Month: February 2019

A Sunriver-area couple was excited to finally discover and put some money toward their dream home. But that dream quickly turned into a nightmare. Laurie and Whitney Jayne are among dozens of families in Canada and the U.S. who say they were scammed out of thousands of dollars by Green Terra Homes. The Jaynes said

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – The Eugene City Council will consider a proposed payroll tax paid by employers and employees that would generate an estimated $22.8 million a year to pay for an expansion of the municipal public safety system. The Register Guard reports the proposed payroll tax is the recommendation of an advisory committee asked

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Two drunken men who attacked other golfers with their clubs at a Northeast Portland golf course have been sentenced to jail terms of between 30 and 45 days. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports that on Wednesday, Matthew Leo pleaded no contest to attempted assault and was sentenced to 45 days in jail and

Following community input and engineering analysis, the city of Bend announced Thursday that speed limits will be lowered this month on two stretches of road in northeast Bend: · NE Penn Avenue / NE Neff Road -between NE Eighth Street and NE Eastwood Drive – from 35 mph to 25 mph · NE Neff Road

Only 40 percent of Oregon residents earned a passing grade on history questions from the U.S. citizenship test. The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation found that only in Vermont could a majority (53 percent) pass; in the lowest performing state, a mere 27 percent were able to pass. Even more disturbing, only 27 percent of

Good Friday Morning, Everyone…As the next winter weather system makes its way southward along the coastline it will force a variable cloud cover across the High Desert. With that will come a chance of scattered snow showers. Daytime highs will range from the mid 30’s to low 40’s and SW winds will be fairly gentle

Mid Oregon Credit Union invites the community to enjoy free admission to the High Desert Museum on Feb. 23. The “Free Family Saturday” complimentary admission program supports the community with the opportunity to explore art, wildlife and living history right in Central Oregon’s backyard. The museum is located five minutes south from Bend on Highway

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., released statements Thursday outlining Oregon programs funded by the congressional spending deal that apparently will avert another partial government shutdown, including $25 million for Central Oregon irrigation canal piping projects. First, here’s Merkleye’s statement: “This bill keeps the government open through the balance of fiscal year.

Here are Thursday’s Oregon high school basketball scores, compiled by The Associated Press: BOYS PREP BASKETBALL Adrian 57, Monument/Dayville 49 Banks 54, Seaside 53, OT Catlin Gabel 57, Horizon Christian Tualatin 49 Columbia Christian 74, Gaston 26 Coquille 72, Waldport 44 Damascus Christian 50, Life Christian 39 Gold Beach 60, Bandon 58 Joseph 35, Imbler

School boards across Oregon are urging lawmakers to invest more in education. From Hermiston to Redmond and Klamath Falls to Tillamook, at least 28 boards have passed resolutions calling on the Legislature to make big increases in funding. State funding for schools is about 9 percent below the national average, and Oregon’s graduation rate is

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A member of Portland’s city council said she is not shocked by a newspaper report that the commander for the police rapid response team exchanged friendly text messages with a leader of far-right protests that have rocked the city. Councilwoman Jo Ann Hardesty said the reporting Thursday in Willamette Week confirms

Discover Your Forest, in collaboration with the Deschutes National Forest and Mt. Bachelor Ski Area want to let the public know that their interpretive programs are back on following the federal government shutdown. The programs, which were on hold during the shutdown, allow visitors to the Mt. Bachelor Ski Area to snowshoe or ski or

Happy Valentine’s Day & Oregon’s 160th Birthday, everyone! Roads and surfaces will be icy tonight as we’ve seen showers during the day and we’ll see temperatures below freezing tonight. Expect a chance for snow showers overnight with partly cloudy skies. Winds will be out of the south around 10 miles per hour, so it could

More than five months after expressing “grave concerns” about Deschutes County’s plans to toughen its 2-year-old marijuana rules and three months after they were adopted, the Deschutes County Farm Bureau and several cannabis businesses have appealed the regulations to the state Land Use Board of Appeals. The farm bureau and its co-petitioners claim the new

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Oregon’s Democratic governor was talking with reporters about getting Republican lawmakers, who are in the minority in both the state Senate and House, on board as bills go through the Legislature, then drew a personal comparison about her stepdaughter wanting a dog. Gov. Kate Brown said she did not want the

ODOT warned Thursday travelers on Interstate 84 through the Columbia River Gorge should be ready for a continued wintry mix of weather over the next week and have supplies with them in case of major delays. ODOT crews have been treating I-84 with deicer and salt both before and after a series of crashes on

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Oregon and defensive coordinator Jim Leavitt have mutually parted ways. The two sides reached a financial settlement that will pay Leavitt $2.5 million, funded by private sources over multiple years, Oregon announced Thursday. The settlement would be less if he gets a new job. Leavitt was under contract until 2021. He

Sens. Ron Wyden, Catherine Cortez Masto and Patty Murray have introduced legislation that would ensure federal contractors affected by a government shutdown can withdraw funds from their retirement savings without being penalized. “Federal employees who missed paychecks during the Trump shutdown will eventually get their back pay, but nobody should forget about the millions of

Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., and a colleague are sharply critical of the Democrats’ Green New Deal but say they still want to seek bipartisan solutions to climate change. Walden, House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader, and Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change Republican Leader John Shimkus (R-IL) sent a letter to

Instead of focusing on romance this Valentine’s Day, consider reaching out with kindness. According to research by Mental Health America, Oregon has one of the worst rates of mental health issues in the country. “Mental health is a taboo subject in general, but especially at work,” said Liz Hill, Total Worker Health® advisor at SAIF.