Month: May 2019

The Central Oregon Association of Realtors board of directors contributed $25,000 on April 30 to the new St. Charles Bend patient tower. “I’d like to thank Central Oregon Association of Realtors for its generous gift to our new patient tower. We deeply appreciate the association’s support and commitment to the expansion of quality health care

Good Wednesday Morning, Everyone… As high pressure ever so gradually advances on the NW we will see another sunny, mild day on the High Desert. We will likely see a few high, thin clouds across the region later today, but no threat of any showers. Highs will be in the mid 70’s. Winds will be

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Republicans in the Oregon Senate were a no show Tuesday for a $1 billion education tax vote, bringing the chamber to a halt. All 12 Republicans were missing Tuesday morning, denying the Senate a quorum. That means there weren’t enough legislators on hand to formally move ahead with a vote on

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Oregon is the only state in America where juries are not required to reach a unanimous decision to convict someone of a crime. But momentum is building to scrap that system. Several Oregon lawmakers are sponsoring a resolution aimed at eliminating an amendment to the state Constitution that allows 10-2 convictions

DENVER (AP) – Nikola Jokic scored 25 points and tied a team playoff high with 19 rebounds, and Paul Millsap injected some experience into a series dominated by youth, sparking the Nuggets’ 124-98 blowout of the Portland Trail Blazers on Tuesday night that gave Denver a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven series. The Nuggets can

A 76-year-old La Pine man was arrested Tuesday evening on charges he used a sharpened wrench to threaten motorcyclists who he thought were going too fast and kicking up dust on the dirt road he lives on, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said. Deputies were dispatched shortly before 5 p.m. to a reported weapon offense after

Several riders taking part in the Run For the Wall took off Tuesday morning from Hub City Bar and Grill in Redmond. They’re headed north for Seattle to meet up with hundreds of others, then they’ll all head south to Ontario, California, to begin their cross-country trek. From there, it’s a 10-day journey across the

(Update: Adding comments from JUUL Labs) Studies show there’s been an increase in the number of Deschutes County teenagers who say they use e-cigarettes or vape pens. Officials are citing many reasons why this is a serious problem. Deschutes County Health Services conducts a wellness survey of 11th-graders every other year, asking if they’ve used

Deschutes County Health Services’ main building on NE Courtney Drive in Bend will remain closed through at least Friday, as authorities conduct more air quality tests to clear the building of low levels of carbon monoxide. The county closed the building last week for air quality testing, which is expected to continue through the end

(Update: Victims identified; suspects arrested in Roseburg) SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Authorities say two men were fatally shot in Salem Monday night and two people have been arrested in southern Oregon. The Statesman Journal reports that Marion County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a shooting report about 10:15 p.m. Monday. The sheriff’s office says when deputies

Happy Tuesday evening, everyone! Winds will stay breezy tonight gusting 25 miles per hour. Overnight winds will be around 10 to 15 miles per hour and we’ll see mostly clear skies. Low temperatures will be chilly, but not too cold in the upper 30s and lower 40s. Wednesday brings stronger wind gusts and a few

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) – An autopsy shows that a California woman killed Friday in a Medford motel room was stabbed to death. The Jackson County Medical Examiner’s Office says 23-year-old Sierra Clemens of Grass Valley, California, died of multiple stab wounds early Friday at the Tiki Lodge in Medford. Medford police Lt. Mike Budreau says

If conditions remain favorable, firefighters on the Deschutes National Forest are planning a burn west of Bend near the Cascade Lakes Welcome Station on Wednesday. Ignitions are planned around for approximately 9 a.m. on Welcome Station 9, a 231-acre unit one mile west of Bend near the Cascade Lakes Welcome Station on Cascade Lakes Highway.

Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., on Tuesday asked the U.S. Agriculture Department to restore recent payments the agency wrongly reduced for schools and counties under the Secure Rural Schools Act by more than $14 million. In their letter to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, the Oregon senators cited reports that the agency withheld 6.2

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Forest Service and Department of Energy will hold public workshops in four western states between May 29 and June 6 — the last in Redmond — to get local input on an ongoing review of federally designated energy corridors across BLM- and Forest Service-managed lands. All workshops will be

EVERETT, Wash. (AP) – A dead gray whale washed ashore in Everett, Washington, over the weekend. The Daily Herald reports the whale was spotted Sunday near Everett’s Harborview Park. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration spokesperson Michael Milstein says police and the state Department of Fish and Wildlife planned to tow the carcass Tuesday to Camano

SEATTLE (AP) – Seattle police have solved a murder from nearly 52 years ago with the help of DNA and a family tree – a method investigators are increasingly using to crack cold cases. Susan Galvin was a 20-year-old police records clerk. She was found raped and strangled in a parking garage elevator in 1967.

Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies pursued a car they said nearly hit two patrol cars stopped to investigate an abandoned stolen van northeast of Redmond Monday afternoon. The car — allegedly driven by the van thief — crashed in a ditch and the three occupants ran but were caught and arrested. Deputies were in the area

SEATTLE (AP) – Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has signed a group of bills tightening rules on guns in some circumstances, including targeting ghost guns and people found incompetent to stand trial. Other measures in the group, which Inslee signed Tuesday, affect gun rights for people being released from short-term psychiatric holds, and people under restraining

The Rotary Club of Bend has awarded four Central Oregonian musicians with its annual Traxler scholarships. The scholarships are for $2,000 each to the accomplished students. Heidi Watkins plays trombone and piano and plans to attend Montana State University after graduating from Summit High School this spring. In 8th grade Heidi set her career sights