Month: December 2017

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) – A grand jury has cleared a Klamath Falls police officer in a fatal shooting last month. The Herald and News reports the Klamath County jury examined video footage of the Nov. 24 shooting in which Officer Taylor Herbst shot Emilio Hernandez, who was wanted on suspicion of attempted murder. Eyewitnesses

All access to Terwilliger (also known as Cougar) Hot Springs is completely blocked by a large landslide that occurred overnight, Willamette National Forest officials said Thursday. An unstable slope above Forest Road 19 (Aufderheide Drive) has failed and the entire road is blocked and impassable about 35 miles east of Springfield. The landslide deposit is

(Update: Adding comments from crash victim) A California man was arrested on DUII, assault and reckless driving charges after his SUV slammed head-on into a pickup truck driven by a Sisters woman delivering newspapers early Wednesday, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said. Deputies and Sisters Fire Department medics were dispatched shortly after 5 a.m. to the

A smoke plume rising from the Redmond Airport property Thursday morning had some onlookers worried, but an airport official assured it was only a periodic burning of tumbleweed that accumulates along miles of airport fence line. The recent windstorm pushed even more of the tumbleweed up against RDM’s 7 to 8 miles of security fencing,

Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and 11 of their Senate colleagues wrote to U.S. Forest Service Chief Tony Tooke Wednesday to request information about the agency’s role in the Trump Administration’s review of 2015 plans to protect the imperiled greater sage grouse. In a Federal Register notice last month, the U.S. Forest Service

The Bend City Council, seeming at times to nearly drown in parliamentary motions, mixed views and a sea of details, made some headway Wednesday night in deciding what it might ask voters next May: Do you want an elected mayor, as opposed to leaving it in the hands of colleagues, and to no longer lock

Good Thursday Morning, Everyone…A modest amount of high pressure overhead will help to keep our skies mostly clear today. Daytime highs will be right around our average high of 40 degrees for this date. Winds will be pretty gentle and generally out of the south. Mostly clear skies tonight will help our temperatures drop into

Santa Express was a huge success again and all thanks to the generous support of our community, the Bend Fire Department said Wednesday. Enough food, clothing and toys were donated to help provide Christmas cheer to thousands here in Bend and Central Oregon. As of Wednesday evening, the Salvation Army had handed out gifts to

The Bend City Council and the Deschutes Rural Fire Protection District #2 Board of Directors have approved a resolution proposed by the Bend Fire Department to approve placing a local option levy renewal on the Bend area’s May 2018 ballot. The resolutions ask voters to consider renewing the existing operating levy for five years beginning

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Payton Pritchard scored 24 points and MiKyle McIntosh had 17 to help lead Oregon to a 96-82 victory over Central Arkansas on Wednesday night. Pritchard had 12 points in the first 7 minutes for the Ducks (10-3), who won their fifth consecutive game. Troy Brown added 14 points and M.J. Cage

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – LaMarcus Aldridge scored 22 points, Pau Gasol had 20 points and a season-high 17 rebounds, and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Portland Trail Blazers 93-91 on Wednesday night. Aldridge hit 10 of 17 shots against his former team. Gasol and Aldridge each scored 16 points during the first half to

(Update: Adding info from fire chief, photo) Three people were injured and one was flown to St. Charles Bend after a crash of a pickup and SUV on Highway 97 north of La Pine late Wednesday morning, one of several crashes around the region as snow and freezing temperatures turned roads. La Pine, Sunriver and

A more thorough review of samples taken at drinking water intakes downstream of the site of last weekend’s deadly semi-tanker crash along the North Santiam River supported preliminary results that didn’t detect the presence of gasoline, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality said Wednesday evening. On Sunday and again on Monday, responders from the U.S.

The Sunriver Nature Center and Observatory announced Wednesday an increase in the reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible for illegally shooting the well-known trumpeter swan, Chuck, on Thanksgiving Day. The reward total is now $2,500. The Trumpeter Swan Society has offered an additional $500 for the reward. The

High winds knocked down several trees in Bend on Tuesday, falling on power lines, houses, streets and parking lots. On Wednesday, crews were busy cutting up and clearing out the downed trees. NewsChannel 21 reached out to a couple of arborists to find out how to tell whether your trees could be dangerous. In general:

Slick roads have arrived just as holiday travel begins. Slide-offs and crashes kept law enforcement in Central Oregon busy Wednesday. The majority of Oregonians are expected to drive to their holiday destinations, and the High Desert saw weather-related traffic incidents all day. Van Allen is in Bend from North Dakota. He said he was driving

Happy Wednesday evening, everyone! Snow flurries are wrapping up across the region tonight, but that does not mean we won’t see slick roads. Keep in mind temperatures will be below freezing and spots of ice are likely. Overnight lows will fall into the single digits and teens tonight under decreasing clouds. Thursday will see mostly

A new fish ladder is set to be installedon the Crooked River at the Opal Springs Hydroelectric Project. Ed Pugh, general manager of the Deschutes Valley Water District, said this week the project has been in the works for many years, and now the water district has the funding to move forward. The idea for

(Update: Adding news release, vaccination requirement) PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The Oregon Health Authority says another Oregon State University student has been diagnosed with meningococcal disease. The patient only identified as an undergraduate is the sixth OSU student to be treated for meningococcal disease in the past year, which qualifies as an outbreak. The university

The Oregon Liquor Control Commission has conducted the first of its statewide minor decoy operations focusing on marijuana — and all 20 Bend-area businesses passed the test, the agency said Wednesday. Like the counterpart for liquor licensees, the “sting” operation is aimed at seeing if marijuana license retailers are complying with state laws and OLCC