Month: December 2018

The Family Access Network (FAN) is the recipient of $10,000 in grant funds from the Oregon Community Foundation, which will be used to support newly implemented advocate services in Crook County for low-income students and building new local community partnerships to better serve children and families. The FAN advocates in Crook County will continue to

Good Tuesday Morning, Everyone…A major storm front bringing heavy rain to the valley and snow to the mountains will push across Central Oregon today. Wind driven rain is likely as highs reach the low to mid 40’s and SW winds ramp up to 10-20 mph with gusts to 25 mph. Temps will dip to freezing

A Bend woman who told her daughter she’d been assaulted and robbed by culprits who tossed a stuffed animal in front of her car — prompting the daughter’s viral Facebook post — won’t be charged with a crime, Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel said Monday. But he said she should be “ashamed” and should

Fifty years ago this week, a quiet engineer, who had graduated from Oregon State University, introduced the world to windows, hypertext, video conferencing, computer graphics and the computer mouse – the latter a wooden block on wheels – years before they advanced daily business and consumer processes. The year was 1968. And the engineer was

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) – Authorities say someone fatally shot an 18-year-old man at a strip mall near Vancouver, Washington. The Clark County Sheriff’s Office says the shooting was reported Monday afternoon in Hazel Dell. The man died at the scene. The sheriff’s office says witnesses reported seeing the suspect leave the scene in a vehicle.

Whether you’re thinking about starting a small business or have owned one for years, a good business plan is an important strategic tool. Businesses in the planning stages can use a good plan to help secure funding or investment, and established businesses can use a new or revised plan to focus on areas of potential

This coming Saturday, Dec. 15, is the last day to get 2019 health insurance during open enrollment. Oregonians who do not get coverage through their job or another program should visit OregonHealthCare.gov to get started. Missing the deadline could mean going a year without health insurance. “Even the healthiest among us can face an unexpected

You may have seen some people ringing bells and soliciting spare change throughout Deschutes County. It’s probably because of the Salvation Army’s annual Red Kettle Campaign. Donations will go toward buying gifts for more than 2,300 children in the area, which is double the number from last year. Money raised also helps the Salvation Army

Happy Monday evening, everyone! We’ve seen a break in the clouds this afternoon, but we’ll watch clouds increase tonight. Winds will generally be out of the south around 5 to 10 miles per hour. Overnight lows will bottom out in the low to mid 20s. Increasing clouds will turn into increasing chances for showers by

St. Charles Health System nurses Tammi Jo Virgil, Monica Conklin, Kelli Jo Hammack and Teresa Standley have been honored with The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses ®, recognizing the extraordinary, compassionate nursing care they provide patients and families every day. Nominated by patients, families and colleagues, the award recipients were chosen by a committee. The

ASHLAND, Ore. (AP) – Search and rescue teams are looking for a man who went snowboarding Sunday in southern Oregon and hasn’t returned. The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office says 27-year-old Eli Kepsel of Medford went to Mt. Ashland Ski Area Sunday morning. The sheriff’s office says a family member reported him missing Monday morning. Mt.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Police say preliminary investigation shows a 34-year-old man who was shot and wounded by Portland police at a Starbucks was carrying a fake black handgun that he appears to have pointed at officers. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Portland police shot Ryan Beisley at the Starbucks at Hollywood Fred Meyer Friday night. Federal

SEATTLE (AP) – Washington Gov. Jay Inslee wants to eliminate fossil fuels from the state’s electricity supply by 2045. Eyeing a 2020 White House bid and undeterred by repeated setbacks in getting climate legislation passed in his state, the Democratic governor on Monday proposed an ambitious package of legislation aimed a tackling climate change. The

YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) – Authorities are investigating after a murder defendant in the Yakima County Jail was killed in what appears to have been an assault by other prisoners. The victim was identified at 36-year-old Jacob Ozuna, who died at a hospital early Monday following the attack late Sunday night. The Yakima County Sheriff’s Office

ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) – Oregon’s Dungeness crab fishery will not open until at least Dec. 31 after testing by state fishery managers revealed crabs are still too low in meat yield in some areas of the coast. The Daily Astorian reports the valuable commercial fishery traditionally opens on Dec. 1. In November, fishery managers announced

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) – Authorities say two people were shot to death in Tacoma. KOMO reports that police responded to a call in the McKinley neighborhood shortly before 5 p.m. Sunday. When they arrived, officers found two men, both dead, with what appeared to be gunshot wounds. Investigators said they don’t know if the victims

Sisters Country Horizons has published the draft of its Vision Action Plan on the community initiative’s website and is accepting public comments on the document through the end of December. The draft Vision Action Plan can be found at www.sistershorizons.org. The Horizons project’s Vision Action Team — 32 citizens representing a broad cross section of

The Oregon Health Authority and Polk, Washington and Yamhill counties sent seven behavioral health professionals to Alaska Sunday to assist with the state’s response to the Nov. 30 earthquake. “We want to thank our county partners for joining us in assisting Alaska,” said Akiko Saito, director of the Health Security, Preparedness and Response Section at

The city of Bend wants to gather feedback about the city and city services, and is asking Bend residents to take 10 minutes to participate in an online community survey. Community participation will help the city set priorities. Survey results will be presented to the Bend City Council in January as they embark on their

The Children ‘s Forest of Central Oregon said Monday it has allocated $30,000 among eight of its partner organizations as part of a regional initiative to connect underserved youth to public lands through conservation education, service projects and career pathway projects. These grants are made possible by Youth Engagement Strategy (YES) funds from the Pacific