Month: May 2018

The Santiam Pass Ski Lodge located near the Hoodoo Ski Resort will undergo renovations. The Friends of the Santiam Pass Ski Lodge gave a presentation Monday evening to a crowd of about 50 in Sisters. The lodge was built in the 1940s and has sat empty for 30 years. It served as a ski lodge

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The family of a 32-year-old climber who died after tumbling 600 feet down Mount Hood has filed a lawsuit, claiming the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office and county 911 were responsible for a series of missteps that contributed to a more than four-hour rescue delay. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports that John Thornton Jenkins

May is Wildfire Awareness Month in Oregon, and the ideal time to trim back trees and shrubs from around your home that could pose a wildfire threat. As you begin spring clean-up, Keep Oregon Green, the Oregon Department of Forestry and the Oregon Office of State Fire Marshal urge you to chip or recycle yard

Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Billy J. Williams, U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon, recognize the service and sacrifice of federal, state, local, and tribal police officers on the occasion of National Police Week, and commented Monday on the FBI’s 2017 Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted report. “One officer death is too many,”

Oregon State Police troopers have to be prepared for just about anything on a traffic stop, but finding 10 puppies locked in the trunk of a car on a warm May day isn’t your typical sort of rescue. Around 3:30 p.m., Senior Trooper and K-9 handler Travis Peterson stopped a 2008 Ford Fusion for speeding

The Deschutes National Forest was temporarily closing Forest Road 4603, which offers access to Tumalo Falls Day use area, overlooks and parking area, Monday afternoon. The gate to this area will be closed to allow for contractors to repair the upper overlook on Tuesday. Officials said a recent routine inspection of the upper overlook showed

(Update: Adding chosen C. Oregon school districts) The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality said Monday it is providing funding toward the replacement of at least 450 diesel school buses 2007 or older as part of its plan to spend about $72.9 million it expects from a settlement in the case of the “defeat devices” on

A FedEx driver who struck and killed a bicyclist at a downtown Bend intersection last November is being charged with a traffic violation, but not a crime, Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel announced Monday. The cyclist, Jonathan Chase Adams, 31, of Bend, died Nov. 22 of injuries he suffered when his bike collided with

The mayor of the small town of Metolius, just south of Madras, was arrested Sunday. Mayor John Chavez was arrested Sunday evening after the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said he got in a fight with his brother, Richard Chavez. According to Sheriff Jim Adkins, police were called to John Chavez’s home around 8:30 p.m. Sunday

After a hearing held Monday, it’s up to a Deschutes County judge to decide if a proposed gun-related ballot measure title is accurate and if the language in the measure is used correctly for voters to understand. Initiative petition 9-2018-1, the Second Amendment Protection Ordinance, was filed by a group in Redmond. This proposed ordinance

Happy Monday evening, everyone! Winds will be breezy at times out of the northeast tonight gusting 15 miles per hour. We’ll be fairly calm overall with variable winds after sunset and mostly clear skies. Temperatures stay mild and above average in the low to mid 40s. Tomorrow begins with sunshine and comfortable temperatures for the

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – An undercover sheriff’s deputy has shot a man outside a Burger King in outer southeast Portland. The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office said Monday the man was a wanted suspect who put his vehicle in reverse and rammed the deputy’s patrol car when the deputy tried to contact him. The unidentified suspect

The failed Wickiup Junction overpass project in La Pine is set to be taken apart in the next few months. ODOT spokesperson Peter Murphy said Monday the agency is deciding on a contractor to take down the sinking girders that were supposed to hold up the overpass. The contractor will be chosen some time in

SEATTLE (AP) -The Seattle City Council has approved a tax on large businesses such as Amazon and Starbucks to fight homelessness. The council on Monday unanimously backed a compromise tax plan that will charge large businesses about $275 per full-time worker a year. It’s lower than the $500-per-worker tax initially proposed. The tax would begin

Here are the results of Friday’s KTVZ.COM poll, asking if you think large businesses should be taxed to pay for homeless housing and services: Should large businesses be taxed to pay for homeless housing and services?Yes – 19% (222 votes)No – 81% (962 votes)Total Votes: 1,184

Oregon DMV’s customer call centers will close at 3 p.m. Friday, May 18, for an upgrade to a new telephone system over the weekend. The upgrade is part of a statewide rollout of a new phone platform for all state government agencies. All Oregon DMV customer phone numbers throughout the state go to call centers,

Bend’s original craft brewery is gearing up for its 30 th anniversary with a week of celebrations in Bend spanning Monday, June 24 – Saturday, June 30. On June 27 th , 1988, Deschutes Brewery opened the doors of its Bend Public House on Bond Street. Three decades and a lot of beer later, the

Warmer weather must be around the corner because the pool cover at Juniper Swim & Fitness Center is coming off! Bend Park and Recreation District is making the seasonal change to the 50-meter pool beginning Monday. The work is expected to be completed by the end of the week. The cover is more than 50,000

A Grants Pass woman has been charged with setting 11 fires last Thursday evening in the Cave Junction area of Josephine County, Oregon State Police said. KOBI-TV reports fire officials said the blazes were started by a woman carrying a highway flare through a Cave Junction neighborhood, setting trash piles on fire. A few were

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Oregon is attracting more international tourists than ever before. The Daily Astorian reports the state had more than 1.1 million foreign visitors last year – up 11 percent from 2012. Those visitors spent $1.3 billion, up 18 percent from five year earlier, according to a report from research firm Tourism Economics.