Month: June 2018

(Update: School district says Jackson on unpaid leave, doing their own investigation) A Bend Senior High School English teacher was arraigned Thursday on an expanded list of 24 charges that he illegally downloaded child pornography photos and videos on his home computer. Jason Brian Jackson, 50, appeared before Deschutes County Circuit Judge Raymond Crutchley with

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – The Oregon Court of Appeals has rejected an appeal by administrators of a prime marijuana-growing county who had been foiled in their attempt to restrict commercial pot production. The court dismissed the Josephine County Commissioners’ appeal Wednesday. The county commission in December tried to ban commercial pot farming on smaller rural

Happy Thursday evening, everyone! Winds won’t be nearly as strong as we saw last night. Gusts will top out around 20 miles per hour out of the north. Central Oregon has seen some clouds develop this afternoon and they will stick around until about midnight. Overnight clouds will clear out and we’ll start with mostly

Here are the results of Wednesday’s KTVZ.COM Poll, asking if you believe North Korea is no longer a nuclear threat: Do you believe North Korea is no longer a nuclear threat? Yes – 12% (95 votes) No – 88% (691 votes) Total Votes: 786

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for a man who had been fishing from the shore near Clatsop Spit. Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read said the fisherman’s wife contacted authorities Wednesday morning after her husband failed to return home. He had sent her a text message Tuesday night.

Children age 0-18 are invited to eat healthy, tasty meals for free all summer long at locations throughout Bend and La Pine, thanks to the Bend-La Pine Schools’ summer meals program. The program, which is funded through the United States Department of Agriculture, includes lunches of a hot entree or sandwich, fruit, vegetable, low fat

When school lets out for the summer, thousands of Oregon children lose access to breakfast, lunch and afterschool meals that are available during the regular school year. Many children and families rely on these school meals to supplement what is available at home. The Summer Food Service Program helps to fill this gap by providing

NewsChannel 21 Fox @ 4 will not air Thursday or Friday afternoons, pre-empted by Fox Sports coverage of the U.S. Open golf tournament. Our other newscasts will air as scheduled on KTVZ (NBC) at 5, 6 and 7 p.m. Please join us!

(Update: Clarifying that teen had provisional driver’s license, accused of violating provisions) A 16-year-old Bend boy is accused of speeding and driving recklessly when an extended-cab pickup carrying eight teens left China Hat Road southeast of Bend Friday afternoon and slammed head-on into a juniper tree, authorities said. Three of the teens were still in

Beginning July 1, distracted driving penalties in Oregon will start adding up, ODOT warned Thursday. Distracted driving is already exacting a high price – with fatalities and serious injuries occurring regularly in crashes where a driver is distracted – and now the cost for the driver may go even higher. Offenses under the state’s distracted

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Police say two Portland officers were injured when their patrol car collided with an ambulance in Northwest Portland. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the crash occurred around 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Portland Police Bureau spokesman Pete Simpson says no one in the ambulance was injured and it was not carrying a patient. He says

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) – An annual tally of homeless people in Jackson County found an increase of nearly 100 from a year earlier. Volunteers counted 732 homeless people the county that includes Medford and Ashland, a 16 percent jump from the 633 found in 2017. The Mail Tribune reports the count was conducted Jan. 22.

(Update: Roundabout opening delayed a day) C rews working for the Oregon Department of Transportation have been working on the Oregon Highway 126 – Tom McCall Road roundabout since January, and it’s now set to open Friday morning. ODOT on Thursday cited “unforeseen difficulties” in delaying the scheduled Thursday opening by 24 hours. Planning for

Good Thursday Morning, Everyone…We are anticipating a pretty mild day today, but a light flow out of the NW will keep our daytime highs a little below average. Under mostly clear skies those highs will range from the mid 60’s to low 70’s. NW breezes will pick up to 5-15 mph this afternoon. Skies will

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – A man who authorities say brought two women from Idaho to Oregon to work as prostitutes has been sentenced to more than six years in federal prison. The Register-Guard reports 36-year-old Anthony Jones was sentenced Wednesday after pleading guilty in federal court to charges of interstate transport of individuals for prostitution

The Nature Conservancy invites anyone interested in maintaining Juniper Hills Preserve east of Prineville to participate in an overnight volunteer work party on the weekend of Saturday & Sunday, July 14 th – 15 th . Juniper Hills Preserve is located on the Crooked River in Central Oregon and harbors ancient western junipers, an outstanding

Deschutes County commissioners received an update on the troubled 911 radio system during a work session Wednesday afternoon and also took a stand against historic designation of a Bend-area irrigation canal. County 911 officials told commissioners at their work session about the latest on improvements being made to the system after an upgrade caused serious

The Oregon Health Authority reissued a recreational health advisory Wednesday for Detroit Lake, 46 miles southeast of Salem, due to continued presence of harmful algae. Water monitoring has again confirmed the presence of harmful algae above Oregon Health Authority recreational guideline values for cyanotoxins. At measured levels, cyanotoxins can be harmful to humans and animals.

Two Bend city councilors are among the four residents so far who want to be Bend’s first elected mayor, having taken out petitions to seek signatures and run for the seat on the November ballot. Councilor Bill Moseley announced his candidacy Tuesday, the day after he took out the petition for the elected mayor designated

The community of Prineville is rallying in impressive fashion behind a recent Crook County High School graduate who is in need of a kidney transplant. Oregon Health & Science University reached out to the school on behalf of Vicente Ramirez, 18, from Prineville, asking for the community to help in raising funds so he can