Month: August 2018

State legislators from Oregon and across the nation are calling on Congress to lift the federal prohibition on cannabis and remove it from the federal Controlled Substances Act so legal businesses in this industry can begin accessing banking services. The National Conference of State Legislators passed a directive Wednesday urging Congress to help legal cannabis

NACHES, Wash. (AP) – Children attending summer camps and others have been told to leave immediately as a wildfire burns in a wilderness area in south-central Washington state. The fire is burning about 3 miles east of the White Pass Ski Area ,within the Goat Rocks Wilderness. It was started by lightning and was reported

Early this summer, deputies with the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office assigned to the city of Sisters began investigating an increase of criminal mischief, trespassing and other criminal activity at the Sisters East Portal Interpretive Site. The site, owned by the U.S. Forest Service, is located at the intersection of highways 20 West and 242, just

Good Wednesday Morning, Everyone…High pressure gaining strength over much of the west coast will modify our air flow pattern today. That will mean a little less smoke on the last of the intensely hot days we see for awhile. Under sunny skies today’s highs will reach the low to mid 90’s with NW breezes at

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Police say a Marion County sheriff’s deputy arrested last week is accused of stealing five shotguns from a deceased man’s home. The Statesman Journal reports 49-year-old Sean Banks was booked into the Linn County Jail on theft and official misconduct charges. According to charging documents, Banks took the shotguns while on

Deschutes County commissioners got together Tuesday evening to address the State of the County at a Bend Chamber-sponsored forum, addressing a long list of issues being addressed. The commissioners said they were excited about this event because it gives them a chance to interact with the public, including the status of the troubled 911 radio

(Update: Councilors vote 6-0 not to proceed with tax measure) The Redmond City Council unanimously agreed with the city manager’s recommendation Tuesday night and decided not to proceed with a proposed November property tax measure to fund more police officers, park workers and park improvements. The vote was 6-0, City Manager Keith Witcosky said. The

Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., introduced Tuesday the Predation Reduction of Salmon (PRO Salmon) Act. The PRO Salmon Act would address the urgent issue of sea lion predation of endangered salmon on the Columbia River and at Willamette Falls, while promoting tribal management of natural resources and ensuring the humane removal of animals

Rep. Greg Walden (R-Hood River) spoke Tuesday in southern Oregon — where communities have faced unhealthy air quality from surrounding wildfires — to call for senators to adopt forest management reforms in the upcoming Farm Bill that the House already agreed to. Walden secured sweeping improvements to federal forest policy in the 2018 Farm Bill

Emergencies happen when we least expect it. Could you live on only the contents of your disaster preparedness kit? What if you couldn’t access the necessities after a 9.0 Cascadia earthquake or other major disaster? Test your preparedness kit and your readiness by camping out in your own backyard on the night of Saturday, August