Month: July 2018

The Prineville Soroptimist Senior Center received a federal Community Development Block Grant in the spring to renovate its building. But none of that money goes to the center’s operating budget, so the nonprofit is looking to the community for help. “It’s a good connection, so you don’t sit home and never talk to anybody,” exercise

The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday it is now offering the “Blue Line Safety Zone,” a defined spot in the agency’s parking lot for people to meet and conduct various kinds of legal exchanges, from child visitation to online transactions. Here’s the agency’s full announcement: This clearly marked and well-lit location is for our

A 75-year-old Bend pilot returning to Bend Airport after taking delivery of his new plane had a strut collapse as he touched down, prompting a hard landing that left him unhurt but damaged the aircraft, officials said. Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies responded to the report of an aircraft which had damage from a hard landing

(Update: Repairs completed around 1 a.m.; 2nd outage repaired late Tuesday) Up to 1,500 CenturyLink customers in the Sisters-Black Butte Ranch area and parts of Redmond lost phone service — including 911 — as well as Internet and some cellphone service all day Monday due to a severed fiber-optic cable between Sisters and Redmond, an

The issue of 3D printed guns is sparking debate across the country. On Tuesday, President Donald Trump tweeted he’s looking into the 3D plastic guns and said it “doesn’t seem to make much sense.” On Tuesday afternoon, a federal judge in Seattle issued a temporary restraining order to stop a company from releasing instructions on

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Shipbuilder Vigor Marine Inc. has been cited for 16 health and safety violations after employee complaints at the company’s Portland location. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Tuesday it is proposing more than $370,000 in fines. The company allowed employees to work on energized circuit boxes,

Happy Tuesday evening, everyone! A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL OREGON THROUGH 11 P.M. TONIGHT FOR UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES. A FIRE WEATHER OR RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES THROUGH WEDNESDAY AT 10 P.M. FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS. ANY FIRES THAT SHOULD

Here are the results of Monday’s KTVZ.COM poll, asking if incentives like gift cards or discounts would make you more likely to give blood: Would incentives like gift cards or discounts make you more likely to give blood?Yes – 14% (96 votes)No – 86% (575 votes)Total Votes: 671

(Update: Power restored; tree limb had fallen on line) On a day with soaring temperatures, about 190 Central Electric Cooperative members north of Madras lost power for about 90 minutes late Monday afternoon, officials said. Power was restored around 5:30 p.m., an hour and a half after a line feeding the Madras substation went off-line.

A total of 147 members of the Oregon National Guard and Air National Guard are preparing to travel to the Graves Creek Fire, part of the Garner Complex in southwest Oregon, to assist in firefighting efforts. The Oregon National Guard and Air National Guard members will head out later in the week. They have already

Oregon has made gains on important measures to improve health in the state, including reducing rates of opioid-related deaths and HIV infections, a new report released Tuesday finds. But social factors such as housing affordability, food insecurity and educational outcomes are undermining improvements in health outcomes. The State Health Assessment, published every five years, says

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – A proposed ordinance that would ban people from sitting or lying down on Salem sidewalks has been revived. The Statesman Journal reported Monday that the proposal by the city’s Downtown Homeless Solutions Task Force also seeks to prohibit leaving personal items on sidewalks. The task force was created last October after

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) – The land where the federal government created some of the plutonium for nuclear weapons will be so cleaned of radiation and other pollution that it could be used for homes in the future. That’s according to a final plan hammered out between the U.S. Department of Energy and federal and state

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) – A 32-year-old Portland man has denied charges that he abandoned a 5-month-old baby in the woods of western Montana after a car crash. Francis Carlton Crowley pleaded not guilty Tuesday in District Court to assault on a minor and criminal endangerment. He remains jailed in Missoula County with his bail set

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) – Authorities have recovered the body of a man who drowned while supervising youths at a park south of Corvallis. The Benton County Sheriff’s Office says 34-year-old Matthew Schill was seen struggling in the Willamette River on Monday. Several people tried to help, but the Corvallis man went under and did not

Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., along with Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, announced Tuesday that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is providing access to emergency conservation service grants to help Wasco and Sherman county farmers and ranchers restore lands scorched by recent wildfires. “This assistance is a step toward recovery for the farmers and

Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on Tuesday introduced the Summer Learning and Meals Act of 2018, new legislation to help close the summer learning gap by keeping school libraries open at schools that already serve free summer meals. The legislation is based on a successful state-based pilot program, Oregon’s Summer Learning Partnership. “When

(Update: DCSO confirms flight-tracking app ID’d 2 Google balloons in fire area) Online search giant Google on Monday claimed ownership of at least one of the two mysterious balloons that have been spotted soaring or stationary in the skies over Central Oregon recently. The balloons are part of Google’s Project Loon, which uses large balloons

Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies say a 53-year-old Bend man was stabbed and seriously injured Monday night in an apparent domestic dispute north of La Pine. Deputies responded around 9 p.m. to the reported stabbing in the area of Paulina Lake Road, Sgt. William Bailey said. The Bend man was taken to St. Charles Bend with

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office says a resident in Corbett shot and killed two cougars that were trying to get inside a chicken coop. David Callister told KGW-TV he was walking from a home on Larch Mountain Road to a trailer where he stays when he nearly stepped on the tail