Month: May 2018

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Daughters of a Portland stabbing victim say their father was attacked after telling a homeless man not to camp in the neighborhood. Shawna Lebechuck and Kayla McNeel say their father, Kasey Lebechuck, was stabbed 17 times Sunday night. McNeel says her father was stabbed in the lungs, stomach, back, mouth, eye

HOOD RIVER, Ore. (AP) – Firefighters are trying to suppress a flare-up from last summer’s wildfire in the scenic Columbia River Gorge. U.S. Forest Service spokeswoman Rachel Pawlitz says a glow from the small hotspot was reported Tuesday about a half-mile east of the Herman Creek Trailhead. It was found smoldering in heavy downed timber.

Ten disaster responders from the local American Red Cross in Oregon and Southwest Washington (Cascades Region), including a Bend resident, are on the ground in Hawaii, helping communities affected by evacuations from the Kilauea volcano eruption. Alaina Mayfield of Bend has joined other responders from Burns, Eugene, Klamath Falls, Longview, Monmouth, Portland, Salem, Summerville and

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said Tuesday it is proposing some changes to big game hunting regulations beginning in 2019, the latest in a multi-year effort aimed at simplifying hunting and fishing regulations. “Hunters tell us the regulations are too complicated, so we are making an effort to simplify whatever we can while

Central Oregon’s Homeless Leadership Coalition said Tuesday it has been informed that Deschutes County, the Oregon Irrigation District and the Redmond School District plan to carry out evictions of themen and women who remain camped on public land east of Redmond. “This action has been noticed to occur starting on (Monday) June 4 but has

A new state analysis shows Oregon has seen a sharp increase in the rate of parents choosing nonmedical exemptions to vaccines for their kindergarten-age children, the Oregon Health Authority reported Tuesday. In 2015, the first year after a new law went into effect requiring parents and guardians to take certain steps to claim a nonmedical

This week, the Oregon FBI’s Tech Tuesday segment focuses on building a digital defense against a new threat targeting your home or business network. The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center – or IC3.gov – has just released a new, urgent warning for those who use routers either at home or in a small business. Cyber

AAUW of Bend Central Oregon Tech Trek Co-Director Kim DeBroux announced receipt of a number of grants for support of the AAUW sponsored 2018 Tech Trek Camp. The Tech Trek Camp, in its second year locally, is being held on OSU-Cascades Campus June 24-30. The American Association of University Women, AAUW, has worked hard for

The Bend Bikes Board of Directors has voted in Ariel Mendez as president of the board for a minimum one-year term. He replaces Nicholas Stevenson, who is moving out of Bend. Mendez regularly commutes by bicycle as a part-time instructor at OSU-Cascades and full-time parent. He is passionate about making Bend’s streets safer so that

Many Oregonians have good intentions each spring when they set out to eliminate wildfire hazards around the home. But the tools they use may actually start a wildfire, if not handled properly. A sad example is the 2015 Stouts Creek Fire in southwest Oregon. Reportedly caused by a resident mowing dry grass, this fire eventually

School isn’t out yet, but it is time to plan now for a busy youth fall soccer season. The deadline to register for the 2018 Bend Unified Recreational Soccer League (BURSL) fall season is Monday, June 11. Jointly run by the Bend Park and Recreation District and the Bend FC Timbers, the program is open

(Update: Rescue completed, details) MOUNT HOOD, Ore. (AP) – Three climbers who fell about 300 feet on Oregon’s Mount Hood have been rescued. Portland Mountain Rescue says it keeps rescue teams ready on the mountain for emergencies and went to the mountain’s Hogsback area at around 10,750 feet elevation on Monday morning. The three climbers

The Oregon Department of Transportation is committed to providing a safe, efficient transportation system. ODOT invests in Oregon’s future through roadway improvement projects. The following projects are located in ODOT’s Region 4 encompassing Central Oregon from The Dalles to Klamath Falls on the east side of the Cascades. All work is dependent on weather conditions

For the second time in a week, St. Charles Bend was placed under a brief lockout late Monday night due to a “potential threat,” an official said. Hospital spokeswoman Lisa Goodman said Bend police “responded, evaluated the situation and ultimately cleared the lockout” that began around 10 p.m. In a lockout, no one is allowed

Good Tuesday Morning, Everyone…With the approach of a weak cold front combined with weakening high pressure overhead, we will see a gradual increase in our cloud cover today. Highs will range from the upper 60’s to mid 70’s. NNW winds at 5-15 mph through the afternoon will get very gusty this evening. We will see

It was a beautiful day to end Memorial Day weekend, but it did not end without some traffic. According to several people in Sisters, the traffic from Bend to Sisters and on to Santiam Pass was bumper to bumper Monday afternoon. It cleared up as the afternoon turned into evening. Sisters’ Pumphouse and Country Store

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – Two-time defending champion Oklahoma and No. 1 seed Oregon highlight the Women’s College World Series field. The top eight seeds qualified, including four teams from the Pac-12. The games begin Thursday at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City. No. 4 seed Oklahoma (55-3) will face No. 5 Washington (49-8).

A fire broke out along U.S. Highway 26 at Warm Springs Monday evening, closing the highway for about an hour as many travelers headed home from the Memorial Day weekend. Motorist John Stevens said he was the last car let through around 7:10 p.m. after the fire broke out across the street from the Eagle

Firefighters were kept busy with several blazes around the region over the Memorial Day weekend. A fire at a reported transient camp off Sockeye Place in northeast Bend on Monday morning burned a tent, tree and a small area of brush, officials and witnesses said. Officials believe cooking might have sparked the fire. Around the

As usual, visitors flocked to Central Oregon for the Memorial Day weekend. The Lava Lands Visitor Center near Sunriver was one of the places many people visited. It was a packed parking lot at the Lava River Caves Monday. Dozens of people arrived in the mid-afternoon, eager to head underground and check out the caves.