Month: June 2018

The Family Access Network, which offers assistance, possibility and hope to Central Oregon families in need by connecting them with crucial resources that will help children flourish in school and in life, announced Tuesday that it was awarded a $10,000 Community Impact Grant from New York Life. The grant will support FAN advocate services, which

Oregon’s unemployment rate was once again at 4.1 percent in May, right where it’s been for nearly 18 months, the state Employment Department reported Tuesday. For 17 consecutive months, the rate has been at or near 4.1 percent, its lowest level since comparable records began in 1976. The U.S. unemployment rate dropped to 3.8 percent

Following questioning from Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., a Trump-appointed commissioner from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission testified Tuesday the Trump administration’s scheme to prop up uncompetitive coal plants would raise utility rates for American families, according to Wyden’s office. At a hearing before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, FERC commissioner Richard Glick told

Senator Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement regarding President Trump’s meeting with Kim Jong Un: “There is no military solution to the crisis with North Korea, so it is important that the Administration continues to pursue diplomacy. “The Singapore Summit, however, was a colossal disappointment. North

Oregon State University said Tuesday it has received $88 million from the National Science Foundation to lead construction of a second Regional Class Research Vessel to help bolster the nation’s aging academic research fleet. The National Science Foundation selected Oregon State in 2013 to lead the initial design phase for as many as three new

Beginning July 6, Alaska Airlines will add a 147-seat Boeing 737-800 to their daily flight schedule from Redmond Municipal Airport to Seattle. The aircraft, serviced by Horizon Air, will become the largest aircraft ever to serve RDM, building on Alaska Airlines’ existing network from Redmond to Seattle and Portland, airport officials said Tuesday. According to

Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, along with Reps. Suzanne Bonamici, Earl Blumenauer, Peter DeFazio and Kurt Schrader, D-Ore., demanded Monday that the acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement immediately allow individuals being held at a federal prison in Sheridan, Ore., under the Trump administration’s “zero-tolerance policy” to access legal services through free

Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., greeted two World War II and 23 Korean War veterans who came to Washington, D.C. last week to visit their memorials on the National Mall through the Honor Flight of Central Oregon. The veterans, all of whom come from Deschutes and Jefferson counties, met Walden at the World War II Memorial

Good Tuesday Morning, Everyone…High pressure will dominate the weather picture for the entire western United States today. That will spell sunny, warm conditions for the High Desert today. Highs will be in the low to mid 80’s and easterly breezes will stay gentle at 5-10 mph. A few clouds will build in tonight, but there

(Update: Comments from Barbeau after release from jail) A Redmond man walked out of the Deschutes County Jail late Monday afternoon, 11 days after being arrested on assault charges stemming from an alleged Bend road rage incident and hours after District Attorney John Hummel announced he was dropping the charges due to the alleged victim’s

The Madras Aquatic Center Recreation District Board unanimously approved a “no-cause termination” agreement with director Joe McHaney on Monday evening, more than two months after he was placed on paid administrative leave over allegations that were never made public. The board held yet another closed-door executive session Monday to discuss the matter before approving the

Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced Monday that the 2018 Farm Bill proposed by the Senate doubles the size of the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program and extends it through 2023. This critical program, which helps fund collaborative and community-based forest management, has a proven track record of improving forest health, reducing wildfire

Redmond School District has announced its free Summer Meals Program schedule for the summer of 2018. The program allows children who are 18 years of age and under to receive a nutritious breakfast and lunch at no charge. No registration is required to participate. The Redmond School District participates in the U.S. Department of Agriculture

The City of Redmond recently launched its annual Community Survey. The purpose is to learn what the community thinks about the work the City of Redmond does for them. The survey includes more than 30 questions ranging from how safe people feel, to their views on the downtown, to overall livability in Redmond, to their

Pandora moths have returned to Central Oregon, but this year in caterpillar form. Last summer, Central Oregon saw a huge number of moths covering nearly everything. Now, they’ve laid eggs, and their eggs have hatched. So now they are 3-inch-long caterpillars, hungry for lodgepole and Ponderosa pine needles. Once they’ve eaten their fill, they’ll head

(Update: Comments from ODOT spokesman, La Pine city manager) Crews from Roy Houck Construction Co. of Salem, under contract to the Oregon Department of Transportation, have begun work on a major U.S. Highway 97 improvement project between Sunriver and the intersection with state Highway 31 south of La Pine. ODOT Region 4 spokesman Peter Murphy

OAKRIDGE, Ore. (AP) – Oakridge Mayor Jim Coey has resigned rather than face a possible recall effort. Coey told The Register-Guard in a phone interview Monday that “life’s too short” to deal with what’s going on. Two Oakridge residents who sit on the city’s planning commission began gathering signatures earlier this year to recall Coey.

SEATTLE (AP) – Seattle city leaders say they’ll work to repeal a tax passed just last month on businesses such as Amazon and Starbucks designed to help pay for homeless services and affordable housing. Amazon and other businesses had sharply criticized the levy, and the online retail giant even temporarily halted construction planning on a

(Update: Family identified BRINNON, Wash. (AP) – Authorities say a family of five was killed in an explosion at their vacation cabin on Washington state’s Hood Canal. Brinnon Fire Chief Tim Manly said Monday that two adults and their three children died in the fire early Sunday. He says the family from Monroe, Washington, spent

SEASIDE, Ore. (AP) – Researchers at Oregon State University say some Seaside bridges and roads should be prioritized for improvement after a simulation discovered they would have higher mortality rates in an earthquake and tsunami. The Daily Astorian reports the researchers found that the bridge on Broadway Street over Neawanna Creek would result in the