Month: November 2018

PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) – Authorities are investigating after a person was killed at a creamery business in northeast Oregon. The East Oregonian reports Umatilla County Sheriff Terry Rowan says deputies responded to a call at about 6:30 a.m. Monday at the Umapine Creamery west of Umapine. Rowan said a person was found dead from apparent

By most accounts, 2015 was a very bad climatic year in the Pacific Northwest, with early flooding followed by severe and prolonged summer and fall drought. The results included irrigation shortages and crop losses, fish die-offs, large wildfires, record cases of infectious diseases and reduced recreation. A new federal report on the impacts of climate

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Commercial crabbers in Oregon and California are suing 30 fossil fuel companies, claiming they are to blame for climate change which has hurt their industry. News outlets report the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations filed the lawsuit last week in California State Superior Court in San Francisco against companies including

A Bend woman accused of stealing at least $150,000 from her employer over the past three years pleaded not guilty Monday to 16 counts of ID theft and money laundering. Katrina Kennedy Cannon, 39, worked as an office manager for DMK Golf Design in Bend, David McLay Kidd’s firm, which designs and builds golf courses

The Mt. Bachelor Sports Education Foundation and SELCO Community Credit Union are now accepting official artwork contest submissions for the 43 rd annual SELCO Pole Pedal Paddle, one of the largest multi-sport events in the Northwest. Artists of all ages are eligible to enter the artwork design contest. This year’s winner will receive $500 in

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke published an op-ed exclusive to CNN on Monday regarding steps that can and should be taken to help prevent deadly wildfires in the future. Check out the full op-ed below: CNN – Zinke: What it will take to prevent deadly wildfires Within minutes of the deadly Camp Fire’s

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – The Salem City Council on Monday night is expected to ban plastic carryout bags throughout the city. The Statesman Journal reports if passed, the new rules would go into effect in 2019. Under the proposal, shoppers would bring reusable bags to the store or pay a small fee for recyclable paper

After two years of delays because of problems with a seismometer instrument, NASA’s InSight Mission successfully landed on Mars on Monday to explore the deep interior of the planet, about which scientists know little — and Oregon State University researchers helped it get there safely. OSU atmospheric scientists assisted with the planning for the two-year

Here is the city of Redmond’s road closures and delays update for the week of Nov. 26: City Operations: Monday, November 26 thru November 30 -The following traffic disruptions will take place: Monday, November 26 thru November 30 – Starting at 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., alley south of SW Evergreen Ave between SW 6

GASTON, Ore. (AP) – The Gaston School District has canceled classes after a water main broke within city limits, causing “unsanitary conditions.” Water samples will be sent out for testing. In the meantime, officials advise people to boil their water The school district west of Portland announced its decision affecting Monday’s schedule. After school activities

Cracker Barrel said Monday it has begun hiring about 175 employees for its new Bend restaurant, set to open in early February on Robal Lane. Here’s more details, including about the collection of memorabilia that will be on the restaurant’s walls, from spokeswoman Stacy Spector: Hiring & Jobs We anticipate hiring approximately 175 full and

It might have been hard for the skiers who first graced the slopes of Bachelor Butte ski area 60 years ago this winter to imagine what Mt. Bachelor would eventually become. The 2018-19 ski season at Mt. Bachelor marks the 60th anniversary of when local local legends Bill Healy and Gene Gillis brought a dream

The next generation of high-tech adhesives could take some design cues from the tongues of frogs, according to new research led by the Oregon State University College of Engineering. Findings were published Monday in the journal Biointerfaces. Frogs use their highly specialized tongues to capture prey, with a force that can exceed their own body

Corals and the microbes they host evolved together, new research by Oregon State University shows. The findings, published Monday in Nature Communications, add fresh insight to the fight to save the Earth’s embattled coral reefs, the planet’s largest and most significant structures of biological origin. Funded by the National Science Foundation, the study involved hundreds

(Update: Adding La Pine, Williamson Creek projects) As fall weather brings shorter days and cooler temperatures, fuels specialists with the Bureau of Land Management Prineville District Office are preparing for the fall/early winter prescribed burn program. As early as Nov. 20 — and continuing through the next few months, depending on conditions — specialists will

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) – A Russian asylum seeker who had been held at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma has died. The Olympian reports the Pierce County Medical Examiner confirmed Sunday that 40-year-old Amar Mergensana died Saturday at St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Tacoma. An examination is set for Monday. Mergensana had been on life

Good Monday Morning, Everyone…The advance of a major winter storm system will bring thicker clouds and late day rain to the high desert today. Highs will be mild, in the mid 50’s, as will the breezes coming out of the SE at 5-10 mph. Rain is likely overnight tonight. Lows will range from the mid

The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department has closed the gate to the Pilot Butte summit road as of Sunday. The road will remain closed to public vehicle traffic until spring, out of safety concerns for park visitors. “We are now in the winter driving season, and the stretch of road on the north slope of

The Bend Fire Department is committed to providing the best training to its firefighters, in order to protect and serve our community to the best of their ability. This commitment was reaffirmed this past week with human trafficking recognition training from Guardian Group, a local veteran-operated non-profit that provides specialized human trafficking training to law

SNOQUALMIE PASS, Wash. (AP) – Four men are on the run after allegedly triggering a crash near Snoqualmie Pass, east of Seattle. KOMO-TV reports that Washington State Police troopers were called just after 12:30 a.m. Sunday about a crash between a semi truck and a snow plow on the westbound lanes of Interstate 90 east