Month: April 2019

In March, the Redmond Police Department conducted focused enforcement on distracted driving by contacting drivers who are failing to follow Oregon’s Unlawful Use of an Electronic Mobile Device law (ORS 811.507). Three officers funded by a grant conducted over 12 hours of enforcement, resulting in numerous traffic stops. The grant-funded enforcement resulted in 9 citations

The Oregon Medical Marijuana Program warned hundreds of cannabis growers Wednesday that they need to come into compliance with inventory reporting requirements or face stiff penalties. The OMMP issued a bulletin that reminds medical growers at grow sites required to use the Oregon Medical Marijuana Online System (OMMOS) that they must report their onsite cannabis

A groundbreaking two-year study in southern Oregon has found greater abundance and diversity of wild bees in areas that experienced moderate and severe forest fires, compared to areas with low-severity fires. The study, published Wednesday in the journal Ecosphere by researchers at the Oregon State University College of Forestry, is the first to demonstrate that

Curious about midwifery? St. Charles Bend invites you to take a leisurely stroll along the Deschutes River with a St. Charles Bend midwife. While you get your daily dose of exercise and vitamin D, she’ll explain what makes midwifery services unique and how low-intervention births can be accomplished in a hospital setting. Starting April 11,

High school girls in Bend are invited to borrow a prom dress from Cinderella’s Closet. Over 750 new and gently used formal dresses, shoes, jewelry and other accessories are available. Cinderella’s Closet is a project of Assistance League of Bend. Cinderella’s Closet is open every other Saturday through May 11, 11: a.m. to 2 p.m.,

Hoodoo Ski Area is celebrating the last few weeks of the 2018-19 ski season by offering $25 lift tickets for all guests this Thursday and Friday. “Conditions at Hoodoo have been great this season and the current snow level of 84 inches is the second deepest April base in the past seven seasons,” the resort

A 27-year-old Portland man and former baggage handler at Portland International Airport pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to five counts of possessing a stolen firearm after he was caught stealing six guns in four weeks from the checked luggage of airline passengers. According to court documents, between Aug. 19 and Sept. 17 of last

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – A federal judge has defended former President Barack Obama’s expansion of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, ruling against a logging company’s lawsuit that said the expansion deprived it of timber. U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark Clarke referred his recommendation Tuesday to a U.S. district judge. Murphy Co. and Murphy Timber Investments LLC brought

Efforts to curtail the flow of cocaine into the United States from South America have made drug trafficking operations more widespread and harder to eradicate, according to new research published this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The National Science Foundation supported the study, which included an Oregon State University geographer and

Wild Willamette winter steelhead, an iconic run that is considered by many to be the most imperiled fish in Oregon, are posting some their best returns in three years, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife reported Wednesday. ODFW biologists hope this is the beginning of a turnaround, and evidence the fish are responding positively

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A new report says there are more than 400 structurally deficient bridges in Oregon. KOIN reports that the American Road & Transportation Builders Association recently released its 2019 Bridge Report. Of the 8,161 bridges in Oregon, 422 or 5.2% are classified as structurally deficient – which means one of the key

Good Wednesday Morning, Everyone… An air flow out of the west will keep the coast and the valley pretty wet today, but the cascades will do their job and only allow a slight chance of scattered showers for Central Oregon. Our highs will be in the mid to upper 50’s and SSW winds will pick

This week, the Oregon FBI’s Tech Tuesday segment begins a series focusing on a very important issue: building a digital defense against frauds targeting senior citizens. A few weeks ago, the FBI and the Department of Justice announced a massive sweep involving the identification and arrest those responsible for defrauding more than two million Americans,

Mid Oregon Credit Union encourages the community to stop by a branch and “Adopt-A-Bear” from April 1-19 in support of Healthy Beginnings, a 21 Cares for Kids partner helping to ensure that every preschooler in Central Oregon is healthy and prepared to enter kindergarten ready to learn. Since 2004, Mid Oregon’s Adopt-A-Bear annual fundraiser has

More foster youths are being placed in families across the country, and Oregon is ahead of the national effort, according to a new report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation. The proportion of kids in foster care who were placed with families rather than in group homes rose from 81% in 2007 to 86% in

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Oregon’s projected “kicker” tax rebate will decrease by $108 million under a bill passed by Democrats in the state Senate. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports that for individual taxpayers, that would translate to a 14.5 percent reduction to their kicker rebate when they file their taxes in 2020, if state economists’ most recent

It took the use of spike strips and a “pursuit intervention technique” for police to stop an SUV and arrest a 65-year-old Southern California woman on drunken driving and other charges after a pursuit on Highway 97 from Bend to Redmond early Tuesday morning, officers said. Bend police were dispatched around 5:30 a.m. to a

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Gun owners would be required to keep their guns safely locked away when not in use under a measure making its way through the Oregon Legislature. It’s a response to the 2012 Clackamas Town Center Shooting, when a 22-year-old masked man opened fire on a crowded shopping mall using a firearm

The Arnold Irrigation District and project partners are holding a public meeting later this month to gather public input on a canal piping project to modernize aging infrastructure to conserve water, reduce energy use, improve operational efficiencies and enhance fish and wildlife habitat in the Deschutes River. By converting open-ditch irrigation canals into underground, closed-pipe

A group in La Pine is working to honor veterans by bringing The Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall to the community, and could use your help to make it happen. The memorial wall, a 3/5th size replica of the memorial in Washington, D.C., lists the names of those who fought and died in the Vietnam War,