and

Good Monday Morning, Everyone… A strong flow out of the west will keep rain showers in our forecast for the next few days. Today’s rain will be accompanied by highs in the mid 50’s and breezy westerly winds at 10-20 mph. Tonight’s lows will be scattered through the 30’s so most of our precipitation will

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Damian Lillard scored 30 points to lead the Portland Trail Blazers to a 115-108 victory over a Denver Nuggets team that rested its top three scorers Sunday night after securing home-court advantage in the playoffs. Al-Farouq Aminu added 23 points and 11 rebounds for Portland, which held on to fourth place