Month: August 2019

Happy Monday evening, everyone! A beautiful way to begin the week! Temperatures were just about average, and we had nothin’ but sunshine. Overnight we continue to stay clear. Low temperatures will be in the low to mid 40s, which is about normal. Winds will calm overnight. Tomorrow we’ll see more sunshine again, but a major

A relatively milder fire season for Central Oregon has still resulted in 79 human-caused wildfires over the past three months, officials said Monday. Fire crews also have responded to 155 lightning-caused fires in July and August, with lightning again predicted later this week. Central Oregon Fire Management Service asked that visitors to stay vigilant when

(Update: Adding Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum news release) SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Nineteen states, including Oregon, and the District of Columbia sued on Monday over the Trump administration’s effort to alter a federal agreement that limits how long immigrant children can be kept in detention. “We wish to protect children from irreparable harm,” California

Here’s ODOT Region 4’s weekly construction update for the week of August 26: 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 Dalles to Klamath Falls on

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Prosecutors in Portland say a man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for attacks on four homeless people between 2015 and 2018. The Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office said Monday that 34-year-old Juan Sensational Dickens pleaded guilty to attempted aggravated murder, attempted murder and assault in a plea deal.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Police in Eugene are investigating the death of a person in a sleeping bag who authorities say was run over in a parking lot. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the driver involved was gone by the time officers arrived and hasn’t been found. Eugene police spokesperson John Hankemeier says officers responded around 6:30

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Grocery workers from across Oregon and southwest Washington have voted to approve a strike if negotiations with four of the region’s largest supermarket chains deadlock. Oregon Public Broadcasting reported Monday that the union representing more than 20,000 regional grocery workers has been pushing Albertsons, Fred Meyer, QFC and Safeway to increase

The city of Redmond announced Monday that Devin Lewis, most recently a Bend Police Department lieutenant, has accepted a conditional offer to serve as the Redmond Police Department’s next captain. Lewis replaces Brian McNaughton, who served in the position for the past 10 years and retired last month. The role of the captain is to

The Pac-12 says it will make a public statement this football season on certain potentially controversial officiating calls as part of the conference’s efforts to provide more transparency. The Pac-12 announced the communications protocol Monday, along with new replay officiating procedures. Both were in response to recommendations made by an outside review of the conference’s

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Lewis & Clark College officials say there have been numerous cougar sightings on or near the Portland school. KOIN-TV reports a notice went out to the campus community alerting people of the sightings at the private college. According to the notice, there was a possible sighting at the undergraduate campus. A

A 72-year-old Madras man who has served as police chief in Warm Springs and Madras was seriously injured Friday on U.S. Highway 26 in Baker County when his motorcycle was struck by an ATV that fell off a truck when a strap came loose, Oregon State Police reported. OSP and emergency personnel responded around 11:15

Good Monday Morning, Everyone… High pressure over much of the western United States will set us up for a very warm day today that will be followed by hot temperatures for the rest of the week. Under sunny skies today’s highs will reach the mid to upper 80’s with light breezes out of the NW.

Kids as young as 4 years old showed it’s never too early to complete a first triathlon as they competed Sunday in the sixth annual Kids’ Triathlon at Juniper Park in Bend. The triathlon, offered by Bend Parks and Recreation, had 50 participants between ages 4 and 15. Athletes like Ainsley Siveltson, 5, took part

Police are looking for any other victims or suspect information leading to whoever shot and damaged a BendBroadband fiber optic line near a northeast Bend intersection early Saturday morning, knocking out internet service to Facebook’s Prineville Data Center. Around 6:40 a.m., BendBroadband employees informed police about the damage to a fiber optic line, suspended between

A neighbor’s complaint of a loud party and beer cans being thrown at a northeast Bend apartment Friday night brought police to the scene and the arrest of an 18-year-old resident and 16-year-old girl, officers said. A citizen called Deschutes County 911 dispatchers around 10:30 p.m. to report yelling and possible fighting in a second-floor

Good evening Central Oregon! Another warm sunny day for us, and we are looking at things getting even hotter as we make our way through this upcoming week. We are looking at another breezy evening in store for us with winds out of the north at 10-15 MPH and gusts up around 20 MPH. The

Good morning Central Oregon! We are looking at yet another warm and sunny day across the region. We will likely once again see those winds pick up out of the southwest through much of the day at 5-15 MPH. We will likely see those winds shift in the afternoon out of the north at 5-10

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s criminal justice system would be “overwhelmed” if the U.S. Supreme Court rules in an upcoming case that nonunanimous jury verdicts are unconstitutional, the state’s attorney general has told the court. Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum said in an amicus brief filed on Friday that if the U.S. Supreme Court finds nonunanimous

COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. (AP) — Deputies shot and killed a man they said came at him with a knife in Cottage Grove early Saturday. The Lane County Sheriff’s Office said it received a report of a dispute between a male and a female but that deputies were unable to locate them. They returned around 1

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Facing a total of $20 million in two lawsuits, TriMet and the Portland Police Bureau say in court filings that they aren’t at fault for the May 2017 MAX train stabbings that left two men dead. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the agencies claim in filings this week that the man charged in