Month: June 2018

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Oregon will lead a national class-action lawsuit against internet and TV provider CenturyLink over allegations including fraudulent accounts and billing. The designation is the latest development since the 2017 filing of the lawsuit, which alleged the company pushed employees to secretly add services and charges to customer accounts. When the allegations

With summer fast approaching, construction season is heating up, which can sometimes take a toll on local residents. Road construction, in particular, is ramping up in a big way in Bend this week. The ongoing construction on Northwest 14th Street closed the road from Galveston to Newport avenues from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday.

Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies were at a homeless camp on land east of Redmond on Tuesday, handing out final eviction notices. From East Antler Road, there were only a few visibly remaining campsites, months after an effort to clear the land began. The campsites looked abandoned; one had a pile of things, and a sign

Happy Tuesday evening, everyone! Tonight winds will gust out of the northwest around 25 miles per hour. High clouds will stick around through sunset tonight. Temperatures will quickly cool after sunset which is at 8:45 p.m. Overnight expect mostly clear skies with a few cloud developing in the early morning hours. Tomorrow will see more

SEATTLE (AP) – Authorities say five people have been indicted on charges they hacked Target Corp. gift cards to the tune of nearly $800,000. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Seattle says the group devised an algorithm that could identify a gift card’s bar code, then used the company’s automated customer service telephone system to find

SEATTLE (AP) – Authorities say nine people were arrested at a protest of U.S. immigration policy that blocked a downtown Seattle street and disrupted traffic for nearly two hours. KOMO reports that the protesters, with the Northwest Detention Center Resistance, said they are opposed to the deportation of undocumented immigrants. Nine of the activists blocked

Here are the results of Monday’s KTVZ.COM poll, asking if a president should be able to pardon himself: Should a president be able to pardon himself?Yes – 22% (171 votes)No – 78% (608 votes)Total Votes: 779

(Update: Memorial service for Larsen on Sunday afternoon) A public memorial service is planned Sunday afternoon at the Deschutes County Fairgrounds for fallen Bend Fire Department firefighter Rhett Larsen, the agency announced Tuesday on the family’s behalf. Here’s the full statement: “To honor and remember the fallen Bend Fire Department firefighter, Rhett Larsen, who died

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – A class action lawsuit that alleges insufficient logging of Oregon’s forests can go to trial without first being reviewed the Oregon Court of Appeals. The Capital Press reports that Linn County Circuit Judge Daniel Murphy has rejected a motion by the State of Oregon to allow for an “interlocutory appeal” on

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) – The Washington Apple Commission says Mexico will immediately slap a 20 percent tariff on apples from the United States in response to the Trump administration’s tariffs on aluminum and steel. The commission said Tuesday that Washington state is the nation’s leading apple producer and Mexico is their biggest export market. The

BOISE, Idaho (AP) – A DNA study of sage grouse has revealed a vast network of mating grounds in the U.S. West akin to interconnected regional airport hubs that the imperiled species is using to maintain genetic diversity across its entire range. The 19-page report by the U.S. Forest Service made public in early May

A 40-year-old Salem man was killed in the crash of a small plane Monday afternoon near a private runway east of Salem, Marion County sheriff’s deputies said Tuesday. Deputies said Norman Newton was flying his Kit Fox 1 plane alone when he crashed for unknown reasons and died at the scene off Lardon Road NE.

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Civil rights groups in Oregon are calling for an investigation after a video showed a Marion County sheriff’s deputy punching a prone man more than a dozen times. The video shows four Marion County sheriff’s officers converging on a man standing on a street in the town of Detroit, then pulling

St. Charles Health System announced Tuesday it is partnering with Volunteers in Medicine Clinic of the Cascades to match up to $480,000 in funds the clinic raises over the next two years, nearly doubling the health system’s overall community benefit investment. VIM, which started in 1999 as a one-room clinic housed at Deschutes County Health

A Callaway County grand jury indicted five defendants in the death of Carl Debrodie. The indictments were filed March 30th and including the following counts: Sherry K. Paulo, 53, of Fulton, who was indicted for the following offenses: Count I – the class D felony of client neglect, Count II – the class C felony

(Update: Adding Tuesday hearing) Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on Tuesday pressed Interim Forest Service Chief Vicki Christiansen to ensure enough air tankers are available to fight fires in another significant fire year facing western communities. At a hearing before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Wyden highlighted ongoing concerns he heard from Oregonians last

(Update: Suspect in road rage incident arraigned) A Redmond man was arraigned Monday on assault and other charges in a Friday night road range incident that injured two women near a southwest Bend roundabout. Jay Allen Barbeau, 49, appeared before Deschutes County Circuit Judge Michael Adler on the district attorney’s initial charges of three counts

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The Oregon Treasury is calling off – for now – an effort to give public employees a choice in how a portion of their retirement savings is invested. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the decision came after the agency determined that the legislation prompting the move could leave investment managers open to lawsuits

GRAND RONDE, Ore. (AP) – Tribal artifacts hidden away in the archives of the British Museum in London for nearly 120 years are being returned to an Oregon tribe for an exhibit at its own museum. The 16 objects will go on display Tuesday on a small reservation in western Oregon after a decades-long campaign

Good Tuesday Morning, Everyone…With high pressure gaining strength over the region we can expect an abundance of sunshine today along with slightly warmer temperatures. Highs will be in the low to mid 70’s and breezes out of the west and NW will be gentle at 5-10 mph. Skies will stay mostly clear tonight. Lows will