Month: February 2017

Each year, the La Pine Rural Fire Protection District provides 12 full ride competitive academic scholarships, plus housing and intern opportunities, to those individuals seeking Structural Fire Science and Emergency Medical Services (paramedic) degrees and careers through Central Oregon Community College. Applications are being accepted now through the Central Oregon Fire Agencies Joint Recruitment Scholarship

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – A Utah lawmaker’s proposal to sell 3.3 million acres of public land in 10 states would include 70,300 acres in Oregon, but it’s uncertain whether the legislation will go anywhere. Republican U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz last week introduced a bill to sell off lands in 10 states maintained by the Bureau

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Supporters of a terminally ill person’s right to take his or her own life are alarmed by President Donald Trump’s nominee for the vacant U.S. Supreme Court seat. Peg Sandeen, executive director of the Death With Dignity National Center in Portland, said Wednesday that Neil Gorsuch’s confirmation could mean a renewed

Cancer-fighting advocates rallied Wednesday at the Oregon Capitol to support legislation that would raise the state’s sales age for all tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, from 18 to 21, saying the move would protect kids from deadly tobacco addiction and save thousands of lives each year At a press conference, state Senator Elizabeth Steiner Hayward (D-Beaverton)

A former Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office employee and mistress of a now-imprisoned former sheriff’s captain was sentenced this week to three years of probation and 200 hours of community service for lying to FBI and IRS agents, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. Krista Jean Mudrick, 36, was sentenced Monday in Eugene by U.S. District Judge Michael

The City of Bend Utility Department said Wednesday it is partnering with the Bend Park and Recreation District, OSU Extension Office and Oregon Department of Forestry to remove bark beetle-infested trees from Overturf Butte. Recently, pine trees with brown tops and red needles were discovered on private land on Overturf Butte, adjacent to land owned

The Bend Park and Recreation District is planning the next 10 years of parks and trails in Bend, and is asking for help from the community. This important project will be the roadmap for the next 10 years of new parks, extended trails and new places to workout, play and socialize in Bend. The plan

The Oregon Land Conservation and Development Commission said Wednesday it has approved administrative rules to launch an affordable housing pilot program . The rules adopted at the LCDC’s meeting in St. Helens last Thursday implement House Bill 4079, which allows two cities to develop affordable housing on up to 50 acres outside their urban growth

The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department will host three Bend neighborhood forums in February to listen to residents’ opinions about the 1-mile stretch of the Upper Deschutes State Scenic Waterway that rests within the Bend Urban Growth Boundary on the southwest side of town. + Date: Thursday, February 16, 2017, Time: 6:30 — 8:00 pmLocation:

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., joined all nine other Democrats on the Environment and Public Works Committee on Wednesday to boycott a vote on Environmental Protection Agency nominee Scott Pruitt until Pruitt fully answers the committee’s questions: Democrats, outside the hearing chamber, complained about Pruitt not providing answers regarding his record as Oklahoma attorney general, while

A Prineville man who allegedly attacked two women inside their apartment on Sunday was arraigned in a Crook County courtroom on Tuesday. Anthony James Smith, 25, is facing two counts of attempted murder, kidnapping and other charges. He didn’t enter a plea. Smith is accused of stabbing two women and sexually assaulting one of the

Newport Avenue Market customers, team members and suppliers raised $50,000 to go toward alleviating hunger in Bend. The money raised, as a result of the market’s Food for February fundraiser, will be used to purchase groceries at cost for Family Kitchen of Bend to provide enough meals for an entire year. Newport Avenue shoppers generously

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – An ex-Eugene police officer has agreed to pay $50,000 to colleagues who sued him after he pleaded guilty in Bend in 2015 to using hidden video cameras to film them while they used bathrooms. The Register-Guard reports (https://goo.gl/Ks4qUg ) a settlement between Jeffrey Argo and his victims was announced Tuesday, on

An investigation over the past several months into the distribution of opiates like heroin and dangerous, Chinese-made synthetic drugs such as fentanyl led to a pair of Bend-area raids in the past week and the arrest of four people, Central Oregon drug agents said Tuesday night. The Central Oregon Drug Enforcement Team executed the first

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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Damian Lillard scored 27 points and the Portland Trail Blazers handed the Charlotte Hornets their fifth straight loss with a 115-98 victory on Tuesday night. Allan Crabbe added 21 points off the bench for the Blazers, who have won four of their last five games. Kemba Walker scored 22 points for