Month: July 2017

Oregon State University announced Thursday it just received a $121.88 million grant from the National Science Foundation — the largest grant in OSU history — to spearhead the construction of a new class of research vessels for the United States Academic Research Fleet. This grant will fund the construction of the first of three planned

ALBANY, Ore. (AP) – Police in Albany say a combine operator working in a ryegrass field discovered the remains of a man reported missing in May. The remains were found July 7 and a medical examiner confirmed through dental records that the body is that of Michael Cowan, a 30-year-old Albany man. Police say there’s no evidence

ALBANY, Ore. (AP) – The Albany Human Relations Commission municipal code will not include the words “diversity” and “equity.” The Albany City Council voted against changing the code to include those words while removing the word “harmonious.” The Albany Democrat-Herald newspaper reports (https://is.gd/qthHPe ) the council meeting room was filled beyond capacity Wednesday. Most speakers favored including

LAKEVIEW, Ore. (AP) – A blue-green algae outbreak in a southeast Oregon reservoir has killed 32 cattle. The Capital Press reports (http://bit.ly/2tQrr43 ) the outbreak began about a month ago on KV Bar Ranch. Ranch owner John Shine says concern rose when he and other ranchers noticed cattle with blue legs. He says cattle had been drinking

(Update: Adding county forester comments on reasons, history for rules; penalties for violations) Deschutes County commissioners have voted to impose public use restrictions on unprotected lands within the county and on all county-owned land to help prevent human-caused wildfires. Unprotected lands are defined as unincorporated lands that are not a part of a rural fire

A 20-year-old Southern California man was arrested in Bend on several charges Tuesday, accused of traveling to Bend to meet and have sex with a 14-year-old Bend girl at a local motel, police reported Wednesday. Police were notified by the teen girl’s mother that her daughter was at the Bend Value Inn with a 20-year-old

The Lookout Mountain Ranger District of the Ochoco National Forest plans to begin stream restoration work along a one-mile section of McKay Creek, starting next Monday, officials said Thursday. The McKay Creek Large Wood and Floodplain Restoration Project will improve spawning habitat for steelhead and redband trout by reconnecting the channel to its historic floodplain

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Police say a worker died in an industrial accident at an Intel campus in Hillsboro. Hillsboro police Lt. Henry Reimann said in a news release that 50-year-old Jay Elwell died Wednesday while performing routine maintenance on a vertical industrial storage carousel. Details about what happened have not been released. Reimann said no crime

The senior population is rapidly increasing, yet, the pace of government and philanthropic support for seniors is not. Often times, public funding for services and programs that benefit seniors is the first to get cut. At Council on Aging of Central Oregon, we know this all too well. Our services and programs are in high

Continuing his efforts in the battle against opioid addiction in Oregon, Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore.,,Wednesday called for urgency in the fight against the epidemic across the country. As chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, Walden led a hearing to examine effective strategies for combating the crisis in local communities. The hearing entitled, “Combating the

The Education Foundation for Bend-La Pine Schools awarded over $54,000 in classroom grants to district schools and $40,000 in needs-based activity fee scholarships for the 2017/2018 academic year. Over the past decade, the foundation has invested more than $1.5 million into our public schools through our innovation driven Classroom Grants and needs based Activity Fee

The Gambler 500 is coming to Central Oregon, and the crew at VR Garage in Bend is ready. “So we bought a 2002 Crown Victoria, which is an old police car,” said VR Garage co-owner Adam Huddart. “We started, basically just putting stickers on it, cause we were going to have fun with it,” recalled

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A federal judge says government documents from a case against an FBI agent will remain sealed to protect the identities of other law enforcement officers involved in a deadly confrontation with one of the people who occupied a remote Oregon wildlife refuge last year. Government attorneys in Oregon requested the move Tuesday

The city of Redmond has been working hard to revitalize its downtown, and it seems to be paying off. Lance Howard recently moved his clock business there. “I opened up in Bend in 2009, and moved here two months ago,” Howard said Wednesday. Central Oregon Clocks is now open. “The availability of space in Bend

On Wednesday’s third day of murder defendant Edwin Lara’s week-long hearing on pre-trial motions, the defense challenged the admissibility of Lara’s apparent confession last July 26 to killing Kaylee Sawyer and the evidence collected in the wake of that confession. Witnesses included a corrections officer from the Tehama County, Calif., Jail, where Lara was held

(Update: Comments from land trust official, Post rancher) The Oregon Legislature has approved the Oregon Agricultural Heritage Program, designed to help more farmers and ranchers keep their land amid development pressure. With the new program, farmers and ranchers will have the option to sell their land to a land trust, such as the Deschutes Land

Rachael Scdoris-Salerno, a legally blind Paralympian and sled-dog racer who hoped to unseat Oregon’s only Republican member of Congress, is dropping out of the race, Portland TV station KGW reported Wednesday. Scdoris-Salerno announced in May she was running as a Democrat in Oregon’s 2nd Congressional District. She said at the time she was frustrated that

(Update: Adding video, details) A 20-foot travel trailer caught on fire late Wednesday morning in Redmond. Fire crews were able to knock the fire down before it spread to nearby trees and homes. It started in a trailer parked on 26th Street and Reindeer Avenue. A person driving by saw the smoke and called 911,

(Update: OSP Arson Unit called in; fire mapped at about 5,800 acres, 50 percent contained) The Oregon State Police Arson Unit asked the public for information Tuesday after being advised the nearly 6,000-acre Ana Fire near Summer Lake “may have started under suspicious circumstances,” officials said. OSP and the Oregon Office of the State Fire

Here are the results of Monday’s KTVZ.COM Poll about how best to handle drug crimes: How do you think drug crimes are best handled? Treatment – 46% (328 votes) Prison time – 54% (387 votes) Total Votes: 715