Month: March 2018

One week after a La Pine dog breeder surrendered 53 dogs to authorities, one of which had to be euthanized, she was charged Friday with two felony counts of animal neglect, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said. Sheriff’s Sgt. William Bailey said an investigation began the day the removal of the dogs from the woman’s property

Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., celebrated Friday an increase in the Social Security Administration’s budget in the omnibus spending bill to address the substantial Social Security disability appeals backlog. For months, Wyden has been calling on congressional appropriators to provide adequate resources to address this growing crisis, along with Ohio Senator Sherrod

Sisters Rodeo said Friday it has selected bullfighter Rowdy Barry as the 2018 grand marshal of the rodeo parade to honor his decades of dedication to the sport and 25 years of “membership” in the Sisters Rodeo family. Barry is retiring from bullfighting after the 2018 rodeo season. “Sisters is a special rodeo for me,

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – An Oregon Department of Revenue employee uploaded data on about 36,000 people to a private account, but officials said the information doesn’t appear to have been given to anyone else. The staffer, who was not identified, uploaded at least one file containing names, addresses and Social Security numbers to a cloud

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Authorities arrested a Warrenton man accused of making hoax distress calls to the U.S. Coast Guard in 2016. The defendant – 35-year-old Bud Burkleo – pleaded not guilty Friday at the federal courthouse in Portland. U.S. Magistrate Judge John V. Acosta set a May 29 trial date and granted Burkleo pretrial

Here are the results of Thursday’s KTVZ.COM Poll, asking: Do you think raising tariffs on Chinese imports will be good for the U.S. economy? Yes – 28% (852 votes) No – 72% (2235 votes) Total Votes: 3,087

Happy Friday Central Oregon! It was a cool and snowy day for some spots across the high desert. And that snow is going to hang around as we make our way into the overnight hours and into Saturday. Breezy as well with wind out of the south at 5-15 MPH and gusting up to 20

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Oregon’s attorney general says she is reviewing whether to launch an investigation of Facebook, including whether it violated a state law that protects online customers’ private information. Ellen Rosenblum told The Associated Press Thursday that she and several other state attorneys general are drafting a letter to Facebook, asking how it

ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers wants to take 500 eggs from double-crested cormorant nests to protect juvenile salmon in the Columbia River. The Daily Astorian reports Friday that The Audubon Society of Portland wants the agency to halt its efforts to reduce the number of birds on East Sand Island

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – An updated pension roll of Oregon public employees shows that the former president of a Portland university receives more than $76,000 each month. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the Oregon Public Employees Retirement System will pay more than $913,000 annually to Oregon Health & Science University President Joe Robertson, who retired at the

The Oregon and Washington departments of transportation said Friday they have extended studded tire season in the two states until the end of the day Sunday April 15, due to expected snowfall in mountain passes. Travelers can use studded tires from November 1 through March 31. State law grants each state’s transportation agency the authority

Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Reps. Peter Welch, D-Vt., and Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., rolled out legislation Friday that would require the president to disclose the topline annual budget request to Congress from each of the 16 federal agencies conducting intelligence activities. Currently, spending levels for these federal intelligence agencies and activities

The City of Bend will be releasing a weekly road and traffic report each Friday during peak construction season to help travelers plan the quickest, safest and most reliable routes to their destinations. The weekly report is intended to provide information about various projects within the City that impact traffic. The city coordinates and permits

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) – Commissioners in Jackson County are asking U.S. Rep. Greg Walden to help keep the Medford air tanker base open. Giant air tankers and other aircraft fly out of the base to dump retardant on summer wildfires. The Mail Tribune reports that evaluators are collecting information about air tanker bases in Medford

TANGENT, Ore. (AP) – Authorities are investigating the deaths of three bald eagles in Linn County. Oregon State Police investigators believe the eagles were shot. The agency told KATU-TV no arrests have been made, and there isn’t a suspect. Though no longer endangered, the birds are still protected by state and federal law. It’s illegal

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A grand jury has found no criminal wrongdoing by two Portland police officers who shot a woman suspected of burglary earlier this month. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Officers Darrel Shaw and Joseph Webber exchanged gunfire with 26-year-old Sarah Michelle Brown, who was wounded on her hand and leg. The grand jury has

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said Friday that the expanded low-income housing tax credit in the large government spending bill that passed the Senate will provide much-needed affordable housing help for families in Oregon and nationwide. The 12.5 percent increase in the allocation of low-income housing tax credits for the states and income-test adjustments benefiting the

Good Friday Morning, Everyone… A powerful WINTER storm system is already bringing heavy snow and rain to the coast, the Willamette Valley and the Cascades. It will quickly thicken our cloud cover and bring rain and snow to the High Desert later today. Highs will be in the mid 30’s to mid 40’s and and

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Authorities say a Multnomah County inmate is missing after he allegedly stole a work truck while working as part of a cleanup crew in Northeast Portland. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports 25-year-old Scott M. Smith stole an Oregon Department of Transportation truck Thursday afternoon. The sheriff’s office says the truck was reportedly left

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) – Authorities say two people were injured in an explosion at the HP Inc. campus in Corvallis. The Gazette-Times reports that firefighters responded at about 3:30 p.m. Thursday to reports of an explosion on the high-tech campus. Corvallis Fire Department spokesman Jim Patton says a hydrogen generator exploded inside a laboratory. He