Month: October 2018

GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) – A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Josephine County against the state of Oregon over legalized marijuana. The Daily Courier reported Thursday that U.S. District Judge Michael McShane earlier this week signed a formal order dismissing the lawsuit. It was filed in April and contended the federal law

ASHLAND, Ore. (AP) – A rash of cougar sightings in Ashland is causing alarm, but state wildlife officials say that because the big cats have all been spotted at night and haven’t attacked anyone, it’s not a public safety concern. The Daily Tidings reports Friday that there have been about six cougar sightings in the

Coast Guard crews responded to a 16-foot aluminum boat that capsized with four people aboard at the mouth of the Umpqua River Thursday and were able to rescue three men found clinging to the overturned boat, but a woman found nearby died, officials said. A 47-Foot motor life boat crew from Coast Guard Station Umpqua

Beginning Nov. 1, the Crook County Sheriff’s Office, Prineville Police Department and Crook County Fire and Rescue enter into a friendly competition. In support of Prostate Cancer Awareness, the Sheriff’s Office and the Police Department will allow their staff to grow beards/goatees for the month of November. The Crook County Fire and Rescue were not

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and Oregon post offices are reminding customers they can help fund breast cancer research by purchasing the Breast Cancer Research Stamp, a semi-postal stamp issued to help raise funds for breast cancer research. More than 1 billion stamps have been sold since its inception in 1998, raising more than

Oregon Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley joined their Democratic colleagues Friday in opposing the Trump administration’s recent proposal to roll back fuel economy standards, which they argued would harm consumers and lead to increased oil consumption and the emission of more global warming pollution. In a letter sent to the Environmental Protection Agency and

The Oregon State Marine Board has welcomed a new member, Craig Withee, who represents recreational boaters in Central Oregon. Withee is a retired civil engineer who relocated to Bend in 2013 after spending over 30 years of his professional career in Alaska. After becoming a paraplegic from a car accident in 1969, Withee completed his

(Update: More details on dog rescue, photos) A renter was away when a fire broke out at a home west of Redmond Thursday night, but firefighters using thermal imaging cameras in thick, black smoke were able to find and rescue two large dogs from an upstairs bedroom, officials said. Crews were called to the two-story

Good Friday Morning, Everyone…A flow of moisture into the Pacific NW will bring us a 40% chance of rain showers and some breezy conditions. Clouds will thicken through the morning. Rain and breezy conditions will build in this afternoon. Highs will be in the mid 60’s and we will see gusty winds out of the

The median sale price of a home in Bend is $435,000. That’s a price tag not everyone can afford, and that has more people commuting dozens of miles each workday. Alex Durham works in Bend but moved to La Pine seven months ago because it’s so much more affordable than Bend. But he’s said Thursday

INDEPENDENCE, Ore. (AP) — Delmiro Trevino, a U.S. citizen born in Texas, was waiting for a meal in a restaurant in Independence, Oregon, in 1977 when three sheriff’s deputies and a policewoman demanded he show documents proving he was an American. “I was ashamed. It wasn’t right, what they were doing,” Trevino, now 67 with

A Central Oregon Irrigation District employee, recently fired after being accused of stealing about $200,000, has died by suicide, the district’s customers were told in a letter this week. The organization said it was the victim of internal theft by a worker who improperly took about $200,000 in unauthorized pay, vacation leave and improper credit

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – Damian Lillard scored 34 of his 41 points in the second half, and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Orlando Magic 128-114 on Thursday night. CJ McCollum had 22 for the Trail Blazers and Jusuf Nurkic added 18 points and 10 rebounds. Nikola Vucevic led Orlando with 24 points and 11

When school begins in the fall, that’s also the time when the Lions of Oregon and their Oregon Lions Sight and Hearing Foundation get to work with school vision screening. Lions Clubs were founded in 1917 and quickly took on vision as their main cause when they were challenged at their International Convention in 1925

WASHINGTON (AP) – Government scientists are classifying 18 U.S. volcanoes as a “very high threat” because of what’s been happening inside them and how close they are to people — and they include Newberry Volcano and the Three Sisters. The U.S. Geological Survey is updating its volcano threat assessments for the first time since 2005.

Big Sky Park on the east side of Bend is a popular place to play, walk your dog, ride a bike and much more, and the Bend Park and Recreation District’s effort to expand it reaches a new round Monday evening, as the agency appealed some restrictions in a recent hearings officer decision. Thursday we

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A new court filing says FBI agent W. Joseph Astarita and several colleagues on the bureau’s elite Hostage Rescue Team are under investigation for alleged “lack of candor” in their statements after the 2016 shooting of refuge occupation leader Robert “LaVoy” Finicum. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the agents are the subject of

Happy Thursday evening, everyone! We’ve seen mostly cloudy skies today with breezy conditions at times ahead of changes in the weather. Daytime highs were into the mid 60s for today. Our average daytime high at the airport in Redmond is now 59 degrees. Overnight expect clouds to clear right around midnight before increasing through the

Oregon Public Utility Commission pipeline inspection team members recently deployed to Massachusetts to assist with their natural gas restoration effort. Oregon was one of the first states to join in the mutual aid effort after over-pressurization of the pipeline system led to explosions in mid-September. “With 11,000 households and 800 businesses still without natural gas

The Bend Fire Department is conducting its annual Winter Coat Drive, which will run through Nov. 20. Each of Bend’s five fire stations is a collection point, and items can be brought to your closest station: Station 1: NW Simpson Ave. Station 2: Tumalo Station 3: Country Club Road Station 4: Hamby Road, just south