Month: March 2018

After the annual “spring forward” weekend of an hour of sleep lost, Oregon state Senator Kim Thatcher (R-Keizer) announced Monday she will be working across state lines with other state’s lawmakers in a bid to stay on daylight saving time year-round. “I think most people would prefer to stay on daylight saving time throughout the

Fire managers on the Ochoco National Forest plan to burn downed juniper on about 120 acres near Black Canyon Wilderness on the Paulina Ranger District Tuesday morning, if weather and conditions allow. The burning will take place in the Upper Beaver project area, about 15 miles northeast of Paulina, in the vicinity of Rager Ranger

The High Desert Amateur Radio Group (HIDARG) through the Central Oregon Community College community education program is once again offering a course that will assist you in obtaining a ham radio license in one day. The course prepares students for the entry level “Technician Class” ham radio license. The one-day session is based on a

Good Tuesday Morning, Everyone…The rapid advance of a cold front from the west will thicken this morning’s partly cloudy skies and take us into a rainy, windy afternoon. Highs will range from the low 50’s to around 60 degrees. Southerly winds will pick up to 15-20 mph, with gusts in some areas as high as

A Portland man was sentenced Monday in federal court to two years probation for aiming a laser pointer at a TV news helicopter. According to court documents, on the evening of Nov. 9, 2016, Fernando Garces, 25, was driving on the Burnside Bridge in Portland during a protest. The bridge was full of pedestrians and

A truck hauling 84 head of cattle overturned on Highway 26 east of Madras Monday afternoon, and while a driver and passenger were uninjured, authorities said more than a dozen of the animals did not survive. The crash was reported around 2:45 p.m. on Highway 26 near milepost 7, about seven miles east of Madras,

(Update: Comments from family, DA) The jailed ex-boyfriend of a Bend woman who disappeared three weeks ago died Monday morning at St. Charles Bend, nearly 12 hours after apparently hanging himself in a shower at the Deschutes County Jail, District Attorney John Hummel said. And now, the search for Sara Gomez has become an even

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Damian Lillard had 32 points and 10 assists, and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Miami Heat 115-99 on Monday night for their 10th straight victory. Jusuf Nurkic added 27 points and 16 rebounds for the Blazers, who have the longest current winning streak in the NBA and a two-game lead

The Crook County School District Board of Directors announced Monday night that two finalists have been selected for further consideration to be the district’s next superintendent, beginning July 1. Superintendent Duane Yecha will finish his time in the District on June 30. The board and a screening committee of staff and community thoroughly reviewed a

Travel Oregon is surveying businesses across the state to get a feel for the impacts that wildfire season had last summer, and they now have a bit longer to weigh in. The idea behind the survey is to get a good snapshot of businesses across the state that were effected by the fire season last

Spring is just around the corner, and with it comes the hikers, bikers, campers, fishers, outdoor enthusiasts — and lots of garbage. Last summer, the Deschutes National Forest spent more than 5,000 hours cleaning up trash and human waste left behind by people using the public land. According to forest Wilderness Specialist Jason Fisher, 159

Starting April 1, Soroptimist International of Bend (SI Bend) will be placing their collection Bra Boxes around town at participating retail businesses to help bring awareness to the fight against international human trafficking. These garments will help create a pathway to a better life for a woman rescued from the sex slave trade in Africa

Happy Monday evening, everyone! Tonight expect increasing clouds with windy conditions at times. The next system is pressing in overnight, and we do welcome a chance for showers before sunrise tomorrow morning. Overnight lows will be in the 30s and lower 40s, which is well above average. Winds will be breezy at times at out

Oregon Food Bank of Portland said Monday it has initiated a Class II recall of 22,201 pounds of chia seeds, which were donated to the food bank and distributed across the state. It said the product may be contaminated with rodent droppings. “While no known illnesses have been associated with this product, use or consumption

A 21-year-old Deschutes County Jail inmate who showed signs of an opiate overdose was given two doses of Narcan and taken to the hospital for treatment, then returned to jail, sheriff’s deputies said Monday. The unidentified man arrived Sunday to be booked into the jail, sheriff’s Sgt. Bill Bailey said. He was initially assessed by

Here are the results of Friday’s KTVZ.COM Poll, asking if you think a President Trump/Kim Jong Un meeting will lessen the threat of a nuclear war: Do you think a President Trump/Kim Jong Un meeting will lessen the threat of nuclear war?Yes – 42% (445 votes)No – 58% (627 votes)Total Votes: 1,072

(Update: Apartment building, duplex hit; more than dozen cats killed) PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A large fire at a Portland scrap yard has spread to an apartment building and a duplex, burning some units. The wind-driven fire began Monday morning and fire officials say it will burn for hours. No injuries have been reported, though

A “superacid” much stronger than automobile battery acid has enabled a key advance toward a new generation of LED lighting that’s safer, less expensive and more user-friendly. Researchers at Oregon State University used the organic superacid to improve the performance of “quantum dots” made from copper indium disulfide, a compound much less toxic than the

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Statistics show the Eugene Police Department disregarded one-third of the daily average service calls it received. The Eugene Register-Guard reports Interim Police Director David James recently told city councilors the department did so because the calls were deemed low priority and no officer would be available – either immediately or hours

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A suspected burglar accused of exchanging gunfire with Portland police has been identified as a 26-year-old woman. The Portland Police Bureau says Sarah Michelle Brown was booked into jail over the weekend after being released from a hospital. She’s charged with attempted murder, burglary, unlawful entry in a motor vehicle and