Month: December 2018

Lonza has announced the 27th Annual Inventerprise Science Contest winners. Central Oregon students identified ways to preserve Earth’s life forms in the 27 th annual Inventerprise contest. The contest is sponsored by Bend Research, now a part of Lonza Pharma & Biotech, Bend-La Pine Schools and Central Oregon Community College. From the 1,443 students who

Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., have joined their colleagues in calling on President Donald Trump to immediately revoke what they called an illegal presidential proclamation that would drastically limit the ability of refugees to claim asylum. The lawmakers noted U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar recently granted a temporary restraining order blocking implementation of

With the purchase of every vehicle at Hertz Car Sales of Bend, Hertz Northwest will donate one new bicycle to the local Toys for Tots. Additionally, if the vehicle is financed through Oregon Community Credit Union (OCCU), a second bicycle and helmet will be donated. “Once again we are partnering with OCCU to give back

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The future of the Pearl District – one of Portland’s most popular neighborhoods – is up for discussion. A planned Monday meeting will be the first of a series of town halls of sorts with both city leaders and residents in attendance. KOIN reports the Pearl District Neighborhood Association will host

SUMNER, Wash. (AP) – A homeless man in Washington found a brown bag on the ground outside a food bank. He turned in the bag and its contents – a whopping $17,000 in cash. The News Tribune reports Sumner Police Chief Brad Moericke on Thursday presented Kevin Booth with a citizens citation, noting that Booth

During the 2017 legislative session, the Bend Heroes Foundation successfully advocated House Bill 2100 designating U.S. Highway 20 as the Oregon Medal of Honor Highway and House Concurrent Resolution 1, designating 12 Oregon cities as a “Medal of Honor City or Community.” HB 2100 and HCR 1 honor Oregon’s 26 Medal of Honor recipients (Civil

Good Monday Morning, Everyone… We will see a pretty fair day follow the cold, frosty start we had to our Monday. Skies will be mostly clear and highs will reach the upper 30’s to low 40’s. Easterly breezes will be gentle at 5-10 mph. Those gentle breezes will stay with us tonight. Skies will become

BREMERTON, Wash. (AP) – An Associated Press investigation has found assaults on staff and patients at Washington state’s largest psychiatric hospital are on the rise. In the first nine months of 2018, Western State Hospital patients attacked workers 890 times. Patients are suffering, too. The AP found that through September, there were 932 assaults by

SAN ANTONIO (AP) – DeMar DeRozan had a season-high 36 points and the San Antonio Spurs overcame a big game by Damian Lillard, rebounding from a pair of lopsided losses to beat the Portland Trail Blazers 131-118 on Sunday night. The Spurs held a practice Saturday morning following consecutive losses of 39 points and 31

A fire damaged a home at Crooked River Ranch late Sunday afternoon, but the resident got out without injuries, a fire official said. Firefighters were dispatched around 4 p.m. to a home in the 8100 block of Southwest High Cone Drive, Fire Chief Harry Ward said. The first crew to arrive on the scene found

The Oregon Ducks got their latest bowl invite Sunday and will be playing Michigan State on New Year’s Eve in the Redbox Bowl at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. The Ducks are 8-4 overall, finishing 5-4 in the Pac-12, while Michigan State ended the regular season at 7-5, 5-4 in the Big Ten. The

Happy Sunday Central Oregon! Another cold day out there for us once again, we saw highs for Sunday topping out in the upper 30s to low 40s across the region. And things are set be be cold as we make our way into this upcoming week. We are starting to see those clouds move out

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Erin Boley scored 24 points, Sabrina Ionescu set a school record with 17 assists and No. 3 Oregon rolled past Long Beach State 110-48 on Sunday. Ruthy Hebard added 19 points and 14 rebounds for the Ducks (7-0), and Maite Cazorla and Satou Sabally each had 18 points. After missing nine

ALBANY, Ore. (AP) – An Albany, Oregon woman plans to bury next spring the remains of her brother, who died in the attack on Pearl Harbor that brought America into World War II and was identified through DNA. Rosella Workinger says she was notified three years ago that the U.S. Department of Defense was matching

PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) – An Oregon sheriff’s office is developing a sharpshooter team. Umatilla County Sheriff Terry Rowan says the “designated marksman program” is new but aims to fill a need for officers who are skilled shooters to respond to crisis situations. Rowan says the team is too new to dispatch yet, so the first

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Officials in Eugene are considering whether they can force a natural gas company to reduce emissions to help meet carbon reduction goals. A 20-year agreement between Eugene and NW Natural is up for renewal next year. The Register-Guard reports one idea being discussed would assess a higher or variable franchise fee,

Happy Sunday Central Oregon! Another Chilly day out there for us and we could see a passing snow flurry from time to time. Today we will see highs in the upper 30s to low 40s for the High Desert. The clouds will be with us through much of the day today but as we head

Here are Saturday’s Oregon prep basketball scores, compiled by The Associated Press: BOYS PREP BASKETBALL Ashland 70, North Valley 52 Central Catholic 74, North Medford 55 Century 49, South Medford 44 Crosshill Christian 56, Southwest Christian 26 Fruitland, Idaho 64, Ontario 40 Horizon Christian Hood River 42, Trinity Lutheran 41 Joseph 54, Crane 32 Lebanon

HOUSTON (AP) – Armoni Brooks had 22 points and nine rebounds, Nate Hinton added 14 points and Houston won its 20th straight home game, 65-61 over 18th-ranked Oregon on Saturday night. Brooks was 7 of 14 from the field, including 6 of 13 on 3-pointers, to lead Houston (6-0), which shot 33 percent from the

In September, the Children’s Forest of Central Oregon was awarded one of four Environmental Education grants from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in the Pacific Northwest, which will expand outdoor learning opportunities available to students in Central Oregon. Specifically, the $95,760 grant focuses on teaching students about the Oregon spotted frog, a threatened species under