Month: May 2017

The 25th annual Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger® Food Drive, coming up this Saturday, is the nation’s largest one-day food drive, providing letter carriers, other postal employees and thousands of volunteers the opportunity to meld their forces to fight hunger in our communities across the nation. As letter carriers are keenly aware, too many families

A Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office corrections lieutenant was fired last month for violating department policies regarding harassment and discrimination, documents provided to NewsChannel 21 under a public records request revealed Wednesday. Former Lt. Robert Trono, who worked in the county jail, was dismissed by Sheriff Shane Nelson after he reviewed the findings of an independent

The Oregon State Parks Foundation announced Wednesday that it will hosting an online silent auction of 30 campsites at the Crooked River Campground in the Cove Palisades State Park in Central Oregon. The location is within the path of totality for the Aug. 21 eclipse, and slightly south of the expected central line. Bids will

Here are the results of Tuesday’s KTVZ.COM Poll on gender ID on Oregon drivers licenses: Should listing your gender be made optional on Oregon drivers licenses? Yes – 17% (111 votes) No – 83% (548 votes) Total Votes: 659

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The executive director of a now-closed Portland foster care agency has been indicted on charges she embezzled more than $800,000 from the nonprofit. The federal grand jury indictment says 56-year-old Mary Holden Ayala spent ill-gotten gains on travel, beauty, luxury goods, mortgage payments, a home-remodeling project and a commercial property. Justice

PAHRUMP, Nev. (AP) – Supporters of rancher Cliven Bundy and his sons have built a mock jail cell outside a rural Nevada prison facility where defendants in a 2014 standoff with federal agents await trial in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas. Organizers and protesters are taking turns in the plywood box to raise money

(Updated with added comment from Yecha) Crooked River Elementary Principal Cheri Rasmussen, placed on paid administrative leave last month after an alleged harassment incident involving a first-grader, will return to her job on Thursday, following an internal investigation to determine if there was any violation of school district policies, officials announced Wednesday. The internal investigation

Redmond Mayor George Endicott announced the winners of the 2017 “If I Were Mayor, I Would…” student contest during Tuesday night’s City Council meeting. Redmond students from fourth to 12th grades are encouraged to enter the annual contest sponsored by the Oregon Mayors Association. Sydney Cassaro, Tom McCall Elementary, produced the winning poster of the

Facebook has announced the 14 recipients of the Facebook Prineville Data Center’s 2017 Local Community Action Grants. Here’s the news release listing this year’s recipients, plus two more by the social media giant’s contractor for its third Prineville data center: These outstanding nonprofits and schools were awarded a total of $100,000 to support short-term, high-impact

A Southern California truck driver was cited for reckless driving Wednesday after he ran a stop sign on the Old Bend-Redmond Highway — later saying his brakes had gone out — and struck an SUV, sending an 18-year-old Redmond woman to the hospital, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said. Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched just after noon

If you’ve planted your spring garden already, you’re going to want to take some precautions. Low temperatures are going to hover around freezing the next several days, and that means your plants could be killed. But you can do a few things to prepare. You can cover your plants in blankets or special plant protection

In our special report “Final Options,” we outlined the three major ways to achieve your “final disposition.”They include burial, which was done nearly 100 percent of the time in western society for centuries; cremation, which has now become the choice of 80 percent of people in Deschutes County, and donation of the body, or parts

(Updating with pilot’s identity) A 79-year-old Klamath Falls man was killed Wednesday morning when the small plane he was piloting crashed into a field about a mile from the community’s airport, Sheriff Chris Kaber said. The crash was reported around 10:50 a.m. in a field north of the South Side Bypass near Homedale Road, about

Governor Kate Brown announced Wednesday she will appoint Rebecca A. Duncan to the Oregon Supreme Court. Judge Duncan will be the seven-person court’s fourth woman member, making the court a majority of women for the first time in state history. Judge Duncan currently sits on the Oregon Court of Appeals and will fill the vacancy

Oregon Parks and Recreation Department Director Lisa Sumption announced Wednesday she has decided not to pursue rule amendments on the Upper Deschutes State Scenic Waterway, after a review triggered by the Bend Park and Recreation District’s proposal to build a footbridge in the area. The agency said Sumption made her decision after studying a report

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) – A former high school wrestling champion has died in a motorcycle crash in southern Oregon. Oregon State Police say 21-year-old Hunter Hoeptner was killed Tuesday when his red 2001 Honda sport bike struck the side of a pickup near the Jackson County Sports Park in Medford. Speed is believed to be

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A federal judge has sentenced an Oregon drug trafficker to 17 years in federal prison. The Statesman Journal reports (https://is.gd/YAj9J9 ) 43-year-old Alfredo Pena-Lopez of Salem pleaded guilty this week to conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. During his time leading a drug trafficking operation, Pena-Lopez would smuggle

SEATTLE (AP) – A magnitude 3.4 quake rattled the Seattle area early Wednesday. The U.S. Geological Survey says the small earthquake occurred at about 1:14 a.m. It was centered about 2 miles east of Bremerton and about 12 miles west of Seattle. The USGS says more than 550 people reported feeling the quake as of

A 47-year-old Redmond man, seriously burned along with his adult daughter in a drug-related explosion at his home last December, was arraigned Tuesday in Eugene on federal charges of manufacturing hash oil and endangering human life, police said Wednesday. Last Dec. 12, Redmond police and fire crews rushed to a reported explosion at a home

Members of the Prineville police and Crook County Sheriff’s Office, as well as the entire city council gathered for a workshop Tuesday evening to discuss Oregon’s immigration statutes. They said they want to make sure everyone is on the same page about city, state and federal immigration laws. Prineville is not a sanctuary city, but