Month: August 2015

Pre-season NFL football on both NBC and Fox is pre-empting NewsChannel 21 at Six Sunday evening. Please join Lauren Martinez and Russell Bird for the latest wildfire (and smoke), and other news and Local Alert Weather on NewsChannel 21 First at Ten on Fox and at Eleven on NBC.

The Newberry National Volcanic Monument lives in Central Oregon’s backyard, just south of Bend. This year, the volcanic monument is celebrating its 25th anniversary. In July, NewsChannel 21 took you to the special spots Travel Oregon chose as the “7 Wonders of Oregon: ” Smith Rock, the Painted Hills, Crater Lake, the Columbia River Gorge,

Fire crews working in northeast Oregon and southeast Washington made good progress Saturday in their efforts to contain the 61,150-acre Grizzly Bear Complex Fire that has now destroyed at least five homes, officials said Sunday. “Weather, terrain, fire behavior and safety concerns still present many challenges for firefighters,” the Sunday update said. “The fire is

Across Oregon and the nation on Saturday, including in Bend, abortion opponents stood outside of Planned Parenthood clinics in protests amid the recent release of controversial videos. Although many groups like Oregon Right to Life stage similar protests there every week, Saturday was different, due to the recent videos that show members of Planned Parenthood

With fires burning throughout Oregon and the extreme fire risk in Central Oregon, residents should be prepared to evacuate in a wildfire situation at a moment’s notice. The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office urges residents to prepare for evacuation well in advance of an incident with their evacuation kit and plan. Last year, Oregon adopted three

Police put out automated calls to the public as they and citizens searched for a missing 10-year-old girl in northwest Bend Saturday afternoon, until an officer found her about 90 minutes later at a family friend’s home. Officers were called around 4:15 p.m. to a home on Fall Creek Loop about the girl, who left

As directed by the Deschutes County district attorney,the Sisters Parks and Recreation District has released records about one of the Outlaws lacrosse program’s coaches. They show disturbing complaints from parents about Andrew Gorayeb, also the Sisters city manager. In the records, parents paint an ugly picture of the culture created by Gorayeb. Many of them

The Canyon Creek Complex Fire has grown to more than 67,000 acres, officials said Saturday as containment slowly grew to 17 percent, more than a week after the blaze exploded down a canyon and destroyed at least 39 homes, according to an updated tally. The Blue Mountain Eagle reported Friday that Grant County Sheriff Glenn

A new tally shows the nearly 60,000-acre Grizzly Bear Complex Fire that spread south from Washington into northeast Oregon has destroyed at least four homes and 18 other outbuildings and structures, officials said Saturday. Here’s the Saturday morning fire update: Washington Interagency Incident Management Team 4 and the Oregon State Fire Marshal Green Team assumed

Fire crews were performing mop-up operations Saturday on the 3-day-old, 12-acre Kinney Fire, located on the southern side of Detroit Lake. The work includes ensuring no hotspots remain up to 200 feet from the perimeter of the fire. As of Saturday morning, the fire was 85 percent contained and was holding at 12 acres in

A recalculation of the dates at which boulders were uncovered by melting glaciers at the end of the last Ice Age has conclusively shown that the glacial retreat was due to rising levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, as opposed to other types of forces, researchers said Friday.. Carbon dioxide levels are now

A group challenging OSU-Cascades’ selection of a Westside location for its four-year campus released results of an online survey Thursday that it said showed two-thirds of respondents don’t favor the location and want other possible sites explored. Truth in Site, which is awaiting an Oregon Court of Appeals ruling on its continued legal challenge, said

The Forest Service recognizes how important it is for families, communities, recreational users, and the public to be able to access information about the wildfires that are burning across many areas of Washington and Oregon. For this reason, the Forest Service has developed a set of new mapping tools that will enhance our ability to

Deschutes County Deputy District Attorney Andrew “Drew” Moore was honored with the “2014 Wildlife Prosecutor of the Year Award” on Thursday at the Oregon District Attorneys Association summer conference held in Bend. The award was presented by members of the Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife Division and Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife representative

After the death of three firefighters in Washington, one couple agreed to speak out Thursday about the emotional toll of firefighting dangers that many families know very well. Darren Clifford and his fiancee, Samantha, live in Tumalo. Clifford has been fighting fires for 10 years. “You’re living on the edge,” he said. “You’ve got fire.

A dispute involving three La Pine neighbors led to a fatal stabbing Wednesday and the arrest of the third man on assault, burglary and conspiracy charges. Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel said late Wednesday the killing may have been in self-defense and may not lead to criminal charges. Sheriff’s deputies, Oregon State Police and

Mt. Bachelor announced Thursday season pass pricing for the upcoming 2015-2016 ski and snowboard season and the M.A.X. Pass, a new add-on pass that allows access to 22 mountains across North America. The resort also released pricing on seasonal children’s programs offered by the resort’s Gravity School. The seasonal programs typically sell out prior the

Another home has been lost to the nearly 64,000-acre County Line 2 Fire on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, making it a total of five residences (and numerous outbuildings) burned since the blaze began just over a week ago. Unlike previous, unoccupied homes lost to the fire, the one lost on lower Shitike Road Wednesday

Myriad regulations and certification requirements around the world are making it virtually impossible to use genetically engineered trees to combat catastrophic forest threats, according to a new policy analysis published this week in the journal Science. In the United States, the time is ripe to consider regulatory changes, the authors say, because the federal government

Critical relief for Oregon wildfire victims is now available and accessible through the Wildfire Damage Housing Relief Account, House Republican Leader Mike McLane (R-Powell Butte) today announced Thursday. Created through legislation sponsored by McLane and signed into law by Gov. Kate Brown, the program serves as an additional resource for Oregon families that lose their