Month: March 2016

Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore, has written to Interior Secretary Sally Jewell to urge her to heed the results a referendum overwhelmingly passed by voters in Malheur County on Tuesday in opposition to a potential large national monument designation on the Owyhee Canyonlands. Walden also shared the news with President Obama and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.

Did you know that over 1 million people in the United States are living with, or are in remission from, leukemia, lymphoma, or myeloma? Leukemia causes more deaths than any other cancer among children, adolescents and young adults under the age of 20. Every four minutes, someone new is diagnosed with blood cancer. And sadly,

Redmond police have charged a 25-year-old area transient in last month’s car theft that officers pursued until it crashed and the driver ran, eluding capture. But they didn’t have to go look for him — he already was in the Deschutes County Jail,, arrested in another car theft just 11 days later. In the early-morning

The Elections Division of the Secretary of State’s Office released the first monthly report of the Oregon Motor Voter program on Thursday. The data from the first two months of implementation show 15,502 new voters were added to the rolls since Oregon Motor Voter was implemented on Jan. 1. “Prior to Oregon Motor Voter, the

Many people know this is a presidential election year, but some of Oregon’s most important positions are also up for election. OSU Cascades hosted a forum Thursday featuring the three Democratic candidates for Secretary of State. The event was special for two reasons: It was the candidates’ first forum on this side of the Cascades,

The Transportation Security Administration is hiring part-time Transportation Security Officers at Roberts Field/Redmond Municipal Airport beginning next Tuesday. An informational briefing is scheduled that day (March 15) at 6 p.m. in the Deschutes County Fair and Expo Center, 3800 SW Airport Way, Redmond. Questions may be directed to TSAOregonHiring@tsa.dhs.gov or by calling 541-923-1659. TSA said

Sunday marks the beginning of daylight saving time and the Office of State Fire Marshal is recommending residents test their smoke alarms before automatically changing the batteries. “Smoke alarm technology has advanced and many now come with 10-year batteries and some are tamper-resistant,” said State Fire Marshal Jim Walker. “So, I encourage residents to test

The recent Central Oregon Community College Foundation’s Taste of the Town and Meal of the Year benefits raised $327,000 for student scholarships at COCC. This year, 340 students received COCC Foundation scholarships. “We continued to be humbled by the outpouring of community support for our scholarship program at COCC,” said Zak Boone, executive director of

A years-long project by Cascade Natural Gas to replace and update gas lines around Bend will move into the downtown core this spring, and an upcoming city open house is planned to share details and answer public questions. The goal of the project is “to ensure customers have safe and efficient natural gas services,” a

The Redmond Police Department on Thursday reported the results of one enhanced DUII enforcement effort in February and arrests made during regular patrols. It said patrols would continue through March, with an enhanced effort on St. Patrick’s Day. This enhanced enforcement occurred on Super Bowl Sunday, February 7 th . During this effort, Redmond police

Skiing is a sport that allows individual to move freely at speed through time and space and experience sheer exhilaration. People who are blind or have low visual can enjoy the exact same thing. On Wednesday, March 16, about 16 students with visual impairments from the High Desert Education Service District will join in a

The Internal Revenue Service said Thursday that federal income tax refunds totaling $950 million may be waiting for an estimated 1 million taxpayers who did not file a federal income tax return for 2012, including about 15,000 Oregonians owed a total of $12.8 million. To collect the money, these taxpayers must file a 2012 tax

The Oregon State Police troopers who shot and killed the former spokesman for the armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, LaVoy Finicum, have received 70 to 80 credible threats, according to officials. “(There have been) a collection of 70 or 80 very specific threats, including rewards offered by various militant groups for information

The women of Central Oregon were honored at the second annual Women of the Year Awards, hosted by the Bend Chamber. More than 350 attendees gathered at the Tower Theatre in downtown Bend Wednesday night. “Women deserve to be recognized. They deserve to take the stage and be honored for their impact in Central Oregon,”

Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., along with Sens. Patty Murray, D-Wash., Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., and 29 Senate Democrats sent a letter to President Obama on Wednesday, urging the administration to protect students who attended colleges or universities that engaged in unlawful, unfair, deceptive and abusive

Just one day after the filing deadline for the May primary, one candidate for Deschutes County sheriff says he plans to drop out of the race. Will Gibbons, a retired law enforcement officer and La Pine resident, told NewsChannel 21 by phone Wednesday afternoon he plans to exit the race by Friday. Gibbons said he

Bend 2030 will host four workshops in April offering community members a chance to envision the future of Oregon State University – Cascades’ new campus and to provide input on the university’s long-range development plan. What ideas do you have for the new campus? Come and share them at these interactive and informative workshops. Participants

Thanks to a robust turnout at the 2016 OnPoint Community Credit Union Oregon WinterFest, Lay It Out Events raised $11,221 for Saving Grace, Central Oregon’s only comprehensive domestic violence agency. The three-day annual event saw families and friends from across the state come together to enjoy a wide array of regional arts, music, food, vendors,

A truck’s boom snagged and brought down power lines at a northeast Redmond intersection Wednesday afternoon, briefly trapping the driver amid live wires outside and prompting a lengthy street closure and detours, police said. The incident happened shortly after 2 p.m., when the boom on a truck caught the wires on a pole at the

A strong El Nino weather pattern has kept us warmer this winter, but not drier. Snowpack levels have been encouraging despite a 50-50 chance of us having a winter similar to last year, when the snowpack was much lower. Ralph Merzbach has lived in Bend for seven years, and has noticed the ups and downs