Month: May 2017

This past week marked the first part of FireFree events in Bend, Sunriver and the Box Canyon Transfer Site in Jefferson County for residents to dispose of yard waste for FREE in an effort to create and maintain defensible space around homes – in the “Home Ignition Zone.” Bend area residents responded by bringing 17,473

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) – Authorities have identified the corrections deputies who shot and killed an inmate at a hospital in Vancouver, Washington. The Clark County Sheriff’s Office identified the deputies Monday as Elissa Black and Pam Frisby. Both are assigned to the corrections branch of the sheriff’s office and both are on paid leave while

With the warm weather returning and vegetation drying out, the Bend Fire Department anticipates that Central Oregon fire chiefs will close down debris burning at sunset on Wednesday May 31 st . Outdoor debris burning within the city limits of Bend is closed year-round by City of Bend Ordinance. With a week left in debris

GRESHAM, Ore. (AP) – Police say a woman and her 9-year-old son suffered life-threatening injuries in a shooting at a Gresham apartment complex. Gresham police said they are looking for at least one person who they believe broke into the apartment shortly before the shooting, reported shortly before 5 a.m. Monday. Investigators don’t believe it

The record-setting wet spring in the Pacific Northwest – preceded by a snowy winter – has brought a variety of plant diseases to Oregon’s wheat crop. Wheat disease is significant in Oregon, where the grain ranks among the state’s top-valued agricultural commodities. The state is known for its soft white winter wheat, most of which

The American Red Cross and Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire Department are partnering to save lives by installing smoke alarms in homes that need them in Sisters. On Saturday, s tarting at 8:30 a.m., Red Cross volunteers and fire department representatives will go door-to-door in Sisters to install free smoke alarms and deliver fire safety information. The

Here are the results of Friday’s KTVZ.COM Poll on whether folks take part in the U.S. Bank Pole Pedal Paddle, and how. A vast majority said they don’t take part – and yet, the crowds of both spectators and participants are as big as ever, again showing that this is an imperfect, unscientific way to

Members of the Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District and a few community members gathered together recently to make 511 bracelets in honor of district volunteer firefighter Michael McLaughlin, who passed away in November from lung cancer. The “Michael’s Awareness Bracelet” is made with suede string and UV beads. The beads are white when you’re inside and

(Update: Correcting day of crash) A semi-truck rollover crash blocked or restricted traffic on Highway 22 west of Detroit for hours Sunday afternoon, causing a backup one driver estimated at 10 miles in length. Oregon State Police said the crash was reported about five miles west of Detroit before 3 p.m. Troopers said the initial

(Update with Pacific Power info) A string of lengthy power outages hit thousands of Pacific Power customers in Bend and the Metolius area on Sunday, the last with a bright blue flash seen for miles and a boom that shook some nearby homes. The first outage, affecting 1,167 customers, mostly on Bend’s Eastside, began near

A 26-year-old Bend man was arrested on a DUII charge and taken to the hospital early Monday after a rollover crash into a rock embankment along the Old Bend-Redmond Highway, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said. Deputies were dispatched around 3 a.m. to the reported crash in the area of the Old Bend-Redmond Highway and Jonathon

Cascade Natural Gas crews are wrapping up the downtown Bend gas line replacement project, and repaving should be complete this week, officials said. CNG said to look for asphalt crews in Electric Avenue Alley, which is the alley between Northwest Minnesota and Franklin avenues. Paving crews should move across Franklin Avenue Tuesday and work south,

FOREST GROVE, Ore. (AP) – Educators and students in parts of the U.S. are working to combat an issue many grade and secondary schools have avoided: sexual assault. These grassroots efforts include student activism and novel programs to intervene with sexually aggressive students. In Oregon, two districts — Salem-Keizer and, more recently, Forest Grove —

(Update: Comments from neighbor, fire inspector; video of scene) A travel trailer was destroyed by a fire Sunday afternoon in Deschutes River Woods, south of Bend, as flames quickly spread to a nearby mobile home, trees, vehicles and a fence, officials said. The fire was reported in the 603000 block of Zuni Circle shortly before

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Portland fire and rescue officials say a fire forced nine people from a Southeast Portland apartment building in the middle of the night. KATU-TV reports (http://bit.ly/2rremzi ) that crews were called at about 2:30 a.m. Sunday on reports of a fire at the Hamilton Park Apartments. Officials say a couch in

Fuels specialists plan to burn 108 acres Monday along Cascade Lakes Highway, about a half-mile northeast of the Cascade Lakes Welcome Station and directly across from the Widgi Creek Golf Course. This burn is being conducted as part of the West Bend Project. While no road or trail closures are expected, flaggers maybe used to

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Elsie Mathews entered the cavernous 16th-floor courtroom of Oregon’s chief federal judge, sat down at a table in front of the bench and waited. She arrived in her white Metro West ambulance shirt and blue pants, expecting others to show. But it turned out she was the star attraction — the

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) – A Grants Pass man was sentenced in federal court to three years of probation for excavating and damaging an archaeological site on federal land. U.S. District Court Judge Ann Aiken sentenced Jason Christopher Ruppel last week for violating the Archaeological Resources Protection Act. Ruppel had pleaded guilty to the felony charge

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – The child welfare director of the Oregon Department of Human Services has resigned after less than a year on the job. The Statesman Journal reports (https://goo.gl/mDmwxr ) that Lena Alhusseini’s resignation comes just weeks after she outlined her vision for the state’s child welfare system. Alhusseini moved from New York to

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) – Police say they have identified a man who was shot to death at a mobile home in Springfield as 36-year-old Steven Ray Burton. Investigators were called to the residence Friday afternoon on reports of yelling and shots fired. They arrested 30-year-old Timothy Michael Green, and they say Burton and Green knew