Month: June 2018

A plume of thick, black smoke swirled into the sky in Madras on Saturday as new firefighter recruits got to tackle a real-life blaze that was set to destroy a former restaurant and store donated to the Jefferson County Fire District No. 1 for training. Fire Chief Brian Huff said the “live fire” training took

The owner of a southwest Bend scuba and water sports business has been charged with invasion of personal privacy after someone found a camera hidden in the store’s bathroom, police said Friday. The 20-year-old Bend resident filed a complaint with police last Saturday of finding a camera in the bathroom of Fins Scuba and Water

A conservative group is taking aim at the nation’s oldest statewide sanctuary law, with a drive to repeal a 31-year-old Oregon mandate limiting police coordination on immigration arrests. But critics say hate groups are funding the effort to abolish the law, and allege paid signature-gatherers deceived voters during a canvassing push earlier this year. State

Happy Saturday, everyone! Saturday brings another sunny day. Highs will be in the low to mid 80s, which is about 10 degrees above average. A few clouds will develop across the Cascades in the afternoon and evening, but we’re still looking at mostly sunny skies. Overnight into Sunday we’ll stay clear with lows in the

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) – Nick Madrigal went 3-for-5 with four RBIs and national No. 3 seed Oregon State defeated Northwestern State 9-3 on Friday night at the NCAA Corvallis Regional. The Beavers (45-10-1) advance to face LSU on Saturday in the double-elimination regional. Oregon State started Bryce Fehmel (10-1) rather than Pac-12 pitcher of the

The Redmond Urban Renewal Agency issued a request for proposals Friday, seeking qualified development proposals for one of the last remaining large-scale, vacant lots in the Mid-Town area of the city. The 1.97-acre development site, owned by the agency, is located at the corner of NW Greenwood Avenue and Fifth Street, in the Mid-Town area

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – Gabbie Plain dominated for the second straight day, and Washington defeated Oregon 6-2 on Friday in the Women’s College World Series. Plain, a freshman from Australia, gave up four hits and no earned runs in six innings against the top-seeded Ducks. She gave up just four hits in 5 2/3 shutout

The La Pine Hawks captured the Oregon Class 3A baseball title Friday afternoon in a 10-5 victory over Horizon Christian, Tualatin at Volcanoes Stadium in Keizer. It’s La Pine’s first baseball state title in school history. After falling behind by two runs early on, the No. 4-seeded Hawks roared back. Senior catcher Wyatt DeForest scored

The Central Oregon Fire Management Service will host its annual Guard School training the week of June 11 this year, where 57 men and women will begin their initial training to become wildland firefighters. At the end of the week-long event, students will be qualified as entry-level firefighters, and will join more than 300 other

Central Oregon has the highest concentration of caves in the state. Bats are frequently found in caves, and because of that, the U.S. Forest Service is doing all it can to make sure a deadly disease that’s killing bats across the country doesn’t spread to Oregon caves. Before entering the Lava River Caves in the

(Update: OSP confirms number of deaths, injuries; initial details; highway reopens) Four people were killed and seven others injured Friday morning when a minivan turned into the path of a pickup truck hauling a horse trailer on U.S. Highway 30 in northwest Oregon, Oregon State Police reported. A Honda minivan with eight occupants was westbound

WILSONVILLE, Ore. (AP) – A test of treated water in Wilsonville has found elevated levels of microcystin, a cyanotoxin produced by blue-green algae blooms similar to what was found recently in Salem’s drinking water. The Statesman Journal reports that officials in the city south of Portland learned of the result Thursday and has sent additional

A 2-year-old La Pine boy is out of the hospital and recovering from serious overdose symptoms after eating part of a THC-infused candy left on a table, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said Thursday. The toddler is in state DHS supervision and his mother faces child neglect and other charges. Deputies and La Pine Fire medics

Here are the results of Thursday’s KTVZ.COM poll, asking if you think tariffs are an effective strategy in trade negotiations with Canada, Mexico, and the EU: Do you think tariffs are an effective strategy in trade negotiations with Canada, Mexico, and the EU?Yes – 48% (333 votes)No – 52% (368 votes)Total Votes: 701

Happy first day of June, everyone! Tonight will cool quickly after sunset, so grab a light jacket if you’re headed out this evening. Winds will be out of the northwest around 10 miles per hour. We’ll stay mostly clear overnight tonight with calm winds. Temperatures will be much warmer than we were this morning. We’ll

The city of Bend’s summer road construction and paving projects are ramping up, as are the number oif special events affecting traffic. Here’s Friday’s weekly report: Special Events: Heaven Can Wait 5K, June 3 from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m., start and finish at Drake Park, flaggers will be at the following intersections:o Galveston Avenue

Locally based American Airlines employees will be celebrating a customer service victory this week as the airline announced Redmond Municipal Airport is among the top seven regional airports to be honored for outstanding customer experience during the first quarter of 2018. The program is called the Customer Cup, the winners of which are recognized each

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Police arrested a 20-year-old Lake Oswego man accused of fatally shooting a man in retaliation for a gun deal gone bad. The Newberg-Dundee Police Department said Friday that Rees Dikeos was captured in Nevada this week. He’s since been booked into the Yamhill County Jail on a murder charge. The victim,

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) – Authorities say a man critically injured his parents with a hatchet during an attack at a gated community near Klamath Falls. The Klamath County Sheriff’s Office says 23-year-old Cheney Hardt attacked his mother with the hatchet Thursday afternoon and his father was hurt while trying to stop it. A younger

Oregon Army National Guard Brig. Gen. Eric C. Bush is scheduled to be promoted to the rank of major general in a ceremony on Saturday at 1 p.m. at the 41st Infantry Division Armed Forces Reserve Center, located at 15300 SE Minuteman Way, at Camp Withycombe in Clackamas. Bush is currently assigned as the Deputy