Month: February 2018

The House passed a continuing resolution Tuesday to fund the federal government through March 23, by a vote of 245-182. Rep. Greg Walden, R-Bend, said he pushed to include two years of full funding for community health centers in the measure, and voted for its passage. The CR, which now goes to the Senate, provides

Happy Tuesday evening, everyone! High pressure is building in offshore and temperatures are rising. Daytime highs will climb for the next few days. Today’s highs reached the upper 50s, which is more than 10 degrees above average. Overnight we can expect calm conditions with mostly clear to partly cloudy skies. Lows will be chilly, but

Here are the results of Monday’s KTVZ.COM poll, asking if you support marijuana production in rural Deschutes County: Do you support marijuana production in rural Deschutes County? Yes – 54% (785 votes)No – 46% (677 votes)Total Votes: 1,462

NEW YORK (AP) – Eleven Democratic state attorneys general have sued President Donald Trump’s administration for holding off a government rule aimed at reducing pollution in the nation’s waterways. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says last week’s suspension of the 2015 Clean Water Rule by the Republican administration is an assault on public health,

Fourteen Democratic senators, led by Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon, urged key tax negotiators Tuesday to prioritize a long-term extension of tax credits for electric and alternative fuel vehicles and infrastructure in an upcoming tax bill. In a letter to Democratic leaders Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi and ranking members Ron Wyden and Richard Neal,

Welcome to the Oregon FBI’s Tech Tuesday segment. This week, building a digital defense against ransomware attacks at home. Last week, we talked about the threat ransomware poses to small and medium-sized businesses in Oregon. They are particularly vulnerable because they often don’t have the staff or the experience to prepare for or recover from

The Family Access Network Foundation held their first Redmond Luncheon fundraiser on Friday, Feb. 2 at the Redmond Early Learning Center. The event, which had 118 guests, raised $34,610 for Redmond FAN through sponsorships, individual donations and a donor match. The luncheon title sponsor, SunWest builders, and other event sponsors were key to helping FAN

CENTRAL POINT, Ore. (AP) – Authorities say a mountain biker was found dead along an Ashland trail, and a medical examiner will try to determine if he died from the crash impact or some other reason. The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office says a hiker found the body and the bicycle Monday on a trail often

State Rep. Knute Buehler, R-Bend, a candidate for governor, says he will request $50 million from the Oregon Legislature to help fix issues within Oregon’s child welfare agency that oversees the foster care program. The Statesman Journal reports Republican State Rep. Knute Buehler said Monday he will introduce the proposal for a “rapid-improvement team” to

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) – A Corvallis man has been sentenced to more than eight years in prison for beating a woman with a large wooden dowel outside the Benton County Courthouse. The Corvallis Gazette-Times reports that Benton County Judge Locke Williams cited Eric Patterson’s lack of remorse for last September’s “startling and vicious attack.” Patterson

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – A Marion County grand jury has found that four Salem police officers were justified in firing shots at a man who crashed a motor home into two police cars last month. The Marion County District Attorney’s Office says the jury made the decision Monday. Police say Roy Devoursney wasn’t struck by

(Update: OSP says no apparent injuries) A loaded lumber truck and car collided on Highway 20 east of Bend, causing the semi-truck to overturn and block the highway for several hours. But Oregon State Police said there were no apparent injuries to either driver. The crash was reported around 6:15 p.m. near Milepost 11 near

Favorable weather conditions are allowing fuels specialists with the Bureau of Land Management’s Prineville District Office to continue with their winter prescribed burning program. “The prescribed burning program is a great example of BLM working to make America great through shared conservation stewardship and by working with our partners to promote multiple-use on public lands,”

When you think of workplace injuries, you probably think of high-risk industries like agriculture or logging. You probably don’t consider the restaurant industry, even though it has among the highest number of injuries per employee of any Oregon industry. That’s according to new data from SAIF, which found that restaurant workers had an injury frequency

Good Tuesday Morning, Everyone… Clearer skies last night helped deliver a cooler morning, but your Tuesday will quite fair. Mostly sunny skies will warm highs into the low to mid 50’s and SW and westerly breezes will be quite gentle at 5-10 mph. A few additional clouds will put us under partly cloudy skies tonight,

A novel research approach by Oregon State University has resulted in a key step toward better protecting the fisher, an important forest predator that findings show is the dominant small carnivore when present. The study by OSU’s Institute for Natural Resources focused on how three carnivores – ringtails, foxes, and fishers – affect each other’s

Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced Monday six Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) loans amounting to $48.2 million will help bring solar energy production to rural towns in Klamath, Lake, Deschutes and Clackamas counties, where solar facilities will produce enough electricity to power 11,289 Oregon homes and businesses. “With this investment, clean,

The Sisters School District hosted a community meeting about suicide Monday evening. One speaker was Jason Winebarger, whose son, Jacob, took his own life two years ago. The school district hosted the meeting to start conversation about the nature of suicide. Winebarger said communication is important, and suicide is not something to whisper about. He

(Update from fire officials; cause under investigation) A fast-moving fire destroyed a two-story home east of Bend Monday afternoon, causing an estimated $650,000 in losses but no injuries, officials said. Crews responded shortly before 1 p.m. to neighbors’ reports of a house fire in the 61000 block of Cougar Trail, located off in the far

A deputy is dead and three other officers were injured following a shooting near the Murray Hills Apartments in Colorado Springs on Monday afternoon. Deputy Micah Flick has been identified as the one who died in the shooting. Two other deputies were injured as well as a Colorado Springs officer, who is in surgery. Flick