Month: April 2018

The Leadership Redmond Class of 2018 is accepting donations for a life-size bronze statue memorial of Bob Eberhard. Long-time dairy owner and entrepreneur, Bob Eberhard passed in September of 2017 at the age of 82. Bob embodied the Central Oregon spirit. He is remembered by many in the Central Oregon as a community advocate, a

Hello Central Oregon! Today we have a chance of rain showers throughout the evening. This will break up right around 7 o’clock tonight. Overnight there will be a slight chance of rain showers. We’ll remain cloudy, which will blanket the heat close to our surfaces overnight. Our overnight lows will be fairly mild in the

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – The Oregon Court of Appeals has ruled that dwellings can be rebuilt on farmlands regardless of when the original buildings were removed. The Capital Press reports the court has overturned a ruling by Oregon’s Land Use Board of Appeals that dwellings could only be rebuilt if property taxes were imposed on

A 94-acre prescribed fire is scheduled for Shevlin Park west of Bend this spring in conjunction with a prescribed fire on the Deschutes National Forest near Phil’s Trailhead on the same day. The Bend Park and Recreation District said Thursday it is working closely with the U.S. Forest Service on the exact timing of the

A Redmond woman was arrested on DUII and other charges Wednesday evening after she struck a 17-year-old girl crossing South Highway 97 in Redmond, sending her to the hospital, Oregon State Police said. Troopers said the crash occurred shortly after 5 p.m. north of Odem Medo Road as the victim was standing in the highway

Good Thursday Morning, Everyone… A developing system over the Pacific has drawn far enough east to bring rain to the High Desert today. Highs will be in the mid to upper 50’s and southerly breezes will be gentle at 5-10 mph. We will see primarily rain at the pass levels, but Mt. Bachelor is expecting

New data show that Oregonians who enrolled in 2018 insurance at HealthCare.gov and qualified for subsidies have an average net premium of $138 per month. That average is down from last year, when it was $147, and shows significant savings compared to the average full-price premium of more than $500 per month. A large share

If no one told you the proper way to get rid of those leftover heartworm pills, bottles of flea shampoo and other pet care products your household no longer needs, you’re not alone. New research from Oregon State University found that more than 60 percent of veterinary care professionals do not counsel their clients when

The coastal marten, a small but fierce forest predator, is at a high risk for extinction in Oregon and northern California in the next 30 years due to threats from human activities, according to a new study. The study, published Wednesday in the online journal PeerJ, will be available to federal and state wildlife agencies

Fire crews put out a fire on an exterior wall of the Christian Church of Redmond Wednesday evening, arriving as a bystander tried to extinguish it with a garden hose. Firefighters were called around 7:30 p.m. to the Christian Church of Redmond on Southwest 10th Street, Fire Marshal Traci Cooper said. They arrived to find

A 24-year-old man was arrested in a raid last week on a butane hash/”honey oil” lab at an Alfalfa-area home where drug agents seized more than 18 pounds of BHO extract and hundreds of marijuana plants, officials said Wednesday. The Central Oregon Drug Enforcement Team released details of their investigation and a search warrant served

A safe containing a handgun, business papers and a large amount of cash was stolen in an early-morning burglary last week at a business south of Redmond, prompting a series of four Jefferson County raids, three arrests and the recovery of the safe and more than $100,000. Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies were dispatched early on

The city of Redmond said Wednesday it is partnering with the Redmond Parks Foundation and local youth to fundraise and construct an asphalt bike “pump track” at Homestead Park. The Redmond Parks Foundation, a nonprofit 501(c)(3), is seeking to get the entire community involved with the bike track project. With a funding goal of $50,000,

There’s a new scam involving a Central Oregon company. A website called CamoGym.Com is selling products that look like Hydro Flasks. NewsChannel 21 heard about this scam from the Better Business Bureau. Apparently, an Oregon woman tried to buy what looked like a Hydro Flask online, but the seller was a fraud. When you scroll

Before another courtroom packed with a crash victim’s family and friends, a Bend woman’s attorney entered not guilty pleas to manslaughter, DUII and other charges Wednesday in a Dec. 30 crash that killed dentist Marika Stone as she was cycling with two others east of the city. Shantel Witt, 41, was not required to be

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., held a Sisters town hall on Wednesday, talking about a variety of issues, including one followed closely by area residents: a recently passed funding bill that he said will help better fund firefighting efforts. In the past, federal funding to fight wildfires in a bad fire season often came form other

Happy Wednesday evening, everyone! We’ll see mostly cloudy skies with winds out of the west tonight as the next system pushes inland. Rain showers are expected to arrive overnight. Showers are going to be scattered and light. Lows will be mild in the upper 30s and lower 40s. Beginning tomorrow morning we will see some

Central Oregonians love their outdoor recreation, from skiing to hiking, mountain biking and rock climbing. But there’s another sport that’s less known, and that’s tree climbing. There might even be a “prize” waiting at the top, courtesy of a related sport. Brett Huet is a certified arborist and skilled tree climber. He’s been climbing for

Here are the results of Tuesday’s KTVZ.COM poll, asking if you think there should be a citizenship question on the 2020 Census: Do you think there should be a citizenship question on the 2020 Census?Yes – 75% (970 votes)No – 25% (323 votes)Total Votes: 1,293

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Officials in a southern Oregon county who have tried to restrict commercial marijuana growing are suing the state in federal court, asserting that while pot is legal in Oregon it remains illegal under federal law, which has supremacy. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Medford, escalates a battle