Month: June 2018

BOISE, Idaho (AP) – An Idaho utility has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency contending the agency failed to act on a request by the state of Idaho to modify water temperature standards below a hydroelectric project on the Idaho-Oregon border. The lawsuit filed Wednesday by Idaho Power Company in U.S. District

(Update: Coast Guard suspends search for teen) ROCKAWAY BEACH, Ore. (AP) – The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for a 17-year-old Colorado boy who disappeared off the Oregon Coast while boogie boarding after he was hit by a wave. The Coast Guard said Thursday in a news release that the boy’s father, 50-year-old

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The lawyer for a former Oregon first lady says she will file for bankruptcy after accumulating about $125,000 in debts and penalties during a legal battle with The Oregonian/OregonLive newspaper. Former first lady Cylvia Hayes’ lawyer, Eli Stutsman, said in a court filing Wednesday that the Bend woman plans to file

Web page articles and other written materials designed to encourage physical activity are often too difficult to be easily read and understood by most U.S. adults, limiting their effectiveness, new research from Oregon State University shows. Written resources can enhance and support health behavior changes and are considered a fundamental component of health promotion efforts.

New research shows that honeybees prioritize the nutritional status of larvae when selecting for a new emergency queen. The U.S. Department of Agriculture-funded study is published in the journal Scientific Reports and is the result of a research collaboration between entomologists at Oregon State University and North Carolina State University. This is the first study

In the six previous years of the Sisters Rodeo Xtreme bull riding, there has twice been a tie for the first go-round win, however in both 2014 and 2016 there was a clear-cut winner following the top ten final go-round. That was not the case this year for the Identity Zone-sponsored event held in conjunction

Employment scams are on the rise in 2018. Since January, U.S. residents have reported 1,500 employment scams to BBB Scam Tracker with over $1.4 million lost. Compare this to 1,000 scams with over $500,000 lost from January to May of last year. Similarly, employment scams from Northwest + Pacific residents have increased by 30 percent.

The Deschutes County Community Development Department’s Bend office will close at noon on Thursday, June 14 and remain closed on Friday, June 15 for renovations to improve customer service and operational efficiencies, the agency said. The office will re-open on Monday, June 18, at 9 a.m. Permit technicians will be available in CDD’s La Pine

Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley issued the following statement on Thursday’s 11-10 vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee to send the nomination of Ryan Bounds to the full Senate for a vacancy on the 9 th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals: “It’s a sad day for justice when Senator Grassley feels free to shatter

Oregon State University officials Thursday applauded a unanimous decision by the Bend City Council to approve the Oregon State University – Cascades campus master plan for development of a 128-acre campus that over the next two decades will serve up to 3,000 to 5,000 students. The council’s vote Wednesday night follows a required review by

Good Thursday Morning, Everyone…Today we sit out ahead of a system that will bring us some pretty radical change for the weekend. For now, that means mostly sunny conditions will daytime highs rising into the upper 70’s and low 80’s. NW breezes at 5-15 mph will get very gusty this evening. Skies will become partly

Finance Committee ranking member Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued the following statement in response to the Trump administration’s announcement Thursday that they have reached a deal to lift U.S. sanctions on the Chinese tech company ZTE: “This deal is a loser for American security and a loser for American workers. The president and congressional Republicans

TULSA, Okla. (AP) – A man whose screaming and threatening a flight attendant aboard a Delta Air Lines flight prompted an emergency landing in Oklahoma will be released to his parents pending trial. Court documents show 29-year-old Bolutife Olorunda of Vancouver, Washington, pleaded not guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Tulsa to interference with

Several Central Oregon veterans of the Korean War are getting the trip of a lifetime — and it’s free. On Wednesday, the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office gave a send-off to more than two-dozen vets on a bus to Portland, where they’ll spend the night. After that, they’ll fly to Washington, D.C. for an all-expenses-paid weekend.

The conflict between drivers and bicyclists in Bend is ongoing, but there may be an opportunity to improve the situation. The city of Bend is in the process of updating its transportation plan. The idea is to shape the future of city roads to minimize conflict between all those who use them including cars, bikes

A Deschutes County Jail inmate crew was out working east of Redmond Wednesday, starting to clean up what’s left of a homeless camp that’s been there for several years. Earlier this week, the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office handed out official eviction notices to roughly three-dozen people still living on the land between East Antler Avenue

Happy Wednesday evening, everyone! High clouds have been with us throughout the day and will stay with us tonight. We’ll see mostly clear to partly cloudy skies overhead. Temperatures will be mild and above average in the mid to upper 40s. Winds will be out of the northwest around 15 miles per hour. Tomorrow begins

Human encouragement might influence how dogs solve problems, according to a new Oregon State University study. The study, published in the journal Applied Animal Behaviour Science, sheds light on how people influence animal behavior, said study lead author Lauren Brubaker, a doctoral student in OSU’s Human-Animal Interaction Lab. Brubaker evaluated the behavior of search and

Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel said Wednesday his office has confirmed that a county jail inmate who killed his ex-girlfriend and left her body in a remote area 20 miles southeast of Bend died by suicide, and released a note he had penned denying the crime. Hummel said in a news release he has

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – A proposed ballot measure that would restrict ownership of what it defines as “assault weapons” and large-capacity magazines has wound up in the Oregon Supreme Court after a man sought a review of the ballot title, saying it was politically charged and deceptive. Phillip Lemman of the Oregon Judicial department says