Month: May 2019

What’s black and white and red all over? Mei Mei the red panda! The fluffy 3-year-old arrived at the Oregon Zoo in Portland earlier this month, and is already making herself right at home in her new habitat. “We’re so excited to have Mei Mei here,” said keeper Sara Morgan. “She’s very outgoing and curious

Good Friday Morning, Everyone… A strong ridge of high pressure continues to make slow progress to the east and that will deliver another sunny, warm day to the High Desert today. Highs will be around 80 degrees and what little breeze we see will be gentle out of the east. Skies will stay clear tonight.

Economic Development for Central Oregon announced Thursday its list of the 2019 Largest Central Oregon Employers, complete with breakouts of the top employers in each Central Oregon community. This data, collected by EDCO annually for the past 20 years, is the most comprehensive major employer list in Central Oregon. This year, the top 50 private

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A disability rights nonprofit has filed a letter of complaint with the city of Portland over new rules for its electric scooter pilot program, which just began its second phase. Disability Rights Oregon says in the letter Thursday that the city’s decision to have residents file complaints about the ubiquitous e-scooters

The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office will be hosting our next public shredding event this upcoming Saturday from 10 a.m. until noon in the parking lot of the DCSO La Pine Substation, located at 51340 Hwy 97, La Pine. We are collaborating with Data Delete of Oregon during the event to provide residents of Deschutes County

The May special election is less than two weeks away. Candidates for two different boards’ positions squared off in Bend for a debate Thursday night, hosted by the Central Oregon Association of Realtors. There was one for the Bend Parks and Recreation District Board, and the other for the Bend-La Pine School Board. There are

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Republicans in the Oregon Senate have skipped out on an education tax vote for a third straight day. Only one Republican appeared on the Senate floor Thursday morning, denying the chamber enough members to go through with a vote. Republicans want to go back to the drawing table on a multibillion-dollar

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Damian Lillard had 32 points, including 17 in the third quarter, and the Portland Trail Blazers staved off elimination to force a decisive Game 7 in their series with Denver with a 119-108 victory on Thursday night. The Nuggets head home with a chance to make it to the Western Conference

Happy Thursday evening, everyone! Winds will stay gusty topping 30 to 35 miles per hour through the end of the evening. After sunset we’ll see blustery winds, but they won’t be too strong. Expect some hazy skies, but mostly sunny conditons heading into the overnight. Overnight lows will be in the mid to upper 30s

Here are the city of Redmond’s planned road closures and delays for the week of May 13-17: City Street Maintenance Operations: Monday, May 13 thru May 17 – Starting at 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., the following road closures or traffic disruptions will take place. Asphalt grinding by Tri-County Paving for the City’s 2019 Overlay

A Gilchrist man who called 911 early Thursday to report he’d shot a Crescent man who didn’t appear to be breathing was arrested on a murder charge, Klamath County District Attorney Eve Costello said. Dispatchers got a call around 2:30 a.m. from Rex Ronald Jones, 59, who said he’d shot Russell Sherman Gilbert, who didn’t

The Deschutes County Planning Commission has invited residents to attend two upcoming public hearings on proposed policies that would allow the county to re-evaluate some rural land designations. The public hearings will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 23, and 5:30 p.m. Thursday, June 13, at the Deschutes Services Building, at 1300 NW

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Oregon’s Senate Republicans have failed to turn up for a second day, keeping majority Democrats from voting on a $1 billion education tax as tens of thousands of teachers walked off the job or staged rallies and marches over the need for more school funding. The 12 GOP senators didn’t show

The Bend housing market zoomed to another sales price record in April, and so did Redmond, which experienced an even larger jump from a year ago, an appraiser’s report out Wednesday said. The median home sale price in Bend hit $463,000 last month, up $18,000 from March and an increase of more than 11.5 percent

SEATTLE (AP) – The rentable electric scooters that have popped up in cities throughout the country could appear in Seattle next year. The Seattle Times reports Mayor Jenny Durkan announced Wednesday that her administration will soon start forming a pilot program to allow scooter shares. The city has previously banned the foot scooters, and city

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) – A Washington state official says wolves should be removed from the federal endangered species list in the entirety of the state. Washington Fish and Wildlife Director Kelly Susewind in April wrote a letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in support of the proposal to delist wolves in the Lower

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A bill to allow dentists in Oregon to administer vaccines to patients has been signed into law. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Oregon is the first state in the country to allow dentists to administer any vaccine available at a primary care doctor’s office. Most people may not get their measles, polio and

The Bend Fire Department and the Deschutes County Rural Fire Protection District #2 have closed all outdoor burning through Sunday due to predicted warm, dry and windy weather. The closure and burning status will be reevaluated over the weekend, officials said Thursday. Under the predicted weather conditions, fires become much more resistant to control efforts,

Tuesday, May 14, is the last day for Deschutes County voters to safely mail their ballot for it to count in the May 21 Special Election. Ballots must be received by 8 p.m. on Tuesday, May 21. Ballots that are not mailed by May 14 should be delivered to an official ballot drop site. A

Good Thursday Morning, Everyone… Today we get caught directly between a high pressure center to the west and low pressure to the SE. The resulting flow out of the NE will mean very breezy conditions this afternoon with the possibility of a few clouds gathering for a short time. Highs will be in the mid