Month: May 2018

The St. Charles Health System Board of Directors and its executive leaders have voted to formally endorse Bend-La Pine Schools’ proposal to shift school start times, the organization announced Tuesday. “We believe this change, which would have elementary school students start the day earlier while middle and high school students start later, will benefit the

A colorful “Welcome Home” sign with a bouquet of balloons sits on the dinner table of Asheley Martino’s Bend home. Martino said family and friends have stopped by to check on her son, Avryn Hayes, since they got home on Friday. Avryn suffered a broken leg, broken back and suffered a traumatic brain injury. Martino

A small brushfire that broke out on a rock ledge above Wall Street north of downtown Bend Tuesday afternoon was quickly put out by firefighters who stopped it from reaching a nearby storage building. Crews responded just before 4 p.m. to the blaze, south of Revere Avenue, which was moving south and was about 10

The Deschutes National Forest said Tuesday it has chosen Deschutes Recreation to operate as a campground concessionaire on the forest, starting next year. The forest selected Deschutes Recreation, a subsidiary of Northwest Land Management, to manage Forest Service campgrounds beginning Jan. 1 through December 2024. “The Deschutes National Forest will work with Deschutes Recreation to

Happy Tuesday evening, everyone! Clouds are beginning to roll in and will continue to do so overnight. Our latest models show a chance for a few showers developing near the Deschutes County/Klamath County border around sunset, so I’m keeping a close eye on that possibility. Partly cloudy skies are expected this evening with very mild

Continuing his efforts to boost medical research and treatments for patients across the country, Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., supported comprehensive childhood cancer legislation as it won unanimous House approval Tuesday. Walden joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers in sending the Childhood Cancer Survivorship, treatment, Access, and Research (STAR) Act to the President’s desk, the congressman

Starting this week and continuing through the first week of June, the Deschutes National Forest will be improving Forest Road 41 west of Bend. Work is under way to upgrade the road surface, shoulders and pullouts on the road, located about 4 1/2 miles west of Bend. The road offers access to trailheads along the

The Deschutes National Forest and High Desert Museum are partnering to conduct a prescribed burn Wednesday on both High Desert Museum property and Forest Service-managed lands adjacent to the museum south of Bend. If conditions remain favorable, firefighters will begin burning at 10 a.m. The High Desert Museum will delay opening Wednesday, but visitors are

A ceremony was held on May 14 in Washington, D.C., where Associate Deputy Attorney General of the US Department of Justice Steven Cook, presented Bend Police Chief Jim Porter and his staff with the 2018 Valor program’s Officer Wellness Award. This award is in recognition for the Bend Police Department’s programs promoting physical fitness and

With an expected increase in travelers during the upcoming Memorial Day weekend and summer travel season, passengers at Redmond Municipal Airport might experience longer wait times at the TSA security checkpoint and limited paid parking lot availability, the airport advised Tuesday. To help RDM passengers ‘know before they go,’ RDM officials have updated the airport

Here are the results of Monday’s KTVZ.COM poll, asking if you think police should charge people or businesses for responding to false alarms: Do you think police should charge people or businesses for responding to false alarms?Yes – 67% (342 votes)No – 33% (172 votes)Total Votes: 514

SEATTLE (AP) – KOMO-TV, its aviation contractor and the estate of the station’s late pilot will pay $40 million to two men who were injured when a news helicopter nose-dived off the station’s rooftop near Seattle’s Space Needle four years ago and crashed into their cars. The Seattle Times reports the settlement came in court

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) – More than 100 people gathered across from Thurston High School to honor victims of the mass shooting that happened there on May 21, 1998. The Register-Guard reports that those who attended Monday night’s vigil expressed the importance of healing and remembrance, and a desire for change as school shootings continue to

In 2017, the Family Access Network gratefully received a $15,000 3-year grant at $5,000 a year from Deschutes Brewery, which will be used to support 150 disadvantaged children and family members in Deschutes County. FAN advocates efficiently connect children and their families to essential needs such as nutritious food, warm clothing, healthcare, housing assistance, and

(Update: Adding comments from city spokeswoman) The Human Dignity Coalition hopes the city of Bend allows it to have a Pride Parade in the future. On Monday, Coalition President Jaime Bowman said the organization first created a proposal for a Pride Parade in downtown Bend in 2016 and was verbally turned down by city staff.

Deschutes County is looking for Redmond residents who are interested in serving on the Planning Commission. The Planning Commission reviews land use policy and zoning regulations and makes recommendations to the Board of Commissioners. Members make up the official citizen involvement committee on land use planning for the unincorporated area of the County, providing a

The jobs situation was largely unchanged over the past month in Central Oregon, the state Employment Department reported Tuesday. The pace of job growth continues to slow and unemployment rates are holding at or near historically low levels. “Despite the slowing growth, Deschutes County maintains one of the fastest rates of job growth in the

Welcome to the Oregon FBI’s Tech Tuesday segment. This week, using your credit report to build a digital defense against ID theft. Last week, we talked about the toll that ID theft can take on your personal finances. A criminal organization steals your info – whether by data breach or through something as simple as

The Culver City Council voted down a potential RV park in the city limits. The decision Monday evening was unanimous. The park would have been located next to the city council building and bordered by a neighborhood. A feasibility study showed the cost of the RV park would have been around $2 million. During a

The blood of schizophrenia patients features genetic material from more types of microorganisms than that of people without the debilitating mental illness, research at Oregon State University has found. What’s not known is whether that’s a cause or effect of the severe, chronic condition that strikes about one person in 100. “It’s a common assumption