Month: October 2018

It’s not every day that more than two-dozen volunteer firefighters get to pose smiling in front of a burning building. An odd sight, at first glance, until you learn Saturday’s event in Madras was a “burn to learn” training exercise on a donated building. Jefferson County Fire District No. 1 made good use of the

Good morning Central Oregon and happy Saturday! Another cloudy day ahead for us and we will likely see showers at times across the region. Cloudy skies are set to stick around throughout the weekend. Highs on Saturday will be in the 60s for much of the high desert. Overnight lows will be in the 40s

A Vancouver, Washington man who failed to return from a dirt bike ride Friday night southeast of Bend prompted a search overnight and Saturday morning, until he was found walking on a trail, having run out of gas, officials said. Deschutes County 911 dispatchers got a call around 8:40 p.m. from the wife of Michael

The Crescent Ranger District of the Deschutes National Forest will be closing Sunset Cove Campground and Day Use area for the winter season and to allow for the removal of hazardous trees, officials said Saturday. The recreation site, including the boat launch, will be closed beginning Monday to allow crews to remove trees that are

The Crescent Ranger District of the Deschutes National Forest is planning a prescribed burn northwest of Crescent on Monday, if conditions are favorable. The prescribed burn area is located about 6 miles northwest of Crescent. The 148-acre area (HAM 1 & 2) is located adjacent to Forest Service Roads 4680 and 4678, about a mile

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The Oregon Court of Appeals has allowed Gov. Kate Brown’s administration to delay the release of more than 250 proposals for bills that could be introduced in the 2019 legislative session. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the court granted the stay Friday. A Marion County judge ruled Wednesday that the governor’s administration couldn’t

Democrats and Republicans alike rallied for change in Bend on Friday as the homestretch of the election arrives and urged voters to fill out and turn in their ballots. Democrats brought nearly every single Central Oregon candidate to the stage at Pilot Butte Middle School. Jamie McLeod-Skinner, running for Republican Greg Walden’s 2nd District seat

(Update: Adding second, unrelated logging accident) ALSEA, Ore. (AP) – Authorities say two men have died and two others were injured Friday morning in separate logging incidents in Western Oregon. The Benton County Sheriff’s Office says Hector Rodarte died and Ricky Payton was injured when a log rolled on them at a logging site near

Here are Friday’s Oregon high school football scores, as compiled by The Associated Press: Adrian 52, Pilot Rock 14 Adrian/Jordan Valley 52, Pilot Rock/Nixyaawii 14 Aloha 30, Southridge 14 Amity 49, Dayton 7 Ashland 19, Redmond 0 Bandon 35, Gold Beach 8 Barlow 54, Reynolds 40 Bonanza 38, Days Creek 24 Burns 26, Vale 6

A man wanted on a felony parole warrant fled after his pickup crashed into a garbage truck stopped to turn into the Riverwoods Country Store Friday afternoon, prompting a two-hour manhunt that led his arrest in the Deschutes River Woods subdivision, authorities said. Deputies responded around 1:30 p.m. to the reported crash near the store

Good morning Central Oregon and happy Saturday! Another cloudy day ahead for us and we will likely see showers at times across the region. Cloudy skies are set to stick around throughout the weekend. Highs on Saturday will be in the 60s for much of the high desert. Overnight lows will be in the 40s

A contractor will be working to remove trees cut along a section of U.S. Highway 26 running through the Ochoco National Forest near Ochoco Divide, starting Monday. Trees with recognized potential to cause damage or injury along the highway were cut by Oregon Department of Transportation personnel last summer. T he Forest Service subsequently sold

Ochoco National Forest wildland fire crews will burn slash from forest thinning, starting next week. The first burning will take place in the Canyon #66 and AMP #1 prescribed fire units, totaling about 100 acres and 200 acres of piles and thinning slash in the two areas respectively. Canyon #66 is located about 5 miles

Starting Monday, Oct. 29 th through Saturday, Nov. 10 th (closed Sunday, Nov. 4 th ) local residents are encouraged to define their defensible space by taking advantage of the half price yard debris days. Residents can recycle their yard debris at Deschutes Recycling for HALF PRICE – only $2.00 per cubic yard. FireFree encourages

Good evening Central Oregon and happy Friday! A cool breezy and fall like day for us out there on the high desert. Today we saw temperatures in the 50s to 60s across much of the region. A bit breezy out there today as well with wind out of the northwest at 5-10 MPH and at

A legacy Oregon Lottery retailer sold the winning $8.5 million Oregon’s Game Megabucks ticket to a regular customer – marking the second time the store has sold a jackpot-winning ticket. Tina McClendon of Tigard claimed the $8.5 million prize Friday. She won on a Quick Pick $1 ticket she purchased when she visited King City

The Deschutes National Forest said Friday it has extended the temporary closure of Lower Canyon Creek Campground including the West Metolius Trailhead, and Forest Roads 1420-400 and 1420-430 in order to reconstruct the campground and address resource damage. The closure has been extended through Nov. 15 to complete the Lower Canyon Creek Riparian Restoration Project.

Redmond Municipal Airport (RDM) announced Friday the $10 million reconstruction of secondary r unway 11-29 is nearing completion, and scheduled to reopen for air traffic around noon on Monday. “This runway reconstruction is one more example of our continued investment in airport infrastructure,” said Redmond Mayor George Endicott. “The community benefits from a safer, more

(Update: More info on Calif. murder) A California man convicted of murdering a lesbian couple in Medford in 1995 and a California man the same year died Friday morning on death row at the Oregon State Penitentiary, the state Department of Corrections reported. Robert James Acremant, 50, who died in his single-person cell, was convicted

Sisters Habitat for Humanity announced Friday its recent purchase of the former Sisters Drug & Gift building at 211 East Cascade, with plans to move the Habitat Thrift Store to the new location in early 2019. Tim and Deanna Muir owned the iconic building since 1985 and ran Sisters Drug & Gift until the business