Month: February 2019

The Redmond Airport is back up and running — at least for now. The airport had been closed since early Monday morning because snow damaged a piece of equipment, but by noon Wednesday, planes were taking off and landing. But just because the airport was operating smoothly doesn’t mean the parking lot was as well.

Due to inclement weather, hazardous road conditions and more snow in the forecast for Central Oregon, Cascades East Transit will operate on a snow schedule for Thursday as described below. Please note that all time points on schedules are estimates, as service may be affected by weather conditions and/or traffic. Bend Fixed Route and Dial-A-Ride

Bend Park and Recreation District’s Kids Inc. before- and after-school care programs and school-located sports programs are canceled for Thursday. These activities will not occur until schools are open. District facilities, including Juniper Swim & Fitness Center, The Pavilion, Bend Senior Center, District Office and Art Station, will be open and return to normal schedules

Happy Wednesday evening, everyone! A WINTER STORM WARNING remains in effect through early Thursday morning for additional snowfall along with packed snow and icy roads. Check mountain pass conditions as Willamette Pass remains closed at this hour along with highway 20 from Salem to Santiam Junction. Overnight we’ll see another 1-2″ in Central Oregon with

(Update:Santiam Pass reopens; CEC battles outages; most trash pickup canceled for week; Hwy. 58 progress but closed until at least Thursday) An avalanche Wednesday closed U.S. Highway 20 just west of Santiam Pass until the early evening. However, while the route to state Highway 22 and Salem had reopened, Highway 20 was still closed to

The Oregon House overwhelmingly passed a bill Wednesday that will provide more than 200 affordable housing units for Redmond residents. HB 2336, whose chief sponsors were Rep. Jack Zika (R-Redmond), Rep. Cheri Helt (R-Bend), and Duane Stark (R-Grants Pass), expands a pilot program established in 2016 by the Legislature, eliminating a population clause. With bipartisan

(Update: Redmond Airport resumes flights) Redmond Municipal Airport’s airfield reopened for flights Wednesday morning after a two-day closure caused by heavy snow and a part that went out in the airport’s Instrument Landing System. “RDM recommends passengers contact their air carrier directly for the most current flight information before traveing to the airport terminal,” the

Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., R-Ore., said at a Capitol Hill hearing Wednesday the current Northwest measles outbreak showcases the problem of under-vaccination in the United States. During a hearing before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Walden highlighted the Oregon impact of the measles outbreak and said more needs to be done to raise public

A severe nursing shortage is reaching crisis levels in rural Oregon. There’s no shortage of interested aspiring nurses, as hundreds have lined up to enter nursing schools across the state. The primary roadblock to supplying the demand for nurses is a lack of faculty to each those students. One main reason for the faculty shortage

Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., have joined 33 Democratic colleagues to introduce the Child Care for Working Families Act , a comprehensive early learning and child care bill they said would ensure affordable, high-quality child care for working middle class families and those living paycheck to paycheck. Here’s a news release from the

Oregon Secretary of State Dennis Richardson, who announced last year he had been diagnosed with brain cancer, has died at his home, surrounded by family and friends, his office announced Wednesday morning. The 69-year-old Republican was a six-term member of the Oregon House before being elected secretary of state in 2016. He was the only

Thursday’s Pilot Butte Master Plan Advisory Committee meeting has been canceled due to inclement weather, officials said Wednesday. The meeting will be rescheduled for early April; a subsequent meeting release will be sent announcing the specific date, time and location of the meeting. The follow-up public meeting about the master plan, originally scheduled for April

Due to continuing inclement weather and priority for safe transportation during hazardous road conditions, Cascades East Transit will operate on a snow schedule for Wednesday as described below. Please note that all time points on schedules are estimates, as service may be affected by weather conditions and/or traffic. Bend Fixed Route and Dial-A-Ride services will

Good Wednesday Morning, Everyone…Snow showers will slowly taper off today and we will stay cold. We will still see a couple inches of snow accumulate through the day and highs will only reach the mid to upper 20’s. Northerly breezes will be gentle at 5-10 mph. Another 1-2″ of snow will accumulate tonight as lows

Good Wednesday Morning, Everyone…2:30 AM… Snow has been falling all night and is expected to continue for the next few hours. Crews are working to keep the main arteries clear, but some side streets are almost impassable. At this hour 5-6″ of snow has accumulated in Bend since about 1:00 PM Tuesday. Bend – La

This week, the Oregon FBI’s Tech Tuesday segment focuses on building a digital defense against virtual job frauds. Last week, we talked about some work-at-home job scams where the bad guy convinces you to deposit a bogus check into your account and transfer funds back to him. This week, we are going to dive deeper

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Oregon is set to become the first state in the nation to impose mandatory rent control. Senate Bill 608 passed the Democrat-controlled House by a vote of 35 to 25 on Tuesday. Landlords would only be allowed to raise rent a limited amount (7 percent, plus the annual change in the

Some Oregon lawmakers want to extend and increase a tax credit for working families. House Bill 3028 would boost the state’s Earned Income Tax Credit to 20 percent of the federal tax credit, from its current level of 8 percent. Janet Bauer, a policy analyst for the Oregon Center for Public Policy, said that would

The High Desert Museum is now offering free admission to active-duty military personnel and their families, including National Guard and Reserve, all year long. Since 2010, the High Desert Museum has provided free admission to all active duty service members and their families between Memorial Day and Labor Day as part of the Blue Star

Redmond residents soon will be able to access electronic state court documents without traveling to the Deschutes County Courthouse in downtown Bend, thanks to a pilot project spearheaded by the Deschutes County Access to Justice Committee and Deschutes Public Library. The new service starts March 1. The pilot project makes the Oregon Judicial Court Information