Oregon News

After months of concern over the sale of the Portland Trail Blazers- mainly that they would shift their home base from the Moda Center, the iconic team has a new owner- NHL Carolina Hurricanes owner Tom Dundon, who expressed the intention…

The construction industry rebounded impressively in July with the addition of 2,900 jobs, according to the Oregon Department of Employment. Although this gain augers well for the construction industry, the 112,700 people employed are…

JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — The Jackson County Sheriff's Office (JCSO) warned yesterday that the Scenic Fire burning in Douglas County, east of Highway 230 along the Rogue River, was headed towards Jackson County. The Scenic Fire on the High…

A 62-year-old man from Albany, driving a stolen vehicle, was tasered by a sheriff’s office sergeant when he threatened deputies with a club. The drama unfolded late last Saturday night when the Lane County Sheriff’s Office received a…

PORTLAND, Ore. — After initially being charged with murder over the death of his girlfriend, Kimberly Venegas-Gonzalez, the charges against Leonel Macias-Silva of Portland have been reduced to manslaughter after he claimed the deadly…

Individuals with disabilities, who will in the future have more control over their in-home care services, are one of two important changes that the Oregon Department of Human Services will be making to Medicaid-funded services. Oregon's…

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Josephine County Sheriff’s deputies responding to a request to check the welfare of the residents at a home in the 200 block of Hussey Lane, in the Picket Creek area, on Monday morning, discovered five bodies with…

A 73-year-old Oregon optometrist has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison for defrauding 155 people of $2.8 million. Robert Lee Adams, of Bandon, who misled his clients into making foreign exchange investments with his…

KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. — The Klamath County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) is investigating a shooting between two known individuals in a vacant house in the area of South Lalakes Avenue and Charley Street on Monday afternoon. KCSO and Oregon…

MARION COUNTY, Ore. — Two men pinned between rocks at the top edge of the falls on the Santiam River near Mill City on Friday were successfully rescued without any injuries. Responding to several 9-1-1 calls about a man stranded on the…