Month: June 2017

(Update: Contractor says low radiation no threat to human health) SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) – A cleanup contractor says the release of radiation that triggered an alarm at a former plutonium production site in Washington state was so low that it did not pose a threat to human health.  Contractor CH2M Hill said radiation was detected

DENVER (AP) – The first recreational pot market in the U.S. was set Thursday to notch another marijuana first when Colorado approves using marijuana taxes to fund police efforts to crack down on illegal growing operations. A measure scheduled to be signed into law by Gov. John Hickenlooper sets aside nearly $6 million a year

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – The Eugene mayor and a Lane County commissioner are urging state lawmakers to approve $100 million in immediate financing to a proposed University of Oregon scientific research facility. The Register-Guard reports (http://bit.ly/2rQjM4o ) Mayor Lucy Vinis and university President Michael Schill went to Salem this week to ask state lawmakers to

The Autzen Foundation has awarded Jericho Road of Redmond $5,000 to help support programs for homeless and hungry people in the Redmond area. The funds will also assist in the weekend food program for students of the Redmond School District including Terrebonne and Tumalo. The Autzen Foundation has been a consistent supporter of social service

(Update: More from store owner, police0 As summer road projects ramp up in Bend, police are seeing more drivers getting creative in getting around backed-up intersections. But they warn that such parking lot cut-thrus to save time could bring a ticket your way. According to a posting on the Bend Police Department Facebook page, drivers

ASHLAND, Ore. (AP) – Southern Oregon University lost $1.9 million in an email scheme. The Mail Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/2rPGdXC ) University officials announced the loss Wednesday, stating the funds were intended for the contractor on the McNeal Pavilion and Student Recreation Center. But unknown suspects allegedly posed as Anderson Construction in an email, prompting officials

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Multnomah County and Portland city leaders say they will spend $120,000 to study creating a metropolitan air pollution authority in the wake of toxic air reports in the city. The Oregonian/OregonLive reported (https://goo.gl/Izha8u ) Wednesday that such an agency would remove power from the state Department of Environmental Quality and no

(Update with critic’s reaction) WASHINGTON (AP) – Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is ordering a review of federal efforts to conserve the imperiled sage grouse to ensure that officials in 11 Western states where the bird lives are fully consulted. Zinke says that while the federal government has a responsibility under the Endangered Species Act to

(Update: Adding photo, correcting time) A La Pine shop sustained heavy damage in a fire Wednesday afternoon that crews kept from reaching a nearby home, officials said. Nearly a dozen La Pine Rural Fire Protection District personnel were dispatched shortly before 5 p.m. to the reported shop fire in the 15000 block of Bristlecone Lane,

The Oregon Department of Transportation has awarded a $4.5 million contract to High Desert Aggregate and Paving to repave about 15 miles of U.S. Highway 20 between Sisters and Tumalo, starting next Monday, officials said. The work will extend from the highways 20-126 junction in Sisters to the Deschutes River Bridge in Tumalo Work will

The U.S. Forest Service is waiving fees at day-use recreation sites in Oregon and Washington this Saturday , June 10 th , in recognition of National Get Outdoors Day. National Get Outdoors Day encourages Americans, particularly our youth, to seek healthy, active outdoor lives and embrace our parks, forests, refuges, and other public lands and

On Wednesday May 24, the Sisters City Council unanimously voted to accept the Request for Qualifications prepared by city staff, with support from the Sisters Arts Association, Sisters Ranger District and the Oregon Department of Transportation to start conducting a search for an original, large-scale, interpretive public artwork. The artwork will be a permanent installation,

David Fair of La Pine joined the Army when he was 17. At the age of 18, he was deployed to Vietnam to serve in the war as a medic. And a high school diploma was something that never came his way — until now. “It’s really an honor, and it’s something that I’ve wanted

A former south Deschutes County couple has pleaded guilty and were sentenced to more than 40 years in prison, with no early release, for “the horrific and brutal sexual abuse” of two children in two counties, Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel said Wednesday. Gregory Cater was sentenced Tuesday to more than 46 years and

The Oregon Senate joined with the House and a group of Salem Girl Scouts to support a new law protecting Good Samaritans from criminal or civil liability for removing an unattended child or domestic animal from a vehicle. With the passage of House Bill 2732 – which prevailed in the Senate on a 29-0 vote

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) – Authorities have released the names of the officers involved in the fatal shooting of a bank robbery suspect in Vancouver. Vancouver police say the three officers involved in the Tuesday shooting are 55-year-old Corporal James Burgara, 45-year-old Officer Erik Jennings and 46-year-old Officer Richard Rich. Police say the incident started when

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Authorities arrested a 24-year-old man accused of cutting a passenger with a butter knife on a light-rail train near Portland. Beaverton police say officers responded Tuesday night and found a man with a small laceration on his ear. The victim said he was standing near the door when the train stopped.

Here are the results of Tuesday’s KTVZ.COM Poll: Would you support term limits for state lawmakers, as GOP gubernatorial candidate Bud Pierce has proposed? Yes – 92% (554 votes) No – 8% (49 votes) Total Votes: 603

The city of Bend is moving forward with the next big step in its urban growth boundary plans, having received state approval late last year. At Wednesday night’s city council meeting, officials are holding a public hearing and discussing adding “urbanization area districts” to the recent additions to the city’s UGB. These would act as

While Central Oregon’s vacancy rates at hotels and state parks are reportedly at or near max capacity for the solar eclipse on August 21 , Sunset Solar Campground in Madras recently released 3,000 RV and tent campsites to the public. Located on a grassy, 65-acre field, the family farm-turned-campground is ideally located to experience the