Klamath Falls

"Stop Requested" is a journey around Oregon by public transit. In the third installment, our destination is Lakeview, but the only way there by public transit is from Klamath Falls.

On Friday, the jury at a federal courthouse in Medford found Neagasi Zuberi, 30, guilty of kidnapping, transporting a victim for criminal sexual activity and possessing a firearm as a felon.

Stop Requested is OPB’s bus road trip series: a journey to the corners of Oregon by public transit.

The second week in the federal trial of Negasi Zuberi included testimony from another alleged victim and the police who arrested him.

The U.S. District Court trial of Negasi Zuberi, accused of kidnapping and raping two women, began this week in Medford. One alleged victim gave testimony about how she was abducted from Washington — and how she escaped.

Seven candidates are running to replace Klamath County Sheriff Chris Kaber.

The Swan Lake energy storage project will use two artificial lakes at different elevations, pumping water uphill when there’s extra power in the grid, and letting it run downhill through turbines when energy demand is high.

The power of geothermal energy has been tapped for heating homes and offices for decades in Klamath Falls. But high maintenance costs — and the geographic availability of hot water — help explain why not everyone there uses geothermal energy.

Through October, the Klamath County Museum offers flashlight tours of the four-story, historic Baldwin Hotel Museum.

Negasi Zuberi is in federal custody. Authorities say he kidnapped a woman from Seattle and trapped her in a cinder block cell in Klamath Falls.