Month: April 2017

The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday a new online service to report incidents of graffiti and extensive litter. Inmate…

Report cards showing special education data for every school and school district are now available on the Oregon Department of Education website. The…

The Redmond High School Wind Ensemble recently placed second at the Central Oregon District Band Festival and qualified to play at the OSAA State…

A two-time Major League Baseball All-Star is taking over as manager of the Summit High School baseball team. His name is Richie Sexson. He played as…

The city of Redmond has begun work on updating its parks master plan, and Wednesday night. city planners invited the public to provide input on how…

Hunger and food insecurity are problems that affect more than 32,000 people each year in Central Oregon. That means 1 in 6 of our neighbors right…

Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., introduced legislation Wednes day to block immigration agents from stalking sensitive locations like…

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) – A corrections officer accused of having a sexual relationship with a female inmate at the Klamath County Jail has…

The office of Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said Wednesday he will hold town halls the week of April 17 -23 in Deschutes, Harney, Grant, Baker, Malheur,…

The Deschutes Land Trust announced Tuesd ay it has purchased and permanently protected 130 acres of land along Whychus Creek, northeast of Sisters.…

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – The University of Oregon has added bikers with beards to its police force. The Register-Guard reports…

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) – Police are calling a Springfield man a hero after he helped distract a man who was attempting suicide while police…

GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) – Josephine County prosecutors want a judge to revoke the probation of a man who installed a camera in the dressing room…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – An investigative report has found that the former deputy director of the Oregon Lottery harassed subordinates, tried to…

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) – Police say a 7-year-old Corvallis boy was severely injured when he fell off a riding lawnmower and into the mower blade.…

Researchers at Oregon State University said Wednesday they have found that a compound called rapamycin has unusual properties that may help address…

(Update: Hearing held, record stays open 30 days) A Deschutes County hearings officer took testimony Tuesday night on a proposed marijuana retail…

Wednesday marks the one-year anniversary of the death of Russell Bird. Russell was a colleague and friends to all of us at NewsChannel 21. It is a…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Oregon’s only maximum-security prison has been placed on modified lockdown after fights involving about 60 inmates…

Many states have commissions or agencies dedicated to adjudicating the rights of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).…