Month: February 2018

Good Wednesday Morning, Everyone…The first signs of the next major winter storm will make themselves known to the High Desert today. Mostly cloudy skies will thicken and deliver some afternoon rain showers. Highs will be in the low to mid 40’s and southerly breezes will pick up to 5-15 mph. Those southerly breezes will get

Several Bend-La Pine Schools parents had lots to say about their kids’ safety to the school board Tuesday evening after the recent Florida shooting and a spate of threats of violence at Bend-area schools. Most parents said they cannot stand idle any more. They said they want to do everything in their power to protect

Here are Tuesday’s Oregon high school basketball scores, compiled by The Associated Press: GIRLS PREP BASKETBALL Class 6A First Round Beaverton 55, Cleveland 36 Benson 83, West Albany 37 Canby 55, Westview 51 Central Catholic 52, Grant 50 Clackamas 62, Lincoln 37 Grants Pass 51, Glencoe 39 Jesuit 38, South Salem 21 North Medford 46,

A lawsuit is challenging an Oregon school district’s policy protecting transgender students – but opponents say the case should be thrown out. The ACLU of Oregon wants to intervene on behalf of Basic Rights Oregon, the state’s largest LGBTQ advocacy group, in a case in the Dallas School District, located near Salem. A group known

La Pine parents are voicing their concerns about bullying to Bend-La Pine Schools officials. Several parents said Tuesday they are concerned that the bullying at La Pine High School and La Pine Middle School is getting out of hand. A concerned parent contacted NewsChannel 21 about the bullying. He said he was worried about the

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Damian Lillard had 26 points and 12 assists, and the Portland Trail Blazers won their fourth straight with a 116-99 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday night. Jusuf Nurkic added 17 points and nine rebounds for Portland, which sits in fifth place in the Western Conference – a game back

Oregon sophomore guard Sabrina Ionescu has been named the Pac-12 Player of the Year. This season, she broke the NCAA career record for most triple doubles, reaching eight. She currently leads the league with an average of 19.2 points and 7.8 assists per game. Ionescu won Pac-12 Freshman of the Year honors last year. “Sabrina

Summit High School joins the Bend Police Department and the AT&T* IT CAN WAIT campaign on Wednesday to talk about the dangers of smartphone distracted driving. Research shows that 7-in-10 people engage in smartphone activities while driving.** People are doing much more than texting from behind the wheel. To drive home the message, the Bend

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – A plan intended to address Oregon air standards is advancing in the state Legislature. Along with the plan itself, lawmakers attached a set of changes Tuesday, stripping a protection for polluters and lowering a pollution limit that had been the subject of controversy, in a development some environmental advocates said amounted

It finally feels like winter in Bend, but overall, it’s still been a fairly dry season, especially compared to last year. For the city of Bend and the Oregon Department of Transportation, it looks like there might be some money left over in their budget after the winter, if it continues to be mild, in

If you’re headed into the Central Oregon backcountry, it’s important to be prepared and know the risks you could be facing, one of which is an avalanche. Kevin Grove, an associate professor of physics and engineering at Central Oregon Community College, is also a board member for the Central Oregon Avalanche Association. Grove said it

(Update: OSP identifies suspect; SafeOregon tip line used) Oregon State Police arrested a 22-year-old Corvallis man on Tuesday for numerous threats of violence directed at Oregon State University in a Twitter feed. Sgt. Kyle Hove said troopers and detectives identified the owner of the Twitter user name “Hard Belly Dorm” as Christopher Adam Strahan, who

Happy Tuesday evening, everyone! Tonight we’re expecting increasing clouds ahead of the next system pushing into the region. Lows will be around average in the low to mid 20s. Winds tonight will be light. The chances for showers increase going into the morning hours. First, we’ll see a warm front giving us more mild temperatures

Citizen complaints about off-leash dogs are prompting the city of Prineville to make changes in two popular recreation areas. The Crooked River Wetlands Complex and Barnes Butte property are popular with dog owners. But a string of complaints about off-leash dogs has the city taking action. Right now, city code says dogs must be on

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Officials in charge of Oregon’s elections want the Legislature to fund an internet security position to protect against Russian government interference. A letter signed by Deputy Secretary of State Leslie Cummings asks lawmakers to provide $166,348 to cover the cost of the security position. The letter says Oregon was one of

The investiture ceremony for Raymond Crutchley as a Deschutes County Circuit Court judge is set for 3 p.m. on Friday in Courtroom A of the Deschutes County Courthouse. Presiding Judge Wells B. Ashby will preside over the ceremony and administer the oath of office. Crutchley takes the position previously held by Judge Alta J. Brady,

Here are the results of Monday’s KTVZ.COM poll, asking if you think a threat of violence involving a school or public place should be prosecuted as a felony: Do you think a threat of violence involving a school or public place should be prosecuted as a felony? Yes – 85% (676 votes)No – 16% (124

The State of Oregon and advocates representing children in foster care said Tuesday they have agreed to settle a 2016 lawsuit aimed at ending the practice of temporarily lodging foster children in hotel rooms. “Our goal is to provide all foster children the right placement at the right time, so they can be safe and

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A central figure in the armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge has been sentenced to three years and a month in prison, the longest term for anyone convicted in the case. At the federal courthouse in Portland, Ryan Payne of Anaconda, Montana, apologized Tuesday to those disrupted by his

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Federal officials are considering putting a once-flourishing West Coast salmon on the list of threatened or endangered species. The National Marine Fisheries Services said Tuesday that it will investigate whether to give protected status to spring-run Chinook salmon in and around the Klamath River. Spring Chinook were once one of the