Month: July 2019

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A former airport baggage handler has been sentenced to six months in federal prison for stealing guns and ammunition from passengers’ luggage. The Oregonian/Oregon Live reported that 27-year-old Deshawn Antonio Kelly was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court. Kelly told a judge he stole guns from five people who checked bags

SHERIDAN, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say one person was killed and five others were hurt in a minivan crash southwest of Portland near Sheridan Monday afternoon. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the crash happened shortly after 3 p.m. on Highway 22, when the van drove off the road, hit several signs and landed in a drainage ditch.

The Central Oregon Association of Realtors has received a $5,000 Placemaking grant from the National Association of Realtors to help make Jefferson County a better place to live by creating greater access to a multi-use trail system for walkers, runners, horse riders, mountain bikers and e-bike riders. The Madras East Hills Trails Project is a

Happy Monday evening, everyone! A thunderstorm developed southeast of La Pine this afternoon with one lightning strike. Overall this evening look to see hazy and/or smoky skies coming off the McKay Butte fire burning near La Pine. We’ll see breezy winds through sunset out of the northwest gusting 25 miles per hour. Low temperatures will

BEND, Ore. (AP) — EO Media Group, a newspaper publishing company based in Oregon, bought the largest newspaper in Central Oregon and its sister weekly, outbidding a competitive offer at an auction Monday. The winning $3.65 million bid puts The Bulletin, which had declared bankruptcy, and its sister weekly the Redmond Spokesman, into the hands

Oregon State University – Cascades has given its 2019 Employee Awards to five faculty and staff members for outstanding contributions in the areas of diversity, equity and inclusion; outreach; outstanding staff engagement and support; scholarship and creative activity; and teaching excellence. The recipients of the campus’ 2019 employee awards were: Dennis Lynn, a senior instructor

St. Charles Health System has partnered with Volunteers in Medicine Clinic of the Cascades (VIM) to match up to $480,000 in funds the clinic raises over two years (through March 2020), nearly doubling the health system’s overall community benefit investment. As we move into the final year of the collaboration, St. Charles will match dollar

Here is the Oregon Department of Transportation’s Region 4 road construction update for the week of July 29: The Oregon Department of Transportation is committed to providing a safe, efficient transportation system. ODOT invests in Oregon’s future through roadway improvement projects. The following projects are located in ODOT’s Region 4 encompassing Central Oregon from The

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — State and local agencies removed 10 abandoned boats from the water at Portland’s Swan Island in the first of several cleanups being discussed. The Oregon State Marine Board said Monday they, along with the Oregon Department of State Lands and the Multnomah County River Patrol, coordinated the abandoned boat cleanup Friday

A Mt. Vernon man was killed Saturday afternoon when his pickup left U.S. Highway 26 east of Mitchell, went off a steep embankment and overturned, Oregon State Police reported. OSP troopers and emergency medics responded around 1:50 p.m. to the single-vehicle crash near milepost 72.5 in Wheeler County. Troopers said a preliminary investigation found that

Firefighters have brought the nearly 12,000-acre Milepost 97 Fire to 10 percent containment, but the danger to the nearly 1,300 firefighters in the rugged terrain was evident overnight when a firefighter was struck by rolling debris and taken to the hospital. The fire that broke out late Wednesday night near Canyonville, apparently from an illegal

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The city of Portland is finalizing an $80,000 settlement to resolve a lawsuit by a former employee who alleged “extreme hazing” by city transportation workers. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports that Adam Rawlins said in U.S. District Court that he was subjected to verbal and physical hazing for several months in 2016, including

Good morning, Central Oregon, Monday through Wednesday, mostly sunny skies are expected again for a bulk of the region. Daytime highs will remain around average in the mid- to upper 80s, low 90s in the Madras and Warm Springs area until next weekend, when we could see them get upinto the lower to mid-90s. For

Good evening Central Oregon! Warm and sunny once again across the High Desert with temperatures in the mid to upper 80s. We are going to see another warm evening and a breezy one as well. Winds are out of the north this evening at 10-15 MPH, and are expected to calm down through the overnight

A body believed to be that of a missing 2-year-old southern Oregon boy whose parents were involved in an apparent murder-suicide in Montana several days ago has been found at a remote campsite in that state, Medford police said Sunday. Positive identification of the child as Aiden Salcido, the subject of a widespread public alert,

CORVALLIS, Oregon (AP) — The Linn County Sheriff’s Office says a man died in a mobile home fire in Idanha. The name of the man who died will not be released until he’s positively identified and next of kin has been notified. The Corvallis Gazette-Times reports the fire broke out in an older double-wide mobile

(Update: Fire mapped at over 11,000 acres, 5 pct. contained) The Milepost 97 Fire in southwest Oregon was pushed to more than 11,000 acres by strong overnight wind while crews worked to contain spot fires that crossed or burned along Interstate 5 in the area of Turkey Creek, officials said Sunday. Crews on Sunday worked

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Two people died in a traffic crash between two motorcycles and a small sport utility vehicle in Vancouver, Washington. KOIN reports the crash occurred shortly before midnight Saturday. Police said the SUV driver was attempting a left turn and the two sport motorcycles crashed into the driver’s door. The crash killed

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., this weekend led a group of Oregon advocates and experts to El Paso, Texas and Otero County, New Mexico to investigate conditions for migrants – including children – at facilities on the southern border. The group also visited Ciudad Jurez, Mexico, to better understand the damaging impacts of the Trump administration’s

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon state lawmakers abandoned a multimillion-dollar project to develop early warning systems for earthquakes and wildfires, and scientists warn that the funding shake-up could endanger public safety and put Oregon further behind other West Coast states in preparing for natural disasters. Researchers were shocked when nearly $12 million to expand ShakeAlert