Month: July 2017

The Bend Park and Recreation District is making big changes to Big Sky Park and will host an open house on Monday, July 17 , to share information and answer questions. From 5:30 pm to 7 pm, residents and park users are invited to stop by the Big Sky South picnic shelter, 21690 Neff Road,

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Portland State University will launch four high-altitude balloons equipped with GPS tracking systems and 360-degree video cameras during the upcoming solar eclipse. The university said Wednesday that the balloons will allow anyone to watch a live stream online as the moon’s shadow darkens a large swath of Oregon on Aug. 21. One balloon

Oregon Department of Justice investigators investigators have found insufficient evidence to bring criminal charges against Bend police Officer Scott Schaier in the fatal shooting of Michael Jacques in downtown Bend last Dec. 23, authorities said Tuesday. In a letter sent Monday to Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel, DOJ Chief Counsel Michael Slauson said the

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Students will pay more to attend the University of Oregon next fall, but not as much as feared. The university’s Board of Trustees voted to increase in-state tuition by 6.6 percent, instead of the 10.6 percent announced earlier this year. State legislators last week provided $70 million more than expected to higher education.

WILSONVILLE, Ore. (AP) – Microsoft is closing the Wilsonville plant that produced the Surface Hub, its giant touch-screen computer for conference rooms. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports (https://is.gd/oxtpsb ) the company outlined its closure plans in a letter to the state Tuesday. The letter said 124 jobs will be lost at the plant south of Portland. The announcement came

ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) – Oregon’s Alek Skarlatos will star as himself in a film about his heroic tackle of a heavily armed gunman on a Paris-bound train. The Oregon National Guardsman from Roseburg and two friends were traveling in August 2015 when they wrestled the would-be terrorist to the ground and disarmed him. Skarlatos was honored for

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A Lane County sheriff’s deputy has filed a nearly $1 million lawsuit against a man convicted of shooting him. The Oregonian/OregonLive reported Tuesday (https://goo.gl/6kxsrD ) that in the suit deputy Todd Olson says he’s still suffering physical and mental pain from the attack by Carlos Roa in 2015. A jury found Roa guilty

Jude Sparks and his brothers were focused on testing their new walkie talkies in the desert around Las Cruces when one wrong step led to an amazing discovery. Jude, 10, fell right on his face and when he opened his eyes, he was staring at the remains of a one-million-year old elephant-like creature. “I was

A La Pine man faces two years in federal prison for a money-laundering and wire fraud scheme on eBay — but first, the judge will let him finish his community college classes. U.S. District Court Judge Ann Aiken sentenced Erik William Johnson, 44, on Tuesday to two years in federal prison for money laundering. According

Deschutes County is growing at a very fast pace, and that growth, along with the related issues of housing and public safety, were just some of the topics commissioners discussed during the yearly State of the County talk Tuesday evening. At the ‘What’s Brewing?’ panel talk hosted by the Bend Chamber, commissioners said the county

More than 350,000 fingerling trout are splashing down in hundreds of high mountain lakes across the Cascade Range from Mt. Hood to Klamath Falls this week, as the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife readies the waters along the Pacific Coast Trail for hikers, anglers, fly fishermen and backpackers. “Oregon is the only state that

Engineering researchers are putting an innovative two-story structure made of cross-laminated timber panels through a series of seismic tests to determine how it would perform in an earthquake. The tests are being conducted at the Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure at University of California San Diego (NEHRI@UCSD) site, which is funded by the National Science

(Update: Adding video; comments by DA, hospital on St. Charles not notifying local police initially) Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel filed criminal charges Tuesday against a Prineville woman for illegally accessing scores of electronic patient records in the St. Charles Health System. Dawnielle Vaca, 35, while employed as a certified nursing assistant at St.

In June, the Redmond Police Department conducted a DUII High Visibility Enforcement effort. During this time, Redmond police placed two additional officers on our roadways funded by DUII grant funds. A total of eight hours were worked on grant time, resulting in the arrest of one DUII driver arrested. Redmond patrol officers working their normal

Join Bend Area Habitat for Humanity on a build trip to Santa Ana, El Salvador, December 2 -10, 2017. Bend Habitat has spots available for volunteers who want to have an amazing experience in a different culture and help low income families at the same time! This is your opportunity to have an experience of

Kids Works Daycare Center & Learning Center, a longtime day care operator in northeast Bend, has been suddenly shut down after the state issued an emergency suspension Kid Works has been in operation for 20 years. Currently, the business employs eight people and has 45 children ages 6 weeks to 12 years old enrolled. On

ALBANY, Ore. (AP) – Oregon State Police say a missing 6-year-old boy was struck and killed by a truck after going onto a freeway. Sgt. Jeff Proulx says the boy from Albany was reported missing Monday at 9:30 p.m. The Linn County Sheriff’s Office dispatched four deputies to search for him along with a canine

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) – The land-use group 1000 Friends of Oregon is trying to block a large solar farm planned for prime agricultural land outside Medford. The Mail Tribune reports (https://is.gd/ZzaPe6 ) the Jackson County Board of Commissioners approved the project last month by a 2-to-1 vote. 1000 friends filed its intent to appeal with the

Oregon State University-Cascades will host two multi-day family events in Central Oregon in August – one in Bend and one in Culver- to celebrate the upcoming solar eclipse and OSU’s Space Grant designation. The events are in addition to eclipse events planned for OSU’s campus in Corvallis and at OSU’s Hatfield Marine Science Center in

The city of Redmond and Redmond Municipal Airport issued a reminder Tuesday to Central Oregon residents and visitors of the FAA regulations for UAS (drone) operators, especially the rules for operating drones within the vicinity of RDM. These regulations provide safety guidelines for UAS and requires all operators to notify the air traffic control tower