This afternoon at Springwater Trail High School in the Gresham-Barlow School District, a rifle shot went through the window of a top floor classroom occupied by students, prompting an immediate school lockdown.   Springwater Trail High School - 1440 SE Fleming, Gresham, OR No students were injured by the shot, but two students suffered minor cuts from broken glass. School authorities notified the Gresham Police Department immediately, and the high school and nearby Hogan Cedars Elementary School ... [full story]

Yes, it’s true.  Despite the sunshine and mild-to-cool temperatures outside your Central Oregon window today, by Thursday morning you may find yourself shoveling your driveway clear of 3-5 inches of snow.   A storm front expected to hit Central Oregon Wednesday morning may result in snow accumulations up to 5-inches by Thursday morning. The National Weather Service in Pendleton has issued a snow advisory for Central Oregon including Bend, La Pine, Prineville, and Redmond, with snow accumulations from 3-5 ... [full story]

In the past week, Oregon's average price for a gallon of regular gasoline gained almost six cents and now stands at $3.  At the same time the national average shot up by almost a dime a gallon to $2.79. "While these numbers might be a bit discouraging, there is some good news," said AAA Oregon Public Affairs Director Elliott Eki.  "Pricing activity in California often signals what the rest of the country can expect.  Since April ... [full story]

Package will set the standard for a cleaner environment through renewable energy SALEM- The Oregon Senate today passed Senate Bill 838, legislation that will set new standards for renewable energy among energy providers in Oregon. The package sets a goal of 25 percent renewable energy production by the year 2025 and will make Oregon a leader in working towards a cleaner environment and building a renewable energy industry. “This legislation continues the Oregon tradition of ... [full story]

Wasco County parcel on land formerly leased by Rajneeshees is sold to Young Life Salem, Oregon – The State Land Board today approved the sale of a 480-acre parcel of state land in Wasco County for $153,475.88 to Young Life, a Christian youth ministry group. The parcel has been under lease to the state since 1983, when followers of the Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh built sewer lagoons on land partially owned by the Department of State ... [full story]

A Bend doctor was arrested Monday for the third time in just over a month in connection with an ongoing investigation into allegations that he touched female patients, now totaling four, in an inappropriate and sexual manner during the course of medical examinations, police reported. On March 6, a woman reported to Bend Police that Dr. Gilbert Brownell Lee, 56, an internist who had been practicing since 1999 at the Ponderosa Medical Center at 1558 ... [full story]

A 23-year old Bend man was arrested for assault plus drunk and reckless driving when he drove his SUV into the back of a parked vehicle Monday night, sending it crashing into a house in northwest Bend and injuring his passenger, police reported.   David Joseph Becker - DCJ photo About 8:40 p.m. April 9, Bend Police officers were called to a reported injury crash at NW Torrey Pines Drive and NW Black Pines Drive, Sgt. Chris Carney ... [full story]

YUMA, Ariz. - President Bush Monday argued that because border security measures enacted by Congress last year are beginning to work, it is now time for lawmakers to pass his stalled comprehensive overhaul of the nation's immigration laws. "It is a matter of national interest and it's a matter of deep conviction for me," the president told federal agents and their families gathered here for the grand opening of the U.S. Border Patrol's new Yuma ... [full story]

SAN DIEGO - In a highly unusual move, a federal judge Monday ordered attorneys and pastors involved in the Diocese of San Diego's bankruptcy to explain why they should not be sanctioned for attempting to shift funds without authorization. Judge Louise DeCarl Adler's sternly worded order states that Susan Boswell of Tucson, Ariz., lead bankruptcy attorney for the Roman Catholic diocese, and church officials appear to have "conspired with parishes" to illegally create new bank ... [full story]

STRASBOURG - The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in France has ruled against a British woman fighting to use frozen embryos fertilized by an ex-partner. Natallie Evans of Trowbridge, England, was left infertile by treatment for ovarian cancer. She and her ex-partner, Howard Johnston, began in-vitro fertilization treatment in 2001 but he asked the clinic to destroy their six embryos when the couple broke up in 2002, the BBC reported. Evans ... [full story]