Month: May 2019

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Portland police say a dog was shot at a southeast Portland high school. KGW-TV reports at about 10:30 p.m. Friday, police responded to a report of a dog shot at Grant High School at Marshall Campus. The caller said he was a custodian and that the dog’s owner reported the shooting

Good evening Central Oregon! Another gorgeous day across the High Desert. We saw daytime highs top out in the mid to upper 80s today. We could see things a bit breezy at time this afternoon and evening with winds out of the northwest at about 5-10 MPH. Those winds should calm down overnight though. Overnight

The Deschutes and Willamette national forests issued a final decision notice Friday for the Central Cascades Wilderness Strategy Project, laying out plans to issue permits to limit day-use entry at trailheads and establish a permit system for overnight stays in three popular Cascade wilderness areas, starting in the summer of 2020. From the Friday before

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Democrats unveiled a plan Friday to rein in Oregon’s rising pension costs in an attempt to coax protesting Republicans back to the state Capitol. Senate Republicans were again absent on Friday and have now shut down the official business in the chamber for four straight days. A Democratic supermajority was poised

Happy Saturday, everyone! High pressure moves onshore for the weekend and we’ll see clear skies and warm temperatures Saturday as a result. Winds will be relatively calm only gusting around 15 miles per hour. In the afternoon we’ll reach the low to mid 80s for daytime highs, which is around 20 degrees above normal! As

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) – Fredy Montero scored in the ninth minute and the Vancouver Whitecaps held on to beat the Cascadia Cup rival Portland Timbers 1-0 on Friday night. Russell Teibert chipped the ball over to Montero for a left-footed shot over goalkeeper Steve Clark’s shoulder. The Timbers had an opportunity in the 71st

The Oregon Department of Agriculture and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announced Friday the closure of recreational crabbing and the establishment of a Biotoxin Management Zone for commercial crabbing from Cape Blanco to the California border. Crab samples taken from the Brookings area indicate that levels of the marine biotoxin domoic acid have

The Oregon Health Authority announced Friday that the Health Evidence Review Commission (HERC), will reopen discussions on the coverage guidelines related to neck and back pain implemented in 2016, beginning this winter. OHA and HERC leadership said that new evidence regarding opioid therapy and opioid tapering that have emerged over the past year warranted another

(Update: Adding video, neighbors’ comments; evacuation levels lifted; Redmond also closes burning) A backyard debris burn sparked a 12-acre wildfire north of La Pine on Wednesday afternoon that destroyed one home and threatened several others, prompting evacuation orders and road closures, authorities said Thursday. Fire lines held overnight and crews were continuing mop-up Thursday on

A Bend police K-9 officer and his four-legged partner were recovering Friday from injuries suffered when a Lake Oswego man fleeing police crashed into their patrol vehicle, officers said. Bend police identified the officer involved in the crash Thursday afternoon as Officer Robert Pennock, a 12-year veteran of the department. Pennock and other Bend officers

Happy Friday evening, everyone! Tonight winds won’t be too breezy only gusting around 15 miles per hour. We’ll see clear skies overnight going into tomorrow morning. Low temperatures will fall into the mid to upper 30s. High pressure moves onshore for the weekend and we’ll see clear skies and warm temperatures Saturday as a result.

Here’s the city of Bend’s Weekly Road and Traffic Report for the Week of May 13 – 19. · Roundabout at intersection of NW Shevlin Park Road and NW Mt. Washington Drive for roundabout reconstruction, road closure with detours, 5/13/19 – 6/27/19. · SE Urania Lane between SE 2 nd Street and SE 3 rd

The Bethlehem Inn homeless shelter in Bend has spent the past several days moving into its long-awaited new Adult Residence building. On Friday, NewsChannel 21 employees were on hand to help in the move to the new facility, next to the former motel where the year-round shelter began over a decade ago. Officials say the

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The city of Portland and the state of Oregon say they’re partnering to address the Portland Harbor cleanup efforts. Last December, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the entire Portland Harbor site must meet certain goals toward figuring out a cleanup plan by the end of 2019. Oregon Public Broadcasting reports

Deschutes County Health Services’ main building on Northeast Courtney Drive in Bend will reopen to the public on Monday, two weeks after it closed for air quality testing, officials announced Friday Initial test results showed intermittent readings of very low carbon monoxide levels in limited areas of the building that were well below established industry

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The Oregon Supreme Court disagreed with more than 50 years of state case law by ruling that Oregonians retain a privacy interest in the garbage they leave on the curb for pick-up. That means police can’t simply rummage through it, even after a truck hauls it away. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the

(Update: FS says ODA rule will allow sale of felled trees for wood products) SALEM, Ore. (AP) – An herbicide that caused the death of more than 2,000 trees in Central Oregon is facing new regulations despite objections from agrichemical giant Bayer AG. The Oregon Department of Agriculture said Thursday that it will immediately begin

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota is preparing to sue the state of Washington over a new Washington law targeting oil shipped by rail. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed a bill into law Thursday that requires a lower vapor pressure limit for crude shipped by rail than the industry standard and North Dakota requires. Inslee

(Update: Suspect now in jail, adding mugshot) A Deschutes County sheriff’s deputy tried to stop a car driven by a reportedly suicidal 19-year-old Lake Oswego man heading south on Highway 97 north of Bend Thursday afternoon, Oregon State Police said. He sped off recklessly, they said, prompting a high-speed chase into Bend that ended when

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) – Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has signed a measure removing parents’ ability to claim a personal or philosophical exemption for their children from receiving the combined measles, mumps, rubella vaccine before attending a day care center or school. The state has seen more than 70 cases of measles this year, and Inslee