Month: May 2018

Governor Kate Brown declared on Thursday a drought emergency for Lake County due to low snowpack and precipitation, low streamflows and warming temperatures as Oregon braces for the upcoming wildfire season. “Forecasts are predicting severe drought and wildfire conditions for much of Oregon,” Brown said. “The conditions in Lake County are already concerning, and I’m

BOISE, Idaho (AP) – A youth football team from Idaho has rescued two people from an overturned car in Eastern Oregon. The Boise Black Knights were headed home Tuesday after winning a championship in California when a car rolled over in front of their vans on a highway south of Jordan Valley, Oregon. Coach Rudy

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Search and rescue crews recovered the body of an Oregon climber who fell on Mount Adams. Yakima County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Casey Schilperoort says the body of Alexander Edward, of Hillsboro, was retrieved Wednesday after other climbers discovered it Sunday at around the 8,500-foot elevation of the mountain. Schilperoort says earlier

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Portland is considering adopting rules that require businesses with drive-thru windows to serve customers on bicycle or on foot, under certain conditions. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the city Planning and Sustainability Commission has added language to rules governing drive-thrus that state they must serve pedestrians and bicyclists if the store is still

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – The city of Keizer is offering to share its drinking water with Salem-area residents who’ve been warned by officials to avoid consuming their tap water because of the discovery of low levels of algae toxin. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports three water stations with 24-hour access have been opened at Keizer City Hall

(Update: AP story on oversupply) PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – When Oregon lawmakers created the state’s legal marijuana program, they made low barriers to entry to convince pot growers to leave the black market. As a result, weed production boomed, but with a bitter consequence. Now marijuana prices in Oregon are in freefall, and the farmers

The city of Sisters is building an inventory of hundreds of trees on city land and how they are doing, to track progress over time. Sisters is taking a look at the trees to make sure that they are healthy, so they can be preserved or removed if they are deemed dangerous. Dan Galecki, the

While we anticipate this year’s fire season, we have not quite put the past behind us. Wildfires you thought were over may still be lingering. It’s not very common, but some fires, especially big ones like the Milli Fire near Sisters last year, have a chance to come back to life. We’ve already seen a

The days are numbered for people living in a homeless camp east of Redmond. Evictions are in the near future for the remaining people living on the land. The property is owned by Deschutes County, the Central Oregon Irrigation District,and the Redmond School District. Notices are up, and starting Monday, squatters must start leaving. Last

The Bend Police Department will be focusing on distracted driving enforcement at two specific locations in Bend Wednesday afternoon. Officers will be focusing efforts on Southeast Ninth Street and Wilson Avenue, and at Southwest Simpson Avenue and Columbia Street from 1-5 p.m. The statistics are out there and show distracted driving plays a role in

An 81-year-old Sunriver man’s small plane made a hard landing and ran off the end of the Sunriver Airport runway Wednesday morning, crashing through a barrier fence but causing no injuries and only minor damage to the plane, officials said. The plane, a Mooney M20K, was on a local flight, returning to the resort community

Happy Wednesday evening, everyone! Winds are breezy this evening as a cold front lingers to our east. Temperatures will be chilly tonight, so grab a coat if you’re headed out this evening. Clouds have started to roll in and will continue overnight. Mostly cloudy skies will be overhead. Lows will bottom out in the upper

Effective Friday, the Bureau of Land Management prohibits the use of fireworks, target shooting with exploding targets, and the firing of a tracer or incendiary device on all BLM-managed public lands throughout Oregon and Washington. The ban will be in effect from June 1 to October 20. Wildfire conditions are expected to be normal in

(Update: federal air marshals de-escalate situation) TULSA, Okla. (AP) – A U.S. attorney in Oklahoma says federal air marshals de-escalated a situation involving an unruly passenger that forced a cross-country Delta Air Lines flight to land in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Tulsa-based prosecutor R. Trent Shores said in a statement Wednesday that the FBI will continue to

The Oregon Department of Transportation is hosting an open house next Monday evening to provide information and gather input about a planned safety project for improvements on the heavily traveled U.S. Highway 97 corridor between Redmond and Bend. The open house will be held from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the ODOT Region 4

The Central Oregon Fire Chiefs Association have announced a Friday closure for residential and private lands to open debris burning across the tri-county region in Deschutes, Crook and Jefferson counties. Burning debris piles on private lands in much of Central Oregon will not be allowed starting on Friday as the area heads into the summer

Here are the results of Tuesday’s KTVZ.COM Poll, asking if you would go to a foreign country for dental or medical procedures to save money: Would you go to a foreign country for dental or medical procedures to save money?Yes – 50% (373 votes)No – 50% (378 votes)Total Votes: 751

The Oregon State Marine Board will be holding three public hearings, including one in Bend, to gather feedback on proposed statewide rules of operation for wake sports. The hearings will be held in the following locations, dates and times: Deschutes County Services Building, Barnes Sawyer Meeting Room, 1300 NW Wall St. in Bend on Thursday,

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A federal judge granted a temporary restraining order, barring a Hillsboro high school from preventing a student from wearing a pro-border wall T-shirt to school for the rest of this school year. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Liberty High School had prohibited senior Addison Barnes from wearing his “Donald J. Trump Border Wall

(Update: Adding number of Oregon fatal crashes this month) A California semi-truck driver was killed in a rollover crash Tuesday afternoon on U.S. Highway 395 in Lake County, Oregon State Police reported. Troopers and other emergency personnel responded to the crash around 1:10 p.m. near milepost 151, OSP Captain Tim Fox said. A preliminary investigation