Month: July 2018

Happy Monday evening, everyone! Smoky skies will linger on the High Desert for the next few days. We’re not looking at any strong wind gusts in the near future, so the smoke is expected to settle. Dry conditions, hazy skies, and warm to hot temperatures are in our future. Overhead we’ll see smoke and a

Two Redmond men were arrested Saturday in a raid on a northeast Redmond home that turned up more than $13,000 worth of various drugs and a small butane honey oil (BHO) lab, police said Monday. Around 7 a.m., members of the Redmond Police Department’s part-time Street Crimes Unit, other officers and the Central Oregon Emergency

Here are the results of Friday’s KTVZ.COM poll, asking if you think it’s worth the extra money to buy produce from local stands: Is it worth the extra money to buy produce from local stands?Yes – 63% (689 votes)No – 37% (413 votes)Total Votes: 1,102

A domestic violence incident that led to a standoff in a northeast Redmond neighborhood involving an armed person and possible mental health issues took several hours to resolve Sunday afternoon and evening but concluded peacefully, police said Monday. Officers were dispatched around 3:15 p.m. to the 600 block of NE Redwood Avenue after receiving a

Deschutes County Health Services advises residents to take health precautions during periods of smoke. Many factors influence a person’s sensitivity to smoke, including severity and duration of smoke exposure and a person’s health. There are things you can do to minimize the impacts of smoke on you and your family: · Reduce time spent outdoors

A Deschutes County sheriff’s deputy pursued a reckless driver in La Pine Monday morning, leading to the abandoned car a short time later and a manhunt that failed to find the driver, deputies said. They are asking the public for help with any information. Around 8:35 a.m., the deputy spotted a silver 2002 Hyundai Elantra

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) – A Corvallis city councilman has been charged with menacing and other crimes after police say he threatened a relative with a loaded gun. The Corvallis Gazette-Times reports that 47-year-old Mark Page was booked into the Benton County Jail after Saturday’s incident. A police report obtained by the newspaper says officers responding

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – A federal judge heard arguments in a case filed by the Klamath Tribes of southern Oregon seeking greater protections for endangered sucker fish in Upper Klamath Lake. The Capital Press reports San Francisco District Judge William Orrick heard the arguments Friday in a lawsuit that requests an injunction to hold more

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Bend honored Jim Crowell, one of Bend’s favorite citizens, by naming him as a “Lifetime Board Member,” the only time such an award has been made in Boys & Girls Clubs of Bend’s history. The award was given to Jim at an evening event at the Club on July

Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies grabbed shovels and dug a line around a quarter-acre brush fire Monday morning off Skyliners Road west of Bend until fire crews arrived. Forest Service officials said the cause was an abandoned campfire. Deputies who spotted the blaze around 6:30 a.m. dug lines around the fire to keep it from spreading

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Authorities have recovered the body of a swimmer who went missing last week in the Willamette River. The Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office says the body of Leocadio Sendejas-Sanchez was found about four miles downriver from the Wheatland Ferry, the spot he was last seen Wednesday. Relatives identified the body after it

The Oregon Department of Transportation advised travelers Monday to expect delays on U.S. Highway 97 near Willowdale this week as part of a project to replace two bridges and seismically retrofit six others in coming weeks. Stellar J. Construction crews, under contract by ODOT, will be placing beams for the replacement of Trout Creek Bridge,

Here is ODOT Region 4’s weekly construction update for the week of July 23: The Oregon Department of Transportation is committed to providing a safe, efficient transportation system. ODOT invests in Oregon’s future through roadway improvement projects. The following projects are located in ODOT’s Region 4 encompassing Central Oregon from The Dalles to Klamath Falls

Good Monday Morning, Everyone…Sunny skies, hot temps and a light, smoky haze are on the weather menu for us today. With plenty of sunshine and blue skies highs will reach the mid 90’s this afternoon. NW breezes will stay gentle at 5-10 mph into this evening. Skies will stay pretty clear tonight and overnight lows

SEATTLE (AP) – Seattle officials are considering legislation that would guarantee minimum wages, rest breaks and other rights for domestic workers in the city. The Seattle Times reports the city council is planning to vote Monday on the measure that would add regulations protecting people working in private homes, including nannies, house cleaners, cooks and

Good morning Central Oregon! We’ve had smoky skies due to the wildfire burning near Bessie Butte. We do have a northerly wind which is sending the smoke south. An increase is high-level moisture gave us a few clouds in the sky, but a high-pressure system continues to sit over Oregon, Washington and Idaho. This system

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Portland police have arrested a 36-year-old man on bias crime charges for allegedly threatening another person with a firearm at an encampment. Police said Kipong Somsanuk was lodged at the Multnomah County Jail Sunday on charges of felon in possession of a firearm, menacing and intimidation. No one was injured. Police

PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) – No criminal charges have been filed in connection with a collision that killed a 62-year-old Pendleton bicyclist last month. The East Oregonian reports that Ann Wyatt was bicycling June 8 to her job at the U.S. Forest Service on the Umatilla Indian Reservation near Pendleton when an SUV struck and killed

MANZANITA, Ore. (AP) – A property owner fined $1.8 million for operating a vacation rental without a license is suing the Oregon coastal city of Manzanita. The Daily Astorian reports that Sandra Petersen, of Washington state, sued last month in federal court in Portland to challenge the penalty as excessive and unconstitutional. The city fined

PROSSER, Wash. (AP) – A student has sued two school districts in south-central Washington, alleging officials knew a former educator engaged in grooming behavior with students yet allowed him to keep working. The Tri-City Herald says the lawsuit names the Prosser and Granger school districts, where Stephen Castilleja worked. Castilleja was sentenced last fall to