Month: May 2018

Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., announced Tuesday that 33 rural counties in Oregon will begin receiving Secure Rural Schools payments this week, following the Oregon lawmakers’ successful work in Congress to extend the lifeline funding program for schools, roads and law enforcement. “As the author of the law that created the SRS program,

The state of Oregon honored and remembered 183 fallen law enforcement officers during an hour-long memorial ceremony held Tuesday at the state memorial, located at the Oregon Public Safety Academy in Salem. More than 400 were in attendance at Tuesday’s ceremony, which included more than 80 family members of fallen officers. During her comments on

SELCO Community Credit Union has awarded $33,000 in college scholarships to 22 graduating high school seniors throughout Oregon, including six students from Central Oregon. The scholarships — each totaling $1,500 — provide assistance for college-related expenses and help fulfill SELCO’s mission to aid member-owners in achieving their goals. Scholarship recipients were chosen from applicants from

Here are the results of Monday’s KTVZ.COM poll, asking if it’s illegal in Oregon to have a dog on your lap when driving: Is it illegal in Oregon to have a dog on your lap when driving?Yes – 74% (525 votes)No – 26% (189 votes)Total Votes: 714 Answer: It is not illegal. However, a bill

The Crook County Sheriff’s Office is joining other law enforcement agencies throughout Oregon in a nationwide safety belt and child car seat traffic enforcement “blitz” from Monday, May 14 through Sunday May 27. This enhanced safety belt enforcement is provided through overtime funding from the USDOT’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The federally funded overtime

A Bend man apparently driving drunk on Highway 97 south of Redmond refused to pull over for a Deschutes County sheriff’s deputy Monday afternoon and his pickup nearly struck an Oregon Department of Transportation worker, then left the road and crashed, critically injuring the driver, deputies said. Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched around 2:45 p.m. to

(Update: Adding Wyden statement) Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore. issued sharply critical statements Tuesday after President Trump announced that he will pull the U.S. out of the Iran nuclear deal. “This is a mistake of enormous proportions for America’s safety and security,” said Merkley, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. “A

Over the weekend, Jackson County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue personnel were called upon to rescue a horse that had become stuck in mud. The successful rescue was made possible by recent animal rescue training in Bend and new specialized equipment, officials said Tuesday. On Saturday, shortly after 8 p.m., dispatch received a call from

Following a year-long bipartisan investigation into alleged opioid pill dumping in rural communities, Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., pressed the nation’s top drug distributors for answers Tuesday as to their role in the opioid crisis. Walden, who chairs the House Energy and Commerce Committee, stressed the need for drug distributors to recognize their responsibility to help

This week, the Oregon FBI’s Tech Tuesday segment focuses on building a digital defense against gift card fraud. Mother’s Day is less than a week away – so if you haven’t bought that special someone a present yet, a gift card may seem like an easy option. But easy doesn’t always mean safe. The National

At his annual State of the University address in Bend, Oregon State University President Edward Ray said school leaders will keep working to secure more state funding to continue the expansion of OSU-Cascades. More than 400 people attended the address Monday night. The campus will seek about $17 million for a Student Success Center and

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A regional jail in The Dalles is no longer honoring U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainers for people entering the jail on local charges. Oregon Public Broadcasting reports the Northern Oregon Regional Corrections Facility, known as NORCOR, officially changed its policy last month after settling a lawsuit with a man who

(Update: Cleanup, brush removal extended north to Colorado Avenue) Maintenance crews from the Oregon Department of Transportation and the city of Bend have extended this week’s work on a cleanup and brush-removal effort on the southern end of the Bend parkway north to Colorado Avenue, ODOT said Tuesday. Work to clear the brush began at

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) – Medford residents discovered recruiting materials outside their homes from the United Northern and Southern Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. The Mail Tribune reports the fliers, found Sunday morning on sidewalks or on driveways of several Medford homes, were each nestled inside a clear Ziploc baggie with a piece of hard

(Update: Rainfall delays prescribed burn by a week) Storms dropping rain in the area have prompted the Ochoco National Forest to delay by a week its planned 1,200-acre prescribed burn near Spears Meadow along U.S. Highway 26. “Due to the storm that came through Sunday night and the expected moisture coming through the area tonight,

Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced findings Tuesday from an independent investigation he sought showing that government agencies responsible for protecting endangered species are failing to effectively use authority Congress provided to combat wildlife trafficking in the United States. A U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) investigation requested by Wyden found the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Alexis Taylor, director of the Oregon Department of Agriculture, will travel to China with Oregon food and drink producers to encourage trade and increase prosperity through agricultural exports. Taylor and more than a dozen producers from all over the state will travel to Shanghai, China from May 12-17. “The delegation going to China this year

Meadowfoam, a native Pacific Northwest plant cultivated as an oilseed crop, has emerged as a potential new source of protection against the sun’s harmful effects on the skin. The findings by scientists at Oregon State University are important because nearly 10,000 people a day in the United States are diagnosed with skin cancer, resulting in

Campaigning on the slogan “Not Me, Not I, But Us,” La Pine High School junior Trentyn Tennant was unanimously elected Executive Vice President of the Oregon Future Business Leaders of America chapter by its 300 voting delegates. About 2,000 attendees at the annual State Business Leadership Conference in Portland also heard his campaign speech, in

Good Tuesday Morning, Everyone… After a beautiful, sunny start to the day a system advancing from the Pacific will increase our cloud cover through the day and bring a chance of afternoon and evening thunderstorms. Highs will be in the low 80’s and light winds in the morning will pick up out of the west