Month: July 2017

Central Oregon Locavore said Sunday evening it needs to raise $25,000 this summer in order to keep its doors open and its programs operating. In a news release, Assistant Director Megan French sasid the organization “supports our local farmers and ranchers, while teaching our community about local and healthy food. Our marketplace provides a venue

Cascade Natural Gas crews have begun Phase 6 of the gas line replacement project and are working just southwest of downtown Bend. Watch for crews around the intersection of NW Delaware Avenue and NW Jefferson Place, working south on Jefferson. The streets will remain closed to vehicle and pedestrian traffic between 7 a.m. and 5

An SUV crashed into a power pole in Prineville early Sunday morning, causing major damage to the pole and car and knocking out power to nearly 1,000 area residents for several hours, officials said. Prineville police said in a Facebook posting that “medical issues were possibly a factor” in the crash on Highway 26 of

(Update: Adding small fire stopped west of Sisters later Sunday) A small, wind-fanned wildfire spotted early Sunday near Black Butte west of Sisters was stopped at 5 acres by crews working overnight. The fire was spotted shortly before 1 a.m., burning off Forest Service Road 11 (Indian Ford Road), according to the Central Oregon Interagency

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office has renewed its search for a 7-year-old boy who went missing in 2010. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports (http://bit.ly/2uYKKaw ) that search and rescue teams on Sunday were looking for Kyron Horman in an area about five miles from Skyline Elementary School, where he was last seen. Sheriff’s spokesman Sgt.

NORTH BEND, Ore. (AP) – The U.S. Coast Guard rescued two fishermen from a sinking commercial fishing vessel about 50 miles off the Oregon coast at about 7:15 a.m. Saturday. Coast Guard officials say two helicopters plucked the men from the 40-foot vessel west of Coos Bay and flew them to North Bend where they were

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A man police say physically threatened a Muslim couple in Portland in May has been taken into custody and is facing hate crime charges. Police in Portland say officers on Friday arrested 49-year-old Frederick Nolan Sorrell on suspicion of three counts of intimidation in the second degree. He’s scheduled to appear in

(Update: New red flag warning issued) There have been more than a dozen wildfires just this week in Central Oregon, and through Friday evening, we were under a red flag warning – with another on the way for Sunday and Monday. And as the heat continues, the National Weather Service in Pendleton issued a new

The new Oregon transportation bill means millions of dollars for Central Oregon roads, if it survives a possible trip to the ballot box next year. This week’s legislative approval omes after a year and half of committee work and public input House Bill 2017 raises $5.3 billion over 10 years, through various taxes and fees,

(Update: More from officials on gender-neutral license, background) The Oregon House gave final approval Thursday to legislation that would finally put the state in compliance with the federal Real ID Act of 2005. But without a federal approval of an extension, trouble could still be afoot for air travelers and others. Without adoption of the

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) – A man accused of walking out of a Springfield sporting goods store with four rifles worth $8,500 has been taken into custody. Police in Springfield in a statement late Friday said 30-year-old Dennis Walter Rotherham was arrested Monday and faces charges of second degree burglary, four counts of felon in possession of

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – State-sponsored health care will be accessible for more than 14,000 children in Oregon who were brought to the United States illegally, under a bill the Legislature has passed and that has been championed by the governor. Debate over the measure, which passed the House 37-23 on Friday, was testy at times on

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A timber company seeks more than $3 million in a lawsuit that asserts Oregon wrongfully terminated an agreement to sell the Elliott State Forest. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports (https://is.gd/zzYURw ) Lone Rock Timber Management filed the lawsuit Wednesday in Salem. It names the State Land Board and Oregon Department of State Lands as

(Update: Fire 85 percent contained, at 96 acres) Amid a red flag warning, hot temperatures and windy weather, a new wildfire broke out west of the Deschutes River on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation on Thursday afternoon, quickly growing to nearly 100 acres and bringing out numerous tribal firefighting resources, with some outside assistance. But

Smokers between 18 and 21 soon will have to find a new outlet to get their nicotine fix, as Oregon is one step away from from raising the legal age for purchasing cigarettes and tobacco products. Senate Bill 754, which is headed to the governor’s desk, will raise the state’s age for all tobacco products,

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – The Oregon Legislature has adjourned the 2017 session that saw the passage of record funding for schools, a long-term transportation package, gun restrictions, cost-free abortions and health care funding for Medicaid and undocumented immigrants. The 2017 session officially ended Friday afternoon, which was three days ahead of the constitutionally required deadline of

(Update: Two more fires stopped small, threaten homes) Crooked River Ranch firefighters had a busy week, with three brush or grass fires in three days, each of which threatened homes, officials said. A wind-fanned, fast-moving brushfire broke out shortly after 6 p.m. Wednesday in the 12000 block of Northwest Dove Road, and Crooked River Ranch

It was standing room only both inside and outside the Tumalo Community Center on Thursday evening as residents poured in to give their opinions on controversial plans to revamp the region’s irrigation system. The canals are in need of updating — as much of the water in the canals is lost through leakage. “In 20

(Update: Passenger allegedly lunged for exit door, struggle ensued) SEATTLE (AP) – Authorities say a flight attendant broke at least one wine bottle over the head of a passenger who lunged for an exit door during a struggle on a Delta Air Lines flight from Seattle to Beijing on Thursday night. The disclosure came as

The Oregon House took steps to save lives by protecting kids from a lifetime of addiction Thursday when it passed Senate Bill 754 to raise the state’s age for all tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes, to 21, supporters of the measures said. The bill passed the Senate, but was amended in the House this week