Month: January 2019

Happy Monday evening, everyone! Tonight we’ll see the arrival of a warm front bringing in some showers up from the south. Between now and midnight we’re expected to be dry before chances for mixed showers kick up. Winds will be breezy at times out of the southeast. Overnight lows will be at their coldest around

An agreement between Oregon State University – Cascades and Central Oregon Community College being announced this week expands efforts between the university and the college to more effectively guide students to four-year degree completion. Under the Degree Partnership Program, students interested in starting studies at COCC can self-identify as bachelor’s degree-seeking and be jointly admitted

A fire destroyed two neighboring homes and two outbuildings in southeast Prineville early Monday morning, officials said. There were no injuries, and four pets were rescued from one home. Crook County Fire and Rescue crews were dispatched around 6:40 a.m. to the fire on Southeast Melrose Drive at the intersection with Combs Flat Road, Battalion

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Oregon’s new labor commissioner has an ambitious agenda, but an investigation pushed by her predecessor on sexual harassment in the Capitol looms – and the report drew new criticism. Val Hoyle, a former state legislator, was sworn in Monday by Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum. For the first time in Oregon history,

With ski season underway, the Oregon Department of Transportation said Monday it will conduct safety inspections of buses and their drivers in winter recreation areas this winter. In partnership with motor coach companies and travel destinations such as ski resorts, the Motor Carrier Transportation Division of ODOT will conduct safety inspections of both buses and

Oregon State University – Cascades will host a public meeting next week to gather input on a proposal for a federal Environmental Protection Agency brownfields cleanup grant. The grant proposal seeks funding for the planned remediation of university-owned property, a former Deschutes County demolition landfill. The public meeting will take place from 5:30 to 7

The Oregon Department of Veterans Affairs Home Loan Program said Monday it has an increased limit for veteran home loans. Starting this year, ODVA will accept loan applications up to a maximum of $484,350, an increase from $453,100 in 2018. In so doing, the department is following the lead of the Federal Housing Finance Agency,

ESTACADA, Ore. (AP) – The bodies of two men who went missing after a New Year’s Eve trip to explore the forest southeast of Portland have been recovered from their SUV, which plunged into the Collawash River, authorities said. The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office says a red Chevrolet Tahoe containing the bodies of Kevin Shaver

The Deschutes Cultural Coalition of the Oregon Cultural Trust presented its 7th annual Ben Westlund Memorial Award to Pamela Beezley from the Sunriver Music Festival on Dec. 19 at the Liberty Theater during The Arts and Culture Alliance’s Holiday Party. The award was established in 2012 to honor the memory of former Oregon legislator and

The city of Bend and its Climate Action Steering Committee are inviting Bend residents to take 15 minutes to participate in an online community survey. Community participation will help the city set priorities for the best ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The survey will be available at: go.participate.online/BendClimateSurvey from Jan. 9 until Feb. 3.

(Update: Adding witness comment) PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A Portland police officer fatally shot a man at a Southeast Portland home after the landlord reported a stranger who appeared to be homeless and suffering from a mental illness lying on a tenant’s door stoop. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports that an officer responded about 2 p.m. Sunday

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Environmental groups have withdrawn from talks aimed at updating the wolf management plan in Oregon. Wolf conservation advocates, ranchers and hunters have been meeting with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife for months to update the rules that protect and manage the state’s rebounding wolf population. One hotly debated topic

Oregonians’ participation in outdoor recreation activities saves the state $1.4 billion annually in health care costs, according to a report released Monday by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. The report, Health Benefits for Oregonians from their Outdoor Recreation Participation in Oregon, calculates how much energy people expend when engaging in outdoor recreation, and the

A coalition of forest scientists, including Steve Strauss of Oregon State University, is calling for an immediate review of international policies that the group says put unreasonable and harmful limitations on biotech research. This petition follows on the release of a major report on The Potential for Biotechnology to Address Forest Health from the National

Good Monday Morning, Everyone…The current system will pass out of our region this morning and that will leave us with a fairly mild day. We will stay chilly this morning, but get close to our average of 41 degrees this afternoon. Breezes will be gentle out of the south under mostly cloudy skies. Clouds will

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Sabrina Ionescu extended her NCAA record to 15 triple-doubles and Ruthy Hebard scored a career-high 34 points to help No. 5 Oregon race past Washington State 98-58 on Sunday. Ionescu had 17 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists for the Ducks (13-1, 2-0 Pac-12), who won their fifth straight game. She

The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office warned the public Sunday about a resurgence in scam phone calls falsely claiming to be from a sheriff’s captain and telling their intended victims that they missed jury duty, or similar scams. A woman contacted NewsChannel 21 to report she received a call Sunday morning that faked (spoofed) a caller

Good evening Central Oregon! A snowy day today for much of us across the High Desert. We do have a winter weather advisory in effect for the western slopes of the Cascades, so you can expect to see plenty of snow and winter driving conditions at the pass levels are you are heading that way

The Bend area’s median home sales price rose more than 9 percent in 2018, to $432,000, though that year-end figure was $17,000 below June’s peak price and fairly stable through the last quarter of the year, an analyst said Saturday. Beacon Appraisal Group’s Donnie Montagner said the sales inventory in Bend was at slightly less

SEATTLE (AP) – Crews have been working to restore power to thousands of residents in Washington and Oregon following a weekend windstorm which toppled trees and power lines around the region. Puget Sound Energy said Sunday that since the peak of the storm, it had restored electricity to 147,000 customers. It said that as of