Month: April 2017

AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) Team Blue 3 will be stationed in Bend, working at The Environmental Center from March 30 to May 16. The team is composed of 12 members from around the United States. At the Environmental Center, Blue 3 is helping Central Oregon residents conserve energy through The Energy Challenge program.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A Portland homeless camp known as Right 2 Dream Too has found a new location. The camp has been at the entrance to Chinatown since 2011. Recently given an eviction notice, it will move to a piece of city-owned land between the Willamette River and the arena that’s home to the

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Allen Crabbe had 25 points, including a career-high eight 3-pointers, and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 105-98 Thursday night to snap a two-game losing streak. Damian Lillard added 22 points, nine rebounds and eight assists for Portland, which held onto the eighth and final playoff spot in the

Fuels specialists on the Sisters Ranger District will begin doing prescribed burning throughout the district, possibly as soon as next week. Depending upon weather conditions and resources, fuels specialists hope to ignite 1,200 acres of prescribed burns this spring. Burn units are located in four separate project areas called; Highway 20, Sisters Area Fuels Reduction

The climbing routes set below the Maple Avenue bridge in Redmond in 2015 operated for 10 months successfully, drawing wide acclaim for its unique setting. But after a lawsuit in Portland, the city learned that because of a court ruling, landowners were protected, but employees were not protected from being sued, and the city could

La Pine-area residents will still have to drive to Bend to get their recreational marijuana for a while longer, as city officials are still ironing out the rules and regulations when it comes to recreational sales. La Pine City Manager Cory Misley told NewsChannel 21 on Thursday they’ve been receiving several calls from businesses interested

(Updated with jury acquittal) A 32-year-old La Pine man was arrested on an attempted kidnapping charge Monday night, accused of following a 2-year-old Bend boy around the Bend Wal-Mart store and trying to leave with him, police said. Police responded shortly before 8 p.m. to the reported abduction try earlier in the evening at the

State Rep. Knute Buehler, R-Bend, is holding a town hall Friday evening in Bend. It begins at 5 p.m. and is being held at St. Charles Conference Room CD. You do need to RSVP if you plan to attend. You can do that here: http://action.knutebuehler.com/rsvp-townhall/?utm_source=Master_Full_KBuehler&utm_campaign=Townhall_Master_Full_KBuehler_email_E_20170327_&utm_medium=email

Senate Republican Deputy Leader Tim Knopp’s package of bills to tackle the state’s housing crisis, driven by a lack of supply and high demand, received public hearings Thursday, officials said. Senate Bill 608 would allow local governments to expand the Urban Growth Boundary when the number of new households in a jurisdiction exceed the number

Housing Works and EPIC Property Management, LLC announced Thursday the lease-up of Cook Crossing, an affordable senior community located in Redmond on Veterans Way, next to Lowes home improvement store. The development will provide Redmond with new affordable housing for 48 senior households. As an affordable property, income restrictions will apply and rents will be

A Gresham man was killed Wednesday in a crash east of Burns when he slowed to turn left and collided with a semi-truck that had begun to pass him, Oregon State Police reported. OSP troopers responded shortly after 9 a.m. to the reported crash on Highway 78 at Newton Road, 21 miles east of Burns,

Beginning next week, the Deschutes National Forest Service’s Bend-Ft. Rock Ranger District and Forest Supervisor’s Office are adjusting operating hours to be consistent with other district offices on the national forest. Starting Monday, the Bend-Ft. Rock Ranger District and the Deschutes Supervisor’s Office, located at 63095 Deschutes Market Road in Bend, will open to the

(Update: Adding Wyden comments on Senate floor) Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., released the following statement after Senate Republicans invoked the so-called “nuclear option” to change Senate rules in order to confirm Judge Neil Gorsuch’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court: ” Today , Senate Republicans completed the judicial coup they launched last February. For the

PORTLAND, (AP) – Fishing and conservation groups are threatening to sue the Oregon Department of Forestry, alleging it has failed to reform logging practices in the Tillamook and Clatsop state forests that harm coho salmon. One of the groups filing the intent to sue Thursday is the Center for Biological Diversity. It filed a similar

Maybe it’s a work friend who has never been hunting but is curious about the sport — or your spouse, who wants to experience your weekends during the fall hunting season. Or it’s an old friend who hasn’t made time to hunt in years, because they don’t have anyone to go with. For veteran hunters

With their ability to climb steep rocky mountain areas, California bighorn sheep live in some of the most rugged environments Oregon has to offer. No matter how high they go, the wild sheep can’t elude Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae – the bacteria now widely thought to be primarily responsible for fatal infectious pneumonia in bighorns. Respiratory disease

Discover Your Forest and the Deschutes National Forest are seeking applicants for the Young Women’s Natural Resource Career Camp, which will be held June 27 -29.. Young women from around Central Oregon in grades 9-12 are invited to apply for the camp, which is hosted on the Deschutes National Forest as a three day, two-night

Registration currently is open for volunteers interested in an annual training weekend focused on developing skills to perform trail maintenance on the Deschutes and Willamette national forests. Deadlines for registration occur in mid-April and mid-May. Each year, the Deschutes and Willamette national forests, The Pacific Crest Trail Association and the High Cascades Forest Volunteers host

A weekend trip to southeastern Oregon turned into a rescue for the Torchio family after one of their family dogs jumped into an exposed geothermal hot spring. Christian Torchio and his brother Andrew, Philip and Brent and his friend Garth, along with two family dogs, Remnar and George, were exploring the Alvord Desert last Saturday

Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., John Boozman, R-Ark., and Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., today reintroduced their bipartisan GI Bill Fairness Act , to ensure wounded members of the National Guard and Reserve receive the education benefits they’ve earned through the GI Bill. Unlike other members of the military, under current federal law, members of the Guard