Month: April 2018

The Oregon State University Board of Trustees on Monday approved the purchase of a Corvallis building that will serve as an OSU hub for biological and chemical science research. The 103,000-square-foot building at 4575 Research Way, two miles southwest from the center of Oregon State’s campus, was formerly occupied by a tenant, Sarepta Therapeutics, which

Deschutes County residents who have an interest in cycling and pedestrian issues are encouraged to apply to serve on Deschutes County’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee. BPAC members are appointed by the Board of County Commissioners. The 13-person committee promotes and encourages safe bicycling and walking as a significant means of transportation in Deschutes County.

Here are the results of Friday’s KTVZ.COM Poll, asking if you believe sheriffs should take a stand on gun control issues: Do you think sheriffs should take a stand on gun control issues? Yes – 34% (910 votes) No – 66% (1758 votes) Total Votes: 2,668

Good evening Central Oregon! A cold and breezy Monday today. We even saw some snow showers today across parts of the region. The wind is out of the west at 15-20 MPH and it is gusting up towards 25 MPH at some points. The chance for scattered rain and snow showers sticks with us through

The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office Marine Unit is pleased to announce the return of our free Mandatory Boater Education training classes as well as a pre-season opportunity to have your motorized boat inspected. State law requires Oregon residents 12 years of age and older who operate powered boats of more than 10 hp to obtain

Senator Jeff Merkley announced Monday that he will be accepting applications to the U.S. Senate Page Program. From now until Friday, May 18, students who will be juniors during the 2018-19 school year have an opportunity to apply to be part of the Page Program in fall 2018. The highly competitive Senate Page Program provides

Bend’s Deschutes Brewery is delaying and likely scaling back its planned East Coast brewery in Roanoke, Virginia. The Roanoke Times reported Monday that the craft beer brewer still plans to buy the land where it intends to build, as a show of good faith that they are still headed to Roanoke, eventually After courting several

Boating season is starting, and people hauling both motorized and non-motorized boats must stop at watercraft inspection stations opening around Oregon next week. Large orange “Boat Inspection Ahead” signs followed by “Inspection Required for All Watercraft” alert motorists. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife inspection stations in Ashland and Ontario are now open year-round. Stations

LAKEVIEW, Ore. (AP) – Red Rock Biofuels says it’s ready to start construction on a new plant in south-central Oregon. The Herald and News reports the facility in Lakeview is expected to annually convert 136,000 tons of woody biomass and forest bi-products into 15 million gallons of renewable fuels. The Colorado-based company identified Lakeview as

LEGGETT, Calif. (AP) – Authorities searching for a family whose SUV plunged into a rain-swollen Northern California river have found the vehicle and the body of a man and a girl inside it. The Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office said Monday that searchers located the car Sunday and recovered the bodies of 41-year-old Sandeep Thottapilly and

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – A judge has ordered an Eastern Oregon dairy not to interfere with the sale of its cattle to satisfy the demands of a major creditor. The Capital Press reports that Morrow County Judge Jon Lieuallen granted a preliminary injunction requiring the owner of Lost Valley Farm to cooperate with an auction

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Deputies have identified two young men who were killed outside a Salem bar. The Marion County Sheriff’s Office says 24-year-old Tobias Helms-Reese of Salem and 21-year-old Tyler Longacre, also of Salem, both died from gunshot wounds early Saturday. Detectives are continuing to investigate the shootings that left another man injured. They

Happy Monday morning, everyone! A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY is in effect for the west slopes of the Cascades. The advisory is in effect through 8 a.m. Tuesday for an expected 4-8″ of snow. Winter driving conditions are expected. Today Central Oregon can expect breezy conditions especially in the afternoon. Winds will gust around 25 miles

A pair of fires early Sunday morning that burned a northeast Salem home’s bedroom and destroyed a barn on the same property have been ruled to be arson, Oregon State Police said. OSP detectives and emergency personnel responded around 3 a.m. to the reported house fire in the 3500 block of Ward Drive Northeast, OSP

Cascade Natural Gas continues to upgrade existing systems on Northwest 14 th Street, between Galveston and Newport avenues on Bend’s Westside. Southbound traffic will be detoured 24/7 for the next several weeks, as that lane is closed. Motorists are encouraged to consider alternate routes. For weekly updates on Phase 7 of the Bend Pipeline Replacement

After an uproar on campus over prison labor used to make the University of Oregon’s furniture, one student reporter decided to see the prison for herself. Frankie Benitez writes for the Daily Emerald and was inspired to check out the the Oregon Corrections Enterprises furniture factory at the State Penitentiary in Salem when the Student

Hello Central Oregon! Today we were rainy and breezy. Daytime highs were below average in the upper 40’s to lower 50’s. The rain showers will break up later this evening. Overnight our skies become partly cloudy and temperatures will be cooler in the mid 30’s. Tomorrow there’s a slight chance of rain showers. If anything

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) – Republican members of Congress from the Pacific Northwest are upset with a federal judge’s order to spill water from four Snake River dams to help speed migrating salmon to the Pacific Ocean. They’re denouncing the spill and related efforts to permanently breach the four dams to increase wild salmon runs. The

SILVERTON, Ore. (AP) – No injuries or property damage have been reported following a 3.1-magnitude earthquake near the Oregon state capital. The U.S. Geological Survey confirmed the earthquake hit about 4 miles southwest of Silverton at 8:45 p.m. Saturday. Some nearby residents said they felt the earthquake, which also struck near the state capital city

(Update: More details) The Sunriver Library was closed Saturday due to a natural gas leak that crews had yet to locate and resolve, Deschutes Public Library officials said. “Gas has been turned off to the building and crews are working to identify the source of the leak,” said Chantal Strobel, communications and development manager for