Month: May 2017

PALOMINO VALLEY, Nev. (AP) – President Donald Trump’s budget proposal calls for saving $10 million next year by selling wild horses captured throughout the West without a guarantee from buyers that the animals won’t be resold for slaughter. Wild horse advocates say the change would gut nearly a half-century of protection for wild horses and

JACKSONVILLE, Ore. (AP) – Oregon’s legalization of recreational pot two years ago is creating room for the wine industry to branch out in the southern part of the state. The fertile region borders California’s so-called Emerald Triangle, a well-known nirvana for outdoor weed cultivation. Recreational marijuana won’t be legal in California until next year, but

The Oregon House on Wednesday approved House Joint Resolution 10, a proposed amendment to the Oregon Constitution that would establish a process for the impeachment of statewide elected executive branch officials by the Legislature, under certain circumstances. Oregon is the only state in the nation that does not have a mechanism for executive impeachment. “I

There’s a growing neighborhood in Redmond many pass by every day and never see. “People just think that it’s a bunch of bums and stuff,” Lane, a member of this community, said Wednesday. The area east of Redmond — partly within city limits, partly on Deschutes County and Bureau of Land Management land — holds

The Sisters City Council voted 5-0 Wednesday evening to pick Brant Kucera to serve as the next city manager, topping a field of four candidates who visited the city for public gatherings and interviews in recent days.. The city said final approval is contingent upon the successful ratification of an employment agreement between Kucera and

The Deschutes River starts not too far south of Bend, so the water we get in Central Oregon is frigid, compared to downstream ,where it meets the Columbia River. Official records in Madras show the last week maxing out at 55 degrees, compared to 65 where the river meets the Columbia. It’s even colder in

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – An Oregon timber company reportedly plans to sue its home state for $3.3 million after its plans to buy the Elliott State Forest recently fell through. The Coos Bay World reports attorneys for Lone Rock Timber Management Company of Roseburg alerted the Oregon State Lands Department of their plans last week

(Update: Comments from gas station attendants, others) Pumping your own gas – any time, day or night – may soon be an option in nearly half of Oregon’s 36 counties, including Crook and Jefferson counties in Central Oregon. Currently Oregon and New Jersey are the only states with restrictions on self-service fill-ups. The Oregon Senate

Citizen complaints about suspected drug activity led to a raid on a La Pine-area home last week, resulting in the arrest of two residents and the seizure of methamphetamine, heroin, six guns and a stolen motorcycle, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said Wednesday. Detectives with the sheriff’s office Street Crimes Unit, patrol deputies and the Central

Two upcoming Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries meetings in Ontario and Bend will offer the public an opportunity to comment on a proposed gold mine in Malheur County. Calico Resources USA Corp. is considering construction of an underground mine and surface mill complex in Malheur County, about 25 miles south-southwest of Vale. On

ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) – Authorities say a 34-year-old Roseburg man is presumed drowned after he jumped into the North Umpqua River and was swept downstream. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday that 34-year-old Riley Rappe leaped into the water from a bridge Monday night. It’s an activity he had been doing for years on

Experience the thrill of a two-hour mountain biking tour at La Pine State Park this summer. The first of four tours will be from 9:30-11:30 a.m. on Sunday, May 28 . Tour guide Patrick Ramirez of Cog Wild Bike Tours will lead participants through the trees and along the Deschutes River on one of the

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Authorities say a young man from Portland is presumed drowned in the Clackamas River. Police in Gladstone identified the victim Wednesday as 19-year-old Said Osman. The drowning was reported Tuesday night at High Rocks Park. Witnesses said Osman jumped into the river from the rocks. He tried to swim to shore,

A federal judge sentenced a Redmond man Wednesday to nearly seven years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Under the terms imposed at sentencing by U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken, Braxton Michael Monson, Jr., 31, received an 80-month prison term and will be on supervised release for three years

(Update adding Merkley comments) Despite headlines saying 23 million fewer Americans would be covered under the House Republicans’ health care bill than under Obamacare, Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., found the Congressional Budget Office scoring of the bill had positive elements. But Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., again attacked the proposal as it comes before the Senate.

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – The Oregon House has voted to join an agreement among states that want to elect the U.S. president by popular vote. Wednesday’s 34-23 vote fell along party lines in the Democrat-controlled House and now goes to the state Senate. The Oregon House has voted to join the National Popular Vote compact

On Thursday, June 1 at 10 a.m. the Central Oregon Interagency Dispatch Center will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony to commemorate the completion of their new dispatch facility adjacent to the Redmond Air Center. The Central Oregon Interagency Dispatch Center provides dispatch services to the U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management and Oregon Department of

Wildlife staff at the High Desert Museum south of Bend said Wednesday they are caring for an otter pup that was recently found alone near the Metolius River and Wizard Falls Fish Hatchery. The pup, a male, is approximately seven weeks old and weighs three pounds. A hiker found the pup and took it to

The Deschutes National Forest has lifted the temporary weekday closure of a portion of the Deschutes River Trail, officials said Wednesday. But restoration work continues in the area, resulting in a reroute of the Catch and Release Trail between the Storm King and Forest Road 490 junctions. Recreationists will be rerouted onto Forest Road 41

Just in time for the start of summer travel, the two top ridesharing services, Uber and Lyft, will begin serving Redmond Municipal Airport on Thursday. Here’s the city of Redmond’s announcement: The city of Redmond recently approved an airport operating agreement with two Transportation Network Companies (TNCs), Lyft and Uber, also known as “rideshare” companies.