Month: July 2015

A 34-year-old Bend man was arrested on murder, manslaughter and other charges at his northeast Bend duplex early Saturday, accused of fatally shooting his landlord, who lived next door and had been visiting him for a couple of hours, police said. Police were dispatched just after midnight to the duplex at 20874 Northeast Nova Loop,

A Portland man who was reported missing in southern Oregon and has a condition that causes amnesia has been found and is safe with his family, authorities said Sunday afternoon. More information will be released when available, they added. The Josephine County Sheriff’s Office has been seeking the public’s help in finding Michael Gazeley-Romney, 25,

A Washington state couple were in fair condition Sunday at St. Charles Bend after their motorcycle pulling a trailer was struck by a deer and crashed Saturday night on the Ochoco Highway in Crook County, officials said. Sheriff’s deputies, Oregon State Police troopers and Crook County Fire and Rescue medics were dispatched around 8:15 p.m.

A 33-year-old Bend man faces DUII, reckless driving and other charges after a wild early-morning crash Saturday in which his pickup truck hit, then dragged a street light pole about three blocks, also hitting two parked cars, officials said. Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies responded around 1:20 a.m. to the reported hit-and-run crash in the area

A Canadian woman who crashed her bike on a trail west of Bend late Saturday afternoon was injured and unable to walk out, triggering a rescue effort, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said. Dispatchers at 911 got a call at 4:23 p.m. from a rider in the Phil’s Trailhead area, reporting that Catherine Laurendeau of Ottawa

Crews worked Saturday to finish containing a human-caused wildfire that broke out Friday evening and burned more than 900 acres southeast of Dufur and north of Maupin. As of late Saturday, the Oak Canyon Fire was 60 percent contained at 930 acres as it burned in light grasses, brush and some juniper on private lands,

Central Oregon fire officials said Friday they have seen an increase in human caused fires since implementing public use restrictions two weeks ago. While the majority of the offenses have been abandoned or escaped campfires, a few of the fires are still under investigation. To date, Central Oregon has seen 208 wildfires in the 2015

A Florida man was killed and a La Pine woman critically injured in a head-on crash Thursday night on Highway 97 in northern Klamath County, Oregon State Police reported. OSP received at least one complaint just after 9 p.m. of a southbound dark blue or black Ford pickup driving in the shoulder of Highway 97

A small wildfire broke out Friday afternoon on the edge of the Antelope Meadows subdivision northeast of Gilchrist in northern Klamath County, burning just over an acre and prompting a precautionary pre-evacuation notice for more than 100 homes in the area. But quick work by fire crews from the ground and air got a line

In the middle of fighting a wildfire in Cajon Pass, California near Interstate 15 east of Los Angeles a week ago, firefighters had to ground their planes. The reason: Several drones were in the air at the time. “That is a major concern for all the aerial firefighters,” said Bob Madden, operations chief for Bend

The Deschutes County Road Department will be chip sealing in the Sunriver area on Cottonwood Road from the railroad overpass to Highway 97 on the afternoon of Monday, July 27 th and morning of Tuesday, July 28 th . The project will move to South Century Road on Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday July 29 th

A Lane County man was killed Friday morning when his car left U.S. Highway 20 west of Sisters, struck a tree and overturned, Oregon State Police reported. Troopers and Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District emergency personnel responded just before 6 a.m. to the reported crash near milepost 98, just west of Sisters, said OSP Lt. Bill

Canada must agree to significantly expand market access for dairy products from the United States in any Trans Pacific Partnership deal, Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, wrote to Canadian Ambassador Gary Doer on Friday. Wyden and Hatch said their support for a final TPP agreement that includes

A 41-year-old Bend man has been arrested on drug and other charges, accused of trafficking in large quantities of oxycodone and other prescription medication throughout Central Oregon, drug agents said Thursday. Detectives with the Central Oregon Drug Enforcement Team contacted and arrested Scot Michael Kreidenweis in a public parking lot on Northeast Courtney Drive around

Central Oregon drug agents followed a station wagon and arrested three Central Oregon residents Wednesday night in the parking lot of a northeast Bend apartment complex. A fourth suspect ran away minutes earlier, an official said Thursday night. Methamphetamine and heroin were found in the vehicle. Detectives with the Central Oregon Drug Enforcement Team arrested

Central Oregon drug agents continued their busy summer week on Thursday evening with the arrest of three area residents at two locations in Bend on methamphetamine-related charges. Central Oregon Drug Enforcement Team detectives were investigating suspicious activity at a business along Northeast Third Street when they spotted two vehicles in a parking lot around 4:45

A team of researches and students with the University of Oregon are working to unravel the mystery of America right in Central Oregon’s backyard — the Fort Rock State Natural Area. All month long, a team from the university’s archeological field school has been working to prep and re-excavate an early human site within a

Oregon’s weather this spring and summer has been anything but the norm, and while conditions have cooled off temporarily this week there’s no doubt those high temps will return. It’s a good time to take stock of the numerous water-starved trees still being spotted in Oregon communities and urban centers. “Recently planted trees are most

A national news article suggesting that everything in Oregon west of Interstate-5 “would be toast” in a major Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake certainly drew attention to the seismic reality facing the Pacific Northwest. The concern, though, is that people are focusing on the most draconian or extreme scenarios, experts say, which can lead to a

Teens started several small brush fires in Bend in recent days, officials said. On Saturday alone, 25 fires were reported in a northeast Bend park close to homes, allegedly started by two boys, 12 and 13. “All of these fires, the kids were intending to light fires,” Deputy Fire Marshal Dan Derlacki said Thursday. On