Month: June 2019

SEATTLE (AP) – Washington State Patrol officials say responders have killed a cougar that tried to attack a child in Leavenworth. KING-TV reports the child escaped serious injury. Officials said in a tweet that the attempted attack occurred in the Enchantment Park area around dusk Saturday. The cougar was euthanized after it was found by

FOREST GROVE, Ore. (AP) – An Oregon lumber company is cutting its workforce by about 40%, citing the state’s “regulatory and tax creep.” The Stimson Lumber Company announced Friday that it would lay off 60 jobs from its Forest Grove operations. CEO Andrew Miller said environmental permit fees, Oregon’s Clean Fuels Tax and pending cap

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Carlos Vela had a goal and an assist in the first half to lead Los Angeles FC past the Portland Timbers 3-2 on Saturday. Vela, Major League Soccer’s goals and assists leader, helped LAFC (11-1-4) fend off Portland’s late rally to end the Timbers’ 15-game win streak in home openers. Vela

UMATILLA, Ore. (AP) – A transgender inmate being held at an Oregon prison for men has been granted new living arrangements. The Oregonian/Oregon Live reports Brandy Hall transitioned to female while in prison after being convicted of sex crimes involving abusing girls in 2007. A complaint filed last year claimed her incarceration with male cellmates

The same upper-level system that brought us a few thunderstorms and showers Friday slowly made its way out of Central Oregon late Saturday. With a ridge of high pressure moving in behind it, we start June with unseasonably warm temperatures. During the day, we’ll continue to see winds from the north up to 11 mph,

After 23 seasons as the softball coach at Oklahoma State, Sandy Fischer was reluctant to come out of retirement and start a new high school program at Ridgeview of Redmond in 2013. “I turned them down a couple of times,” Fischer said. “But I had some very persistent parents that asked me to apply for

One thing for sure came out of La Pine’s solid 8-1 victory over Warrenton in the championship game of the OSAA/OnPoint Community Credit Union 3A baseball tournament at Volcanoes Stadium on Friday: The Hawks will never get away with pleading a rebuilding year again. Ever. This La Pine team entered this particular season largely overlooked

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) – Isaac Collins hit a solo homer in the top of the third inning, giving No. 2 seed Creighton an early lead it would not relinquish in a 4-1 victory that eliminated defending national champion Oregon State on Saturday. The Bluejays (39-12) play the loser of Saturday’s second game between No. 4

Central Oregonians remembered a local World War II veteran and war hero on Friday, not just for his bravery in combat but the humble Bend resident’s strong faith, love of family and broad bands of friendship. The memorial service for Robert Dale Maxwell took place at the Deschutes County Fairgrounds in Redmond. Maxwell passed away

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The Oregon Supreme Court has tossed the nearly 67-year sentences given to twins who were 15 when they murdered an elderly couple in Salem in 1993. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the court said Friday the sentences for Lydell White and Laycell White amounted to cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The Oregon coast is once again seeing a “blue tide” of creatures called velella velella , which often wash shore this time of year. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the Oregon Coast Aquarium announced Friday that the jelly-like organisms had arrived on Oregon beaches, in some places covering the sand in a carpet

Oregon State University’s board of trustees approved a fiscal year 2020 budget on Friday, calling on university leaders to prioritize funding for several key initiatives including retaining excellent faculty, emphasizing student recruitment and retention, and supporting initiatives to promote diversity and inclusivity at OSU. Other key funding priorities for the coming year are to support

On Monday, firefighters are planning a prescribed burn east of the Sunriver Business Park and west of Highway 97 on the Deschutes National Forest. Ignitions are planned for around 9 a.m. on Bon West units 2, 3 and potentially 4 for a total of 395 acres east of Sunriver and south of South Century Drive

Fifth-grade teacher Dawn Alexander from Tom McCall Elementary School in Redmond is the first Oregon teacher to receive the prestigious 2019 National Excellence in Teaching about Agriculture Award presented by the National Agriculture in the Classroom Organization, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Farm Credit. Dawn was selected along with seven other educators across the United

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) – Scientists tasked with reviewing the government’s plans to lift protections for gray wolves across most of the U.S. say the proposal has numerous factual errors and other problems. The five-member scientific panel’s conclusions were detailed in a 245-page report released Friday. One reviewer, a Wisconsin professor, said the U.S. Fish and

Happy First day of June! Lingering moisture and some instability in a weak upper level system is giving us up to a slight chanceof scattered showers and thunderstorms across Central Oregon in the evenings through the weekend. Bend, Sisters and La Pine have the highest chance of seeing isolated showers and thunderstorms as we make

A 78-year-old Prineville man was critically injured Thursday evening when his side-by-side ATV was struck by a pickup truck while crossing the O’Neil Highway, Prineville police said. Police, Crook County sheriff’s deputies, Oregon State Police, Crook County Fire and Rescue and ODOT responded around 5:25 p.m. to the reported collision in the 2000 block of