Month: October 2018

The group 100+ Women Who Care of Central Oregon has donated $22,300 to Community Shower Truck . This is 100+WWCCO’s third quarter gift of 2018, bringing the total donations to area nonprofit organizations to nearly $400,000 since 2014. The Bend-area nonprofit offers showers to homeless people or anyone in need. The self-contained shower truck with

The Redmond City Council on Tuesday night unanimously approved the city’s Snow and Ice Control Plan for Fiscal Year 2018/2019. This plan establishes general policies and procedures that help make travel to work, school, and other destinations within the city as safe as possible. Much of winter weather operations consist of sanding with plowing when

The 19 th annual Bend Veterans Day Parade will roll again through downtown Bend this Veterans Day, Sunday, Nov. 11 at 11.a.m. This is Central Oregon Veterans Outreach’s (COVO) inaugural year as the new producer of our town’s traditional Veterans Day parade, touted as one of the state of Oregon’s largest parades. “Our celebration is

The Humane Society of Central Oregon and the Bend Spay+Neuter Project announced Thursday that the two organizations have come together to create efficiencies within Central Oregon’s animal welfare services. Bend Spay+Neuter Project (BSNP) will become a program of HSCO, continuing to provide low-cost spay and neuter and basic wellness services for pets. Both organizations have

Good Friday Morning, Everyone…While we could use a good deal more rain and many people are clamoring for snow, a powerful ridge of high pressure will make sure that we see nothing but sunshine and mild temps for the next several days. Today’s highs will reach the upper 60’s to low 70’s and light breezes

When someone steals from you – money, your backpack from your car, your lawnmower from your garage, or a valuable package from your front door – it can be costly, infuriating, hurtful and even traumatic. But it could be worse – when you lose your most valuable possessions, family heirlooms and photos, as well as

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Authorities have identified the Oregon man killed by police at a motel in southeast Portland. KATU-TV reports police say 30-year-old Samuel Rice was shot by an officer after he held a woman hostage at the Del Rancho Motel on Wednesday. The state medical examiner determined that Rice died from the gunshot

SEATTLE (AP) – Seattle-area officials say they are planning to convert a wing of a downtown jail into a shelter for the homeless. The Seattle Times reports King County Executive Dow Constantine announced Thursday that the county will transform the Seattle jail’s west wing, which previously housed minimum-security inmates. The wing of the King County

Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum announced Thursday the state of Oregon has received $13 million in a major settlement with solar developer Tesla Energy Solutions (formerly known as SolarCity) and its accounting firm, Novogradac & Company LLP. The settlement resolves allegations that SolarCity and Novogradac together submitted false applications to the Oregon Department of Energy,

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Authorities in Northern California are speaking with people who say they are biologically related to one of six children presumed dead when their adopted mother Jennifer Hart drove them and her wife off a cliff in March. The Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office says potential relatives of 16-year-old Hannah Hart contacted them

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A woman who says she was violently shoved toward a Portland City Hall exit by police after the shutdown of a comment period at a City Council meeting has filed a $1 million lawsuit against the city. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the suit was filed by Julia Crosse’s lawyer this week in

An attempted traffic stop of a speeding car in southern Bend early Thursday turned into a high-speed pursuit into Deschutes River Woods, then south on Highway 97 at over 105 mph until spike strips stopped the car and two Redmond fugitives inside were arrested, authorities said. Around 2:35 a.m., a Deschutes County sheriff’s deputy went

Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued a statement Thursday following the announcement that Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits would increase by 2.8 percent in 2019: ” Today ‘s increase in Social Security will provide some relief for seniors who count on these earned benefits, but it still isn’t enough

The Oregon Military Department said Thursday it is scheduled to sell the Oregon Army National Guard armory in Burns to the Burns Paiute Tribe for a fair market price of $250,000. The Burns Paiute Tribal Council will purchase the property at 619 S. Fairview Avenue, once terms of the land sale agreement are completed. The

In September, the Redmond Police Department conducted a DUII High Visibility Enforcement effort. During this time, Redmond police placed three additional officers on our roadways, funded by DUII grant funds. A total of 12 hours were worked on grant time, resulting in several traffic citations issued, but no DUII arrests. Redmond patrol officers working their

Deschutes County residents are invited to apply to serve on the Deschutes County Fair Board. The Fair Board oversees operations of the Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center, a 320-acre event site located in Redmond. The Expo Center offers 200,000 square feet of flexible indoor event space, four livestock arenas, five barns, a full-service RV

Amy Wilde, a teacher librarian at Cascade Middle School, has been named the Secondary Library Teacher of the Year by the Oregon Association of School Libraries. Wilde was selected for her innovative library program and enthusiastic support from her school and fellow librarians. “Amy is the heartbeat of Cascade. She makes the library the center

Happy Thursday evening, everyone! High pressure is extending over the region giving us clear skies. We’ll see the effects of this system for several days as our skies remain mostly clear. Overnight winds will be rather calm only gusting around 10 miles per hour. Lows will be in the low to mid 20s. Expect another

(Update: Body identified as missing hiker) MOUNT HOOD, Ore. (AP) – Authorities say a body found on Mount Hood has been identified as a 30-year-old Arizona hiker who had been reported missing on Monday. The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office says a climber happened to spot the body of Phoenix resident David Yaghmourian of Phoenix Thursday

(Update: Second escaped burn reported, southwest of Madras) The Central Oregon District of the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) will terminate fire season as of 12:01 a.m., Friday, as cooler, wetter weather reduces – but does not erase — fire danger, as two escaped open burns northwest and southwest of Madras showed Thursday afternoon. Here’s