Month: July 2019

A bus carrying Bellevue, Washington Young Life students to the Washington Family Ranch camp in Wasco County overturned Tuesday afternoon, sending 10 people to St. Charles Madras with non-life-threatening injuries, officials said. Sheriff’s deputies said the accident occurred around 3:15 p.m. Medics from Maupin and Jefferson County medics were called to the scene. The sheriff’s

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — CJ McCollum has agreed to a three-year contract extension with the Portland Trail Blazers. The 27-year-old McCollum averaged 21.0 points last season, helping Portland make it to the Western Conference finals. The 6-foot-3 shooting guard, who was selected by the Trail Blazers with the 10th overall pick in the 2013 draft,

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon real estate investor has donated undeveloped land to Portland Audubon’s Wildlife Sanctuary. Oregon Public Broadcasting reported Monday that Marty Kehoe and his family have donated Pittock Place. The 22-acre (0.03-square-mile) plot borders Forest Park, a public park west of downtown Portland. Audubon officials say the property is one of

(Update: OSP provides details on crash) A 35-year-old Madras man was critically injured Monday night when his motorcycle crashed into an SUV on U.S. Highway 26, Oregon State Police said. Robert Peoples Jr. was taken first to St. Charles Madras, then flown to St. Charles Bend in critical condition, troopers said. A 32-year-old Madras woman

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Police say at least one officer fatally shot a man in southeast Portland. News outlets report Portland police were called to an intersection in the 12100 block of Southeast Ankeny Street on reports of a disturbance with a weapon at about 4:25 p.m. Tuesday. The Portland Police Bureau says a person

Happy Tuesday evening, everyone! Winds will be breezy at times tonight gusting 10 to 15 miles per hour. Overnight we’ll see mostly clear skies with hazy conditions and some areas of patchy smoke. Temperatures will be in the mid to upper 40s for lows, which is around average. Tomorrow will start with some hazy skies

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — State officials have declared an outbreak of hepatitis A in people who are living without shelter or who use illicit drugs. Washington state Department of Health officials said Tuesday they have confirmed 13 cases of the virus, with 10 cases in Spokane County, one in neighboring Pend Oreille County, two in

GRESHAM, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say an 8-year-old boy drowned Tuesday afternoon in the Sandy River east of Portland. News outlets reports the child had been near Oxbow Park in Gresham with family members and was playing in the water when he disappeared. Battalion Chief Jason McGowan says search and rescue crews from the Gresham

St. Charles Cancer Center is teaming up with The Joy Team to host Chalk the Walks on Tuesday, Aug. 20 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. to help spread positive messages through sidewalk chalk art. The event, which will take place near the cancer center entrance and in the Healing Garden at 2500 NE Neff

The welcome mat rolled out Tuesday morning for the first northbound visitors at the new I-5 Siskiyou Rest Area, south of Ashland. The Travel Oregon-operated welcome center opens Wednesday morning at 9 a.m. with opening festivities and special visitor giveaways. The $12 million facility, more than 20 years in development and construction, is a showcase

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The state of Washington is evaluating what to do about a wolf pack that is consistently preying on cattle in Ferry County. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife killed one member of the OPT wolf pack on July 13, in an effort to change the behavior of the pack. But

(Update: Adding smoke issues, drivers taking pictures on I-5) Progress by firefighters in southwest Oregon has brought the 12,336-acre Milepost 97 Fire to 15 percent containment, officials said Tuesday morning. Favorable weather allowed crews to establish control lines in several key areas of the fire that broke out near Canyonville last Wednesday night, Firefighters are

GOLD HILL, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say two men have been arrested in a raid on an illegal marijuana growing operation in southwestern Oregon. The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office says detectives from a multi-agency task force found indoor and outdoor pot growing operations when they served a search warrant Tuesday at neighboring properties near Gold

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A half-dozen people were arrested in Portland in the latest police operation targeting illegal street racing. The Portland Police Bureau says six women and men ranging in age from 18 to 37 were arrested over the weekend in North and Northeast Portland. They were arrested on charges including reckless driving, speed

(Update: caller said there were two bombs, more info from DA, livestream and security videos; some roads reopen) Someone placed a suspicious package at the Deschutes County Courthouse steps early Monday morning and a caller said he’d placed two bombs in the area, prompting downtown Bend evacuations, street closures and call-out of the OSP bomb

This week, the Oregon FBI’s Tech Tuesday segment focuses on building a digital defense against direct deposit scams: We have been getting a number of reports lately from the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center – or IC3.gov – about a particular scam hitting Oregonians hard in recent months. Here’s how it works. An organization –

The Family Access Network (FAN) recently received a $500 grant from the Rotary Club of Crook County. The funds will be used for a laundry program for low-income students attending Crook County schools who don’t have access to laundry facilities. Students who are in need of laundry assistance will receive a pre-loaded laundry card to

West Coast forest landowners are expected to adapt to climate change by gradually switching from Douglas fir to other types of trees such as hardwoods and Ponderosa pine, according to a new Oregon State University study. The study, the first to estimate an economic model of forest-planting choices by landowners as a function of climate,

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A man known as the “Lone Ranger Bandit” has pleaded guilty to multiple armed robberies. KOIN reports that Jay Noble admitted to sticking up three businesses over the course of his one-month spree, spanning from December 2017 to January 2018. Authorities say in most of the robberies, Noble used a revolver

Good morning, Central Oregon, On Tuesday through Thursday, the weather pattern will be fairly quiet. Winds will be from the northwest which will keep warm and dry conditions over the forecast area today and Wednesday. Temperatures today will be near normal in the mid to upper 80s, and then slightly above normal on Wednesday and