Month: June 2019

Happy Friday evening, everyone! Mostly sunny skies will stick around through the end of the evening. Overnight we’ll see mostly clear to clear skies with lows in the low to mid 40s. Low temperatures average in the lower 40s. Winds will be calm out of the south around 5 miles per hour. Saturday begins with

Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR), along with Sens. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), on Thursday introduced the If It’s Good Enough for the Banks, It’s Good Enough for Students Act , legislation that would enable student loan borrowers to refinance their federal student loans at the same low rates big banks borrow at. Nationwide,

A 26-year-old Bend-area woman pleaded guilty Friday to criminally negligent homicide, DUII and fourth-degree assault charges in a March 2018 rollover crash that killed a Powell Butte man. Samantha Lou Toews , 26, entered the guilty pleas before Deschutes County Circuit Judge Michael Adler, who set sentencing for July 1. Toews was indicted in December

Here is the list of Redmond’s planned road closures and delays for the week of June 16-22: Redmond Area Street Closures, Events and Delays Map Special Event Closures: SW 6 th St from SW Black Butte Blvd to SW Forest Ave – Friday, June 21 starting at 4:00 p.m. thru June 23 at 9:00 p.m.,

Oregon State University-Cascades’ Distinguished Student Awards will be presented to 17 undergraduate and graduate students at a ceremony on Saturday. The annual awards are among the top honors given by faculty to OSU-Cascades students and recognize outstanding academic achievement and contributions in students’ fields of study. All of this year’s recipients are from Oregon and

(Update: Adding $1 to $2 cost per can) Deschutes Brewery said Friday it is canning water this summer to promote responsible recreation and keep single-use plastic water bottles out of the Deschutes River, trails, lakes and forests. The brewery said it “loves sharing its territory with fellow adventurers, but asks that visitors care for it

Oregon State University announced Friday that 636 student records and family records of students containing personally identifiable information were potentially affected by a data privacy incident that occurred in early May. An OSU employee’s email account was hacked by individuals outside the university and used to send phishing e-mails across the nation. An investigation by

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde plan to purchase the shuttered Blue Heron paper mill in Oregon City and more than one mile of land along the Willamette River upstream. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports purchasing the lands would give the tribes easy access to the river for ceremonial fishing and room for

Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., this week urged federal officials to reconsider a newly proposed public housing rule they say could worsen homelessness and force some families of mixed citizenship status to separate. The Oregon senators’ letter to Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson comes in response to a rule proposed last

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Lawmakers in the House have agreed to overhaul a rule addressing harassment and discrimination and to create a new equity office tasked with improving the Capitol’s workplace culture. The measures approved Thursday now head to the Senate. Oregon Public Broadcasting reports an investigation by the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore. ,called upon major car manufacturers Thursday to tell Congress whether their cars collect personal data from drivers, what data they collect, who owns that data, and whether data collected is securely stored to protect consumers’ privacy. “While data plays an integral role in advancing new technology to maximize consumer benefits and

Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum on Friday thanked the Oregon Senate for unanimously passing a comprehensive change to Oregon’s hate crimes law. The new law will create a better response system for victims of hate crimes and bias incidents, improve the collection of hate crimes, and modernize Oregon’s “intimidation” statute, she said. The bill, SB

Here’s the city of Bend’s weekly road and traffic update for the week of June 17-23: Special Events Bite of Bend will be held on June 14 – 16 and will impact the following locations: Friday, June 14 th NW Bond Street between NW Franklin Avenue and NW Oregon Avenue NW Minnesota Avenue between NW

(Update: Adding video, Justin Livingston comments) It’s becoming more certain that the city of Bend will be asking voters for more money to put toward a big backlog of transportation needs, quite possibly in a measure on next spring’s ballot. A recent survey of some key stakeholders found community leaders agreeing on many aspects but

The Old McKenzie Highway (OR 242) will be open to motor vehicle traffic by 8 a.m. Monday, the Oregon Department of Transportation said Friday. The twisting, seasonal route over McKenzie Pass west of Sisters has been closed between milepoints 61 and 84 since late last year due to winter weather and highway maintenance operations, the

Good Friday Morning, Everyone… High pressure will continue its grip over the Pacific NW through today, the weekend ahead and well into next week. That means more sunshine and warm temperatures. Today’s highs will be in the upper 70’s to low 80’s …a little cooler than yesterday, but still above average. Skies will stay quite

Oregon House Republicans sharply criticized their Democratic counterparts on Thursday, saying they ” outright rejected five bills designed to help working families, seniors and college students keep their heads above water. ” Here’s the rest of a news release from the Oregon House Republican Office: The five bills are part of a package entitled Keeping

As one might expect, Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., cheered and Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., booed a major move this week by the U.S. Forest Service to speed approval of logging and related forest management projects. First, the news release Thursday from Walden’s office: Greg Walden Applauds Forest Service’s Proposed Streamlining of Forest Management Projects WASHINGTON,

Oregon’s Higher Education Coordinating Commission determined Thursday at a public meeting at the Oregon Capitol that the undergraduate in-state tuition and fee increases proposed by the governing boards of Oregon Institute of Technology, Southern Oregon University and the University of Oregon will be allowed to take effect. The tuition increases were based on the $837

Wildlife biologists from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife on Thursday ” lethally removed ” a black bear cub seen next to a popular boat ramp at Henry Hagg Lake west of Portland numerous times over the past week, prompting several calls to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office and Oregon State Police. Wildlife officials