Month: September 2016

A 32-year-old Bend man has been arrested on numerous abuse and child pornography charges after Oregon State Police learned one such image had been uploaded from a home in northeast Bend – and found nearly 300 photos and videos on his cellphone, troopers said Thursday. The OSP’s Criminal Investigation Division received information in late June

All 60 Oregon DMV field offices are accepting debit and credit card payments now that installation of software, hardware and employee training is finished. The last two installations were completed Thursday in the Hillsboro and Sherwood offices. Prior to this upgrade, DMV accepted only cash, checks and money orders at its field offices. ATMs have

A bat found on the west side of Bend near Northwest Century Drive and Albany Avenue has tested positive for rabies, Deschutes County health officials said Thursday. Rabies is transmitted through the bites of an infected animal and while post exposure vaccination is effective, the best plan is prevention. Deschutes County Health Services reminds you

A storage shed’s bad mix of chemicals and stored clothes ignited a fire Wednesday afternoon that spread to more than 60 acres and threatened nearly a dozen homes, officials said Thursday. Crook County Fire and Rescue said the shed’s owner was moving around some old clothes in the shed a few days ago and some

A spark from a passing train triggered a wind-fanned brushfire near homes along the railroad tracks in northeast Bend on Thursday morning, stopped by firefighters before it could reach two outbuildings, officials said. Crews responded around 11:20 a.m. to the reported brushfire off Jimbo Court, on the east side of the tracks, across from Nels

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Ammon Bundy’s federal conspiracy trial resumed despite a motion from his lawyers seeking a postponement until a court rules on their appeals. Among other things, attorneys Marcus Mumford and J. Morgan Philpot have taken issue with U.S. District Court Judge Anna Brown’s order that the ownership of the Malheur National Wildlife

NAI Cascade, saying it’s “a member of the world’s premier managed network of commercial real estate firms,” announced Wednesday that it has been selected to represent the leasing of COCC’s Campus Village, located at the corner of Northwest Shevlin Park Road and Mt. Washington Drive, in the development of a 32-acre mixed-use parcel on behalf

Welcome to the new and improved KTVZ.COM! The first total makeover of our Website in several years is designed to be cleaner and fresher, with plenty more easy-to-access video and larger images to enjoy.- lots of slideshows and more fun features to come. It’s also a “responsive” site — meaning no more separate, scaled-down mobile

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A Portland feminist bookstore is cutting ties with the TV comedy “Portlandia,” which used its space to film sketches parodying a feminist bookstore. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports (http://bit.ly/2dgTaDt ) that actors Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen wore long-haired wigs and frumpy clothing as the humorless, aggressively conscientious co-owners of the Women and

KEIZER, Ore. (AP) — Burglary and criminal mischief charges have been filed against a man who shaved his head after entering a Keizer couple’s home. A man who lives at the home in Keizer tells the Statesman Journal (https://is.gd/TTtQfd ) he confronted the intruder after hearing a noise coming from the bathroom. Rather than panic,

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — The University of Oregon has attracted 50 additional black students to its freshman class, making the class of 2020 the school’s most diverse class ever. The Register-Guard reports (https://is.gd/nygKTH) that the 50 extra students bumped the proportion of black freshman at the university up by 1 percentage point, boosting it to

The final local hurdle in a two-year process was cleared for Bend’s urban growth boundary expansion Wednesday when Deschutes County commissioners agreed to endorse it. The approval came during a quick business meeting to discuss the final plan, a week after city councilors gave it their formal, unanimous vote. To keep the process moving, county

Finding out a septic system is failing can be costly for homeowners and small businesses. Starting Wednesday, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and regional nonprofit lender Craft3 are teaming up to make repairs more affordable for Oregonians in need. “The unanticipated costs to repair a failing septic system can be a huge financial burden

A fire heavily damaged a detached garage used for storage by a nursery on Bend’s Southeast 27 th Street on Wednesday, but firefighters were able to stop its spread into the adjacent home, officials said. Firefighters responded shortly before noon to the reported structure fire in the garage behind Moonfire and Sun Garden Center at

Prineville drivers will face a closure of Combs Flat Road from U.S. Highway 26 to Southeast Second Street, starting Saturday for a three-week, accelerated replacement of the Ochoco Creek Bridge, ODOT said Wednesday. Limited local access will be provided to Mountain View Drive, the department said. Carter & Company, Inc., under contract with the Oregon

“The Biggest Little Show in the World” is already preparing for next June. Two days after she was crowned Sisters Rodeo queen, we introduce you to Emylia Breckel. Breckel said Tuesday this is a dream come true. She has been working for this her whole life, and she also said she will put a great

An Aloha man involved in at least two hit-and-run crashes in Redmond on Tuesday later entered a stranger’s home, acting confused, according to police who subdued him with a taser and arrested him on DUII-drugs, reckless driving and other charges. Officers responded around 2:20 p.m. to the Tobacco Jo business on Northwest Sixth Street in

Redmond resident Christa Cox represented Oregon’s military and veteran caregivers as a Dole Caregiver Fellow with the Elizabeth Dole Foundation at a special event Tuesday in Washington, D.C.. Actor Tom Hanks, NBC anchor and reporter Tom Brokaw, Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert McDonald joined Senator Elizabeth Dole to launch Hidden

Portland General Electric is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of vandals who shot the insulators on a 500 kilovolt power line off Millican Road late last month. The Crook County Sheriff’s Office got a report on Aug. 25 of vandalism involving Portland General Electric’s 500-KV power lines in

A dog owner said she’s moving out of her northeast Bend neighborhood after one of her dogs died and the other was poisoned earlier this month. Victoria, who’s only going by her first name out of fear of retaliation, told NewsChannel 21 on Monday that there were three incidents in which her dogs became sick