Month: January 2019

MBSEF skier and Bend High junior Annie McColgan is heading off to Otepää , Estonia for the FIS U18 Nations Cup from Jan. 25-27. The U18 Nations Cup features skiers from nations around the world including the most powerful Nordic teams from Norway, Sweden, and Finland. The U18 Nations Cup is first level of US

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality on Friday issued an air quality advisory for parts of Central and North Central Oregon, Eastern Oregon and the Southern Willamette Valley through early to mid- next week. The National Weather Service issued an air stagnation advisory for the same period. Forecasters expect air quality to deteriorate due to

Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., called on the Department of Labor on Friday to ensure state unemployment insurance programs are responding to the needs of furloughed federal workers facing financial uncertainty as the Trump shutdown continues. Wyden said reports indicate that some federal workers are being denied unemployment insurance benefits because some

(Update: Police say they shot, killed man outside schooll) EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Authorities say police shot and killed a man outside a middle school in Eugene, on Friday after they responded to a custodial dispute. No students or staff members were harmed in the Friday incident. In a statement, police said they were escorting

The Redmond Municipal Airport and Leading Edge Jet Center, LLC announced Friday “the forging of a long-term business relationship” in which Leading Edge will continue to provide fixed-base operations at RDM for up to 30 years, in exchange for a minimum $6 million investment. “I am thrilled we have reached a long-term agreement with Leading

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced Friday will hold town halls starting next week in a dozen counties throughout Oregon, wrapping up the visit with ones in Bend, Madras and Prineville Jan. 25-26. Heading into these 12 events, Wyden has held 920 town halls statewide overall since promising Oregonians that he would hold at least one

The Bend City Council chambers were packed to the gills Thursday for nearly five hours for a public hearing on a proposed apartment complex on Bend’s southwest side. It was standing room only, with many others sitting on the floor and standing in the hallway. At issue is a 2.91-acre vacant piece of land along

You may have seen a group of people in Central Oregon representing the “Dutch Berry Sheriff’s Office.” I t’s not a real law enforcement agency. It’s for a Redmond man’s hit show on YouTube. The YouTube account is called Patty Mayo, and it has 4.7 million subscribers. The show follows around the DBSO as they

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) – Stephen Thompson Jr. scored a career-high 34 points with five 3-pointers and 10 rebounds as short-handed Oregon State beat Southern California 79-74 in overtime on Thursday night. Ethan Thompson added 13 points and Gligorije Rakocevic had 10 points for the Beavers (10-4, 2-0 Pac-12). Bennie Boatwright had a career-high 37 points

Good Friday Morning, Everyone… While our daytime highs may be as much as 20 degrees cooler than yesterday, we can still expect quite the fair day ahead. The cloud cover will be a bit on the variable side through the day with enough clearing here and there for us to see the sun. Breezes will

Annie Turner and Rachel Punzalan became good friends as fellow nursing students. But a real life-or-death test came six months to the day after they were hired at two Portland hospitals. They happened to be the first on the scene Wednesday evening of a potentially fatal crash in Redmond – and medics credited their quick

(Update: Police release victim’s name, other details; in fair condition) A 49-year-old Redmond-area man who was struck and seriously injured by an SUV on Wednesday evening as he tried to cross South Highway 97 in Redmond on foot was in fair condition Thursday at St. Charles Bend. Police said he survived thanks largely to two

ASHWAUBENON, Wis. (AP) — A pharmaceutical drug supplier to Shopko says the Wisconsin-based retail chain is expected to file for bankruptcy next week. McKesson Corp. says it supplied Shopko with $67 million in drugs since Nov. 11 but has not been paid since early December. McKesson this week asked a judge for a restraining order

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Oregon’s snowpack is below normal again as data show the state reaching historically normal levels less often. The Statesman Journal reports the Natural Resources Conservation Service shows the state’s snow-water equivalent in the mountains is 72 percent of normal, with the number lower in western Oregon. According to data, the state

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Prince Ali had 22 points, including four in overtime, and UCLA scored the final seven points to outlast Oregon 87-84 on Thursday night. Jaylen Hands added 16 points and hit the go-ahead jumper with 47 seconds left for the Bruins (10-6, 3-0), who won in Eugene for the first time in

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Authorities have positively identified human remains found on a Northern California beach as one of six children from a Northwest family killed when their SUV plunged off a cliff last spring. The Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday that the partial foot inside a shoe found on the beach belonged to

After completing the last scheduled facilitated meeting with stakeholder representatives on Monday, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife staff are working to finalize a revised Wolf Conservation and Management Plan. The plan will be presented to the commission at its March 15 meeting in Salem for final adoption. Last year, commissioners decided to postpone Wolf

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) – Police say a man with several loaded handguns was arrested Thursday after he approached the security checkpoint at a southern Oregon airport without a boarding pass or identification and asked to board a plane. The Mail Tribune reports Anthony James Anderson arrived at the Rogue Valley International Airport in Medford carrying

Happy Thursday evening, everyone! Partly sunny skies will continue into a mostly clear and partly cloudy overnight. Lows will be in the 20s, which gets us closer to average. Winds will gust out of the southeast around 10 to 15 miles per hour. Patchy freezing fog is expected to develop over low lying elevations tomorrow

Deschutes County Health Services has announced upcoming dates for the Prevent Diabetes Central Oregon program in Bend, Redmond and La Pine. This year-long lifestyle change program can prevent at-risk adults from developing type 2 diabetes. Interested community members can attend a one-hour introductory session: · Bend: Wednesday, Jan. 29, 1 – 2 p.m., Mike Maier