Month: October 2016

Starting Monday and lasting several weeks, contractors will be removing hazard trees from the Princess Creek Campground, located on Odell Lake. The popular campground on the Crescent Ranger District will remain closed for the duration of the hazard tree removal operations, officials said Monday, but the Day Use and Boat Launch sites will remain open

Deschutes National Forest fuels specialists plan to ignite about 85 acres of slash piles along Cascade Lakes Highway near Wanoga and Swampy Lakes sno-parks, the Cascade Lakes Welcome Station, and along Skyliners Road near Phil’s Trailhead, beginning as early as Wednesday. Ignitions are expected to take place for the rest of the week, officials said

The upper Deschutes River will see higher water flows under a proposed settlement reached in two lawsuits filed by conservation groups seeking to even out flows and help the habitat for the Oregon spotted frog, a species listed as threatened.. While a federal judge weighs the proposed pact, irrigation districts in Central Oregon are coming

Election Day is quickly approaching, and the final bid for votes is here. According to the Huffington Post, a compilation of the latest polls put Gov. Kate Brown ahead of her challenger, Dr. Bud Pierce, by an average of almost 10 points. “Here’s what I would say: I think I have a vision that meets

A 50-year-old La Pine man was indicted Monday by a Deschutes County grand jury on 14 counts in connection with two encounters with police in the past two months, the second involving an alleged assault of an Oregon State Police trooper and attempt to take his rifle, District Attorney John Hummel said. The charges against

The driver of a car reported stolen out of Marion County sped away from pursuing police agencies at least four times Monday between Bend and Redmond and eluded capture, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said. Deputies and Oregon State Police troopers were advised of a reckless driver eastbound toward the area on Highway 20, said sheriff’s

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is defending the ordered deportation of a South Korean man who was flown to the U.S. 37 years ago and adopted by an American couple at age 3. ICE spokeswoman Rose M. Richeson cited Adam Crapser’s criminal history as justification for deportation. That includes convictions for

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say two children were wounded Monday in a hunting accident east of Sweet Home. Linn County Sheriff Bruce Riley says two children, ages 4 and 2, were injured when their 27-year-old father accidentally discharged his rifle while walking back to his pickup truck. Capt. Kevin Guilford of the Linn County

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — The city of Eugene says it has signed a $1.2 million contract with a New York-based bike rental company. The Register-Guard reports (http://bit.ly/2esdBfw ) that the city will have to buy the bikes, customized locking bike racks and other items from Social Bicycles. The company will run the rental system and

The western-most region of the continental United States set records for low snowpack levels in 2015 — and scientists, through a new study, point the finger at high temperatures, not the low precipitation characteristic of past “snow drought” years. The study suggests greenhouse gases were a major contributor to the high temperatures, which doesn’t bode

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Thousands of Oregon students are taking advantage of a new state grant that waives community college tuition for low-income students. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports (https://is.gd/EXkQuV ) that according to preliminary enrollment figures from state education officials, about 6,000 students statewide are taking community college classes through Oregon Promise. Officials say that figure

Addiction can be hard, but when you live in Bend, where beer is prominent, it can be even harder to deal with. What are our state representatives doing about it? Here is a distribution pie chart showing how much state revenue from alcohol sales is devoted to alcohol addiction and other aspects of the budget

BAKER CITY, Oregon (AP) — Police say a house they designated as an illegal drug lab in eastern Oregon has methamphetamine residue of up to 500 times the amount that the state considers safe. The Baker City Herald reports (http://bit.ly/2dVlAp5 ) that Larry Stone of the Portland firm A Best Environmental LLC told police the

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Washington County Sheriff’s deputies are trying to find a woman who did not return home after a Thursday night class at Portland State University. The sheriff’s office says 25-year-old Emily Hooper of Aloha exchanged text messages with family after she left for class, but there has been no contact since then.

LA GRANDE, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say a La Grande woman fabricated a story about being mugged and stabbed on Owsley Canyon Road in Union County. Sheriff’s Sgt. Bill Miller says 34-year-old Michelle Cadwell has been cited for misuse of 911 and might be charged with filing a false police report. The (La Grande) Observer

BEND, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Hunters Association could start maintaining fences that prevent car-deer crashes on the highway near Bend. The Bulletin reports (http://bit.ly/2er3kQT ) that deer fences were installed along U.S. Highway 97 in 2012, along with crossings for animals and a wildlife underpass. The wildlife-related improvements made up about $1.5 million of

ENTERPRISE, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say a Pendleton man drowned this weekend at Wallowa Lake. The La Grande Observer reports (http://bit.ly/2fmM43Y ) a boater Saturday afternoon alerted the Wallowa County Sheriff’s Office that a man was face down in the northeast part of the lake. The sheriff’s office and a medical examiner determined that 46-year-old

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — With a Republican threatening to take a statewide office for the first time in many years in Oregon, the battle for secretary of state has become the hottest race. Brad Avakian, Democratic candidate for the second-highest office in Oregon, is running ads saying his GOP rival Dennis Richardson is “extreme like

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Authorities have identified a bicyclist struck and killed in a crash on Portland’s St. Johns Bridge. The rider was 55-year-old Portland resident Mitchell Todd York, a dedicated cyclist who logged more than 500 miles every week. York was on the bridge Saturday when he was struck by a sport utility vehicle

MILWAUKIE, Ore. (AP) — Police say a pickup truck struck and killed a man crossing a highway in a wheelchair in Milwaukie. Oregon State Police say the 56-year-old man was crossing Highway 99 East on Saturday night when he was struck. The area was neither well lit nor a designated crosswalk, and troopers say the