Month: November 2016

Central Electric Cooperative is accepting applications from area high school juniors for the 2017 Youth Tour program. The cooperative will select two high school juniors to attend the Washington, D.C., Youth Tour in June 2017 . The Youth Tour immerses students in the rich history of the nation – from the Vietnam Veteran’s Wall and

Fuels specialists with the Bureau of Land Management Prineville District Office will be continuing with their winter prescribed burning program Thursday along State Recreation Road, ½ mile east of La Pine State Park and eight miles north of La Pine. Temperatures, moisture and winds are favorable for crews to burn 50 acres of hand piles.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The FBI has named a new special agent in charge of the Portland division, to replace a man who is retiring at the end of January. FBI Director James B. Comey said Wednesday that Loren Cannon, who has been with the FBI since 1998, will assume his new role in late

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland’s mayor says he has asked for an investigation into police use of force against protesters during a Nov. 21 demonstration against President-elect Donald Trump. Mayor Charlie Hales said in a news release Wednesday that he made the request to the Independent Police Review after he was made aware of new

As winter weather has arrived, the Bend Police Department reminded the community Wednesday of some basic legal requirements for pets under Oregon law. “We are passing along guidelines from the Oregon Humane Society, specifically aimed at providing advice on how to best take care of your furry friends during the cold late fall and winter

Hoodoo ski area is expected to announce its opening day Thursday, but in the meantime, workers are preparing for the season ahead. And as the ski season starts up, skiers begin to trek to their favorite mountains — and Hoodoo is well worth the snowy-road drive. “We don’t make snow up here,” Daidre Streeter, Hoodoo’s

Bend City Manager Eric King has signed a weather emergency declaration, a seasonal act that helps provide more shelter for the area’s homeless. The declaration, signed Tuesday, allows the use of approved alternative shelter facilities to provide emergency overnight lodging when the temperature is or is expected to be below 25 degrees Fahrenheit and all

The House on Wednesday passed the 21 st Century Cures Act, hailed by sponsor Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., as a sweeping, bipartisan initiative to bring hope to millions of Americans suffering from deadly diseases. “This really means a lot,” Walden said. “This will make a difference in real people’s lives back home in our communities.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The parents of a heroin-addicted woman who died in the Washington County Jail after reportedly writing notes asking for medical help have filed a $20 million lawsuit against the county and the health contractor that had been providing medical services at the jail. Twenty-six-year-old Madaline Pitkin died in April 2014 at

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Hardy Myers, a lawyer who became a politician in the state Legislature in his 30s and then was elected state attorney general three times, has died at age 77. The former Oregon House speaker was remembered for defending Oregon’s physician-assisted suicide law before federal courts, including the nation’s highest, and championing

The Pine Tavern, located at 967 NW Brooks Street in Bend, is hosting a giving tree this holiday season and benefits families and individuals served by the Bethlehem Inn. Last year, more than 2,000 people in the Tri-County area were homeless. A lack of affordable/ subsidized housing and a predominance of low wage jobs increase

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — San Francisco 49ers head coach Chip Kelly said Wednesday that he has no interest in the Oregon Ducks coaching job and has not spoken to anyone associated with the program about it. Kelly was head coach at Oregon from 2009 to 2012, compiling a 46-7 record. He won at least a

Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Chris Coons, D-Del., and Steve Daines, R-Mont., made a last-ditch effort Wednesday to delay broad new government hacking authority set to go into effect Thursday. Wyden, Coons and Daines asked the Senate to pass or vote on three separate measures to block or delay a set of new rules that would

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — Federal officials are trying to seize a fully automatic pistol owned by a man who runs a Medford Guns R Us store. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports (http://bit.ly/2gW098O ) that federal agents argue that the business owner illegally acquired the pistol by using an outdated letter from the former Josephine County sheriff. Under

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An analysis of enrollment records at Oregon’s public universities shows that the number of Latino and multiracial students has more than doubled in the past seven years. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports (http://bit.ly/2gJhsqv ) that it found that the state’s public universities collectively saw enrollment rise 5 percent from 2010 to 2016, largely

St. Charles Foundation’s 2016 Saints Gala broke its own record and netted more than $270,000. The Nov. 4 event at the Riverhouse Convention Center was sold out. This year’s gala featured an Old Hollywood Glamour theme, gourmet meal, live and silent auctions and a big-ticket raffle. Auction packages included a private Super Bowl party for

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The U.S. Marshals Service is defending actions it took to subdue a defense attorney just minutes after seven defendants were acquitted on charges related to their occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. The U.S. Marshals Service says in court papers filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Portland that attorney

An audit released by the Oregon Secretary of State on Wednesday found that many state agencies do not provide adequate security for computer systems and that the Office of the State Chief Information Officer is not yet prepared to provide centralized oversight over the state IT security system. “State computer systems store and process many

Bend Senior High School underwent a brief precautionary lockout Wednesday morning due to nearby police activity over a “trespass issue,” police reported. Police Lt. Clint Burleigh said offices near the school, located at 230 Northeast Sixth Street, “had a situation where they dealt with a citizen on the street near the campus. The lockout was

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — A 54-year-old woman has admitted to drug dealing and to her role in a “curb stomp” attack in southern Oregon. The Mail Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/2gIWsQN ) that Terri Huffman was sentenced on Tuesday to 13 months in prison in connection to the April assault at a Central Point hotel. Huffman pleaded