Month: June 2019

(Update: Sunday search turns up no sign of Hughes; adding incident command photo) Searchers from several counties continued to look without success Sunday on foot and horseback, using K-9 teams, planes and drones for an 83-year-old Portland-area man who walked away from a campsite in the Ochoco National Forest on Thursday and has not been

Good evening Central Oregon! Happy Father’s Day to all the dad’s out there! Another beautiful day in Central Oregon with lots of sunshine and warm weather! We are now starting to see those winds pick up this evening. The wind is out of the north at 10-15 MPH gusting up around 20 MPH. The wind

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) – Appellate judges in Washington state have upheld a $7.5 million jury award for a woman paralyzed in a motorcycle crash several years ago. Madelynn Tapken was on a motorcycle with Conrad Malinak in 2011 when they crashed at a fork in the road south of Spokane. Spokane County employees testified at

The searches continued this weekend for two men missing and presumed drowned in separate boating incidents in two days on Central Oregon waterways. At Wickiup Reservoir, west of La Pine, Deschutes County Sheriff’s Marine Patrol deputies have focused their search in the area where a canoe capsized early Thursday morning, throwing two men and a

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – The bodies of a missing Salem mother and son have been found. Authorities say the bodies were found Saturday in a heavily wooded and very remote area in Yamhill County. KGW reports that on Saturday, searchers were led to a heavily wooded remote area about 10 miles west of Yamhill. After

The state Department of Human Services would be required to complete a background check on an estranged parent and all other adults in that parent’s home before placing an abused or neglected child in that home as part of a safety plan under a bill passed unanimously Thursday in the Oregon Senate. Senate Bill 994

The summer heat wave has just begun to make its way across the states, signaling the end of school and the beginning of summer vacation. While the sun is perfect for a day at the beach, hot days can also have a sinister side — especially when it involves a child who has been left

(Update: DCSO identifies drowning victim; active search scaled back) Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies on Friday identified a 29-year-old Bend man who disappeared and apparently drowned early Thursday after a canoe overturned on Wickiup Reservoir as a second day of searching failed to find him. A Klamath County Sheriff’s Office boat with special sonar joined the

When a child dies as a result of abuse despite recent involvement with Child Welfare, the agency is mandated to review the case to look for systemic errors that might prevent future tragedies. The process was initiated in 2004 by then Governor Ted Kulongoski and enshrined in law in 2007 as part of Karly’s Law.

Parents would have access to important resources to help their infant children’s development in the crucial early years, under a bill passed by the Oregon Senate. Senate Bill 526 – which passed the Senate on a 22-5 vote Thursday – requires the Oregon Health Authority to design, implement and maintain a voluntary statewide program to

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota plans to ask the Trump administration to intervene in a dispute over Washington state’s new safety restrictions on oil shipped by rail. Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem told The Bismarck Tribune he plans to petition the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration to tell Washington state that it doesn’t have

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Oregon State catcher and top overall draft pick Adley Rutschman is winner of the Dick Howser Trophy as college baseball player of the year. The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association announced its major award winners Saturday. UCLA reliever Holden Powell was named Stopper of the Year and Michigan’s Erik Bakich was

Good evening Central Oregon! Another gorgeous day on the High Desert with warm daytime highs and plenty of sunshine to go around Today we saw temperatures topping out in the 80s. We are also looking at a warm evening with winds out of the north at 5-10 MPH, but hose winds should die down through

PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) – The Eastern Oregon city of Pendleton has stopped jailing people unable to pay fines following the settlement of a federal lawsuit contending city officials were running a debtors’ prison. The East Oregonian reports in a story on Saturday that City Attorney Nancy Kerns said city court officials recently adopted new policies

PORT HADLOCK, Wash. (AP) – Officials are asking Washington state waterfront landowners to volunteer their properties as the final resting places for dead gray whales. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries says so many gray whale carcasses have washed up this year that the agency has run out of places where they can be

A man who jumped from the top deck of a pontoon boat on Lake Billy Chinook late Friday afternoon struck his head on a railing on his way into the water and did not resurface, prompting a search that continued until nightfall and will continue Saturday, Jefferson County Sheriff Jim Adkins said. The sheriff’s office

The North Entrance Road and West Rim Drive in Crater Lake National Park will open for travel on Saturday morning. Superintendent Craig Ackerman announced that visitors can now drive to and from the park via this popular route and access spectacular views of the lake from West Rim Drive. Patches of snow remain on the

Central Oregon ham radio operators will participate in Ham Radio Field Day on Saturday and Sunday, June 22-23, at Prairie Campground near La Pine. This is a great opportunity for the public and public officials to see how ham radio has changed to meet the challenges of providing emergency communications during major emergencies or large

Happy Saturday, everyone! Saturday begins with temperatures in the 40s, but we’ll quickly warm into the low to mid 80s. Highs should average in the mid 70s. Mostly sunny skies are expected this weekend. Our last few days of Spring will be acting more like Summer! Overnight into Sunday we’ll see mostly clear skies with

The Sunriver Nature Center & Observatory has chosen a name for its new male trumpeter swan: Gus, who is helping Gracie, his new mate, sit on the nest of their two impending arrivals, officials said Friday. Nearly 300 name suggestions were submitted since he arrived last month, officials said. “The name Gus was an instant