Month: January 2018

Ridgeview High School’s Ben Parsons was recently named Secondary Teacher of the Year by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4108 in a ceremony held at RVHS. Elton Gregory Middle School’s Marques Hase was also named Secondary Teacher of the Year for grades 6-8 in a stand-up assembly on Tuesday at Elton Gregory. Ridgeview’s Assistant Principal,

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Oregon’s special election on a new tax on insurance companies and some hospitals will be live-streamed on Facebook. Oregon Secretary of State Dennis Richardson said Tuesday that preliminary results of the Jan. 23 special election — with just one item on the ballot, Measure 101 — will be streamed on his

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) – A man who was at a Springfield party where three people were shot says the alleged gunman was probably struggling with a combination of “drugs, alcohol and bad feelings.” Dakota Pander tells The Register-Guard that no argument preceded the gunfire at Saturday’s birthday party in Springfield. He says Jordan Ledbetter nonchalantly

Here are the results of Tuesday’s KTVZ.COM poll, asking if you think the larger reward will help catch the Sunriver swan killer: Do you think the larger reward will help catch the Sunriver swan killer? Yes – 24% (128 votes)No – 76% (401 votes) Total Votes: 529

Hello everyone! Today we saw early morning rain showers that quickly moved out of the area. After that we saw the sun for the rest of the morning and afternoon. Around 1 we saw more clouds push into the region. Today, daytime highs were about ten degrees above average in the lower 50’s. Tonight we’ll

Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum on Tuesday joined 19 other attorneys general to urge Congress to advance legislation allowing states with legalized medical or recreational marijuana to bring that commerce into the banking system. Banks are currently hindered by federal law from providing financial services to marijuana businesses, even in states where those businesses are

DETROIT, Ore. (AP) – A $100 million-plus project to improve conditions for endangered fish could mean emptying Detroit Lake for one or two years. The Salem Statesman Journal reports the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is planning to build a 300-foot-tall tower and floating screen at Detroit Dam to improve water temperature and fish passage

A Cascade Disposal garbage truck snagged an overhead power line at the St. Vincent DePaul Food Bank in southest Bend Tuesday morning, causing the line to arc and sparking a fire, officials said. The incident happened shortly before 10 a.m. at the food bank at 950 Southeast Third Street, Battalion Chief Dave Howe said. The

(Update: Bend, More on jet off Bend Airport runway upon landing) Overnight rain showers and temperatures dropping to right around freezing combined to trigger numerous slide-offs and crashes around the High Desert on Tuesday morning, authorities said. It also may have played a role in a different sort of slide-off – at the Bend Airport,

SEATTLE (AP) – A group representing marijuana business owners in the West is urging Congress to include language in a government spending bill that would protect pot operations. The Western Regional Cannabis Business Association said Tuesday it is asking for legislative protection after Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ signaled a tougher approach to federal pot enforcement.

Welcome to the Oregon FBI’s Tech Tuesday segment. This week, building a digital defense against diet scams. Earlier this month, we talked about setting New Year’s resolutions to keep your new tech gadgets safe. This week, are sharing some advice from our friends at the Federal Trade Commission about a different kind of resolution —

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) – A Klamath Falls resident has pleaded guilty to manslaughter and unlawful use of a weapon in the killing of a 22-year-old man. The Herald and News reports Daryl Hatchard accepted the plea agreement last week – 10 days before he was scheduled to stand trial for murder. He faces between

Happy Tuesday morning, everyone! Rain showers overnight helped clear some of the patchy fog we were dealing with for most of the day yesterday. Know surfaces could be slippery this morning as temperatures are around the freezing mark. Snow showers fell across the Cascades and as of this morning Mt. Bachelor picked up around 1″

Bend Senior High School student Brooke Murphy was officially crowned as the 2018 Deschutes County Fair and Rodeo Queen Monday evening. The 18-year-old participates in track and field, student council, Irish dancing, equestrian and animal 4-H. She plans to attend Oregon State University in the fall and join the ROTC program. Murphy was crowned at

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) – Springfield police say a suspect arrested in a triple shooting that killed a man had been hosting a birthday party when he shot the guest of honor and two other friends. The Register-Guard reports that 23-year-old Jordan Wyatt Ledbetter faces a murder charge and four counts of felony assault for the

UNION GAP, Wash. (AP) – A slow-moving landslide in central Washington state has forced evacuations as officials prepare for what they say is inevitable – the collapse of a ridge near an interstate highway. Washington is wary of landslides following one in 2014 that killed dozens. No one can predict exactly when the Rattlesnake Ridge

A semi struck a disabled SUV on the shoulder of Interstate 84 east of Portland Monday evening, sending the truck through a guardrail, down an embankment and partially into the Columbia River, Oregon State Police reported. The semi driver and two people in the car were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Troopes responded

A number of flights were delayed or canceled in and out of the Redmond Airport Sunday and early Monday morning due to fog, which continued to cause issues through the day. According to the National Weather Service and the Flight Safety Foundation, flying in fog can be deadly for pilots, even the most experienced ones.

Central Oregonians looking to relax in paradise got the polar opposite of what they signed up for, for a frightening 30 minutes. People both living and vacationing in Hawaii were falsely alerted of an incoming missile strike over the weekend. “It’s something about the trip I’ll never forget,” Mark Lavrar of Prineville said Monday. Lavrar

A former contract kitchen worker at the Deschutes County jail who allegedly had a sexual relationship with an inmate was arrested again, accused of violating her release agreement by contacting him, according to court documents. According to investigators, April Hoisington-Kite, 43, of Bend, had inappropriate sexual contact with Stephen Rechner last year. According to court