Month: September 2018

Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley on Thursday urged federal officials to use more accurate, timely and science-based measurements in determining whether Oregon farmers and ranchers have access to drought disaster aid programs. The Oregon senators wrote Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue that the U.S. Drought Monitor’s measurement criteria and process

(Update: Incident over, suspect shot, in custody) TACOMA, Wash. (AP) – Police say an armed man who held four people at gunpoint and fired multiple shots was shot and taken into custody in what may have been a robbery gone wrong near Tacoma. The Pierce County Sheriff’s Office said on Twitter at about 10 p.m.

An escaped campfire south of Walton Lake on the Ochoco National Forest burned nearly 20 acres Thursday before crews got a bulldozer line around it, officials said. Firefighters responded late Thursday morning to Incident 1138, located about two miles south of Walton Lake, Forest Service spokeswoman Kassidy Kern said. A half-dozen engines, a bulldozer and

(Update: Motorcyclist identified; police give details of crash) A 47-year-old Prineville motorcyclist was killed in a crash on the grade of Highway 126 Thursday morning, police said. Prineville police, Oregon State Police, ODOT, Crook County Fire and Rescue medics and Prineville Public Works crews responded to the crash around 10:40 a.m. near milepost 17, Sgt.

Happy Thursday evening, everyone! Air quality levels are poor across the High Desert as smoke lingers. Expect air quality to remain poor overnight as not much is going to change. We’ll see breezy winds at times out of the north around 15 miles per hour. Some high clouds will be overhead, but we will see

Tonight’s NFL Kickoff season opener with Super Bowl champion Philadelphia hosting Atlanta will pre-empt NewsChannel 21’s 5 and 7 p.m., newscasts, and our 6 p.m. news will air on KFXO instead. Our late-night news programs will air at their normal times at 10 p.m. on Fox and 11 p.m. on KTVZ-NBC. We apologize for any

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) – Oregon State baseball coach Pat Casey, who led the Beavers to three national championships, has announced his retirement after 24 seasons with the team. Casey’s most recent College World Series title came this summer, following back-to-back titles in 2006 and 2007. Since 2005, the Beavers have made the NCAA tournament field

Last year, Oregon’s uninsured rate stood at 6 percent, yet about 1 in 10 Oregonians experienced a gap in coverage during the year. For many, these gaps could be avoided, the Oregon Health Authority said Thursday. More than 8 in 10 children and adults under age 65 who lacked coverage were eligible for the Oregon

Students across Oregon are back in school, and so too is the Oregon Legislature’s Joint Committee on Student Success. The committee will continue its statewide tour to explore the best practices employed in Oregon’s most successful schools and address the gaps that are limiting student success in other schools, with a series of site tours

Sens.Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Thom Tillis (R-NC), along with Sens. Ron Wyden (D-OR), Mark Warner (D-VA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), introduced Thursday the Health Care Staffing Improvement Act, bipartisan legislation to make common-sense changes in staffing policies at the Department of Veterans Affairs and improve veterans’ care at VA health care facilities.

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on Thursday demanded the White House make Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s complete White House record available to the Senate and the public. “Access to a Supreme Court nominee’s full record is necessary for the Senate to fulfill its constitutional duty to advise and consent,” Wyden and 18 other senators wrote in a

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has issued an air quality advisory for communities in Southwest and Central Oregon, where smoke impacts are trending toward the unhealthy range for sensitive groups, especially in the Rogue Valley and Shady Cove. Smoke impacts are expected to be moderate in communities in Bend, Prineville, Sisters, Redmond and Madras.

Bend-La Pine Schools is seeking volunteers to serve on a committee to review local school attendance areas, examine population forecasts and make a recommendation on adjusting school boundaries to the Superintendent in preparation for the opening of two new schools. The committee members will include both staff and community members and all members will be

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The wife of a chef fatally shot in June in the Portland culinary school where he was a lead instructor has been arrested on suspicion of killing her spouse. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports 68-year-old Nancy L. Crampton-Brophy was arrested Wednesday and booked into a jail on accusations of murder and unlawful use

JOHN DAY, Ore. (AP) – The Grant County Sheriff’s Office says remains found in a burned cabin near John Day are believed to be human. The remains were found in a burned-out cabin near John Day belonging to Terry and Sharon Smith, who have been missing since July. The Oregon State Medical Examiner’s Office is

Work is set to begin next Monday on the Deschutes Market Road / Dale Road intersection improvement project north of Bend. It will include constructing a left-turn lane for southbound Deschutes Market Road at Dale Road and realigning Dale Road at the intersection so the roads intersect each other perpendicularly. The project will also include

This fall, the Central Oregon Association of REALTORS (COAR) will host a series of free public debates for the 2018 November election. The series will include races throughout Central Oregon – from city councils to state House races. COAR has partnered with KTVZ NewsChannel 21 on the events, and Lee Anderson – anchor and producer

Around the world, automotive innovation, big data and user demand challenge how transportation managers plan for the future. A new Mobility Lab at Oregon State University – Cascades may help area leaders identify more convenient, cost-effective and sustainable ways for residents to travel within the region, potentially increasing community livability and helping manage traffic congestion.

(Update: Adding initial incident involved right of way in roundabout) Oregon State Police asked the public for help Wednesday in finding the driver of a pickup truck involved in an apparent “road rage” incident at a Bend roundabout that led to an assault minutes later along Highway 97. OSP Captain Tim Fox said the road

A 26-year-old Prineville man was arrested Wednesday on a warrant for assault and criminal mistreatment, accused of injuring his twin 1 1/2-month-old children in July, causing several fractures, police said. Police said the incident occurred around 1 a.m. on July 18 on Northwest Fifth Street. That led to an investigation that resulted to the arrest