Local man dies in electrocution accident
A Prineville man died Tuesday afternoon after accidentally getting electrocuted at his home.
According to a Crook County Sheriff s Office report, the accident was reported around 3 p.m. When county deputies arrived at the Lakeshore RV Park residence on Ochoco Highway east of Prineville, they found 26-year-old Kyle Johnson, who was lying on the ground next to a camp trailer, unresponsive and not breathing.
Deputies disconnected the power supplies to the camp trailer, but it was unclear if any other external/homemade power supplies were connected to the trailer. Medics from Crook County Fire and Rescue arrived on scene shortly after and utilized non-conductive tools to disconnect the remaining power cord/power supply. Johnson was pronounced deceased.
Newberg winery welcomes rare lambs to farm
Arlyn Vineyards becomes the first place to see Valais Blacknose sheep on the continent
Scrambling around the hills of Newberg, a trio of lambs that exist nowhere else on the continent are enjoying life in Willamette Valley wine country. The rare Valais Blacknose sheep were born through surrogates at Arlyn Vineyards, the first such birth on United States soil of a highly sought after and undeniably adorable breed.
Their black and white patterned appearance is unique and the breed hails originally from the rolling hills of Switzerland. Acquiring them proved a challenge for Arlyn Vineyards.
Even Michelle Obama can t get Jimmy Kimmel s daughter to eat her veggies
Screenshot: Jimmy Kimmel Live
Former First Lady Michelle Obama isn’t going to brag about the fact that her best-selling memoir is better-selling than her former President husband’s book. Honestly, it’s not even close, so Mrs. Obama could be even more gracious in victory on Tuesday’s
Jimmy Kimmel Live than usual, instead spending her airtime ragging on Barack in other ways. Apparently, you don’t get credit for not being a slob when you pay someone to tidy up your presidential clutter, and a fancy producer credit doesn’t mean the former head of state actually gets down in the trenches with the puppets in the couple’s new Netflix kids show,
City to hire new staff for Southwest neighborhood groups
After cutting ties with district coalition, city bureau will expand to serve 17 neighborhood associations. Change is never easy, Portland City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty reiterated Wednesday, March 10. Hardesty s comments came right before the City Council voted 4-1 to hire two new city staffers in the Office of Community and Civic Life to provide services to Southwest Portland s 17 neighborhood associations.
The neighborhood associations were previously served by a district coalition Southwest Neighborhoods Inc. but Hardesty announced two weeks prior that the coalition would no longer receive any city grant funds and she would move to have neighborhood groups serviced directly by the city instead of the independent nonprofit group.
Border move would split Jefferson County and Redmond and Bend would be in different states
As voters demanded, Jefferson County commissioners has spent the past few weeks exploring the possibility leaving Oregon and joining Idaho.
It s part of the Greater Idaho initative that would shift state lines to move most of Oregon counties east of the Cascades into Idaho. Commissioners discussed the plan in August and again in mid-February.
Jefferson County voters decided in November to require commissioners to discuss the issue twice a year. There s a million questions, for sure, says Kelly Simmelink, County Commission chair.
Chris Taylor of the Move Oregon s Border campaign argued why it s worthwhile to tackle those million questions. Unfortunately, the boundary between Oregon and Idaho is really outdated because it doesn t match the cultural boundary between people who like Portland and Salem s leadership and people who don t.