Month: June 2019

The La Pine Rural Fire Protection District is proud to host a three-day fire camp next month for 16- to 25-year-old women that have an interest in the fire service. The three-day camp taking place between the hours of 9 am and 5 pm, is an opportunity to experience the unique aspects of being a

Good Tuesday Morning, Everyone… A slow moving low pressure center will bring a developing cloud cover and a chance of showers and thunderstorms to the High Desert today. Highs will reach the low 70’s and NW breezes will stay pretty gentle at 5 -10 mph . The chance of showers will diminish as we get

Broadband internet would get a boost in rural Oregon under legislation that passed the Oregon House on Monday, supporters said. Here’s a news release from Oregon House Democrats about the two bills that won approval: “Many of us who live on or near the I-5 corridor take our fast internet for granted,” said Rep. Pam

If the intelligence community refuses to publicly release information about which Saudi officials are responsible for ordering the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., vowed Monday to invoke a special Senate procedure to force the release of that information. In a speech on the Senate floor, Wyden, a senior member of the Senate

The Oregon House passed an extension of a tax credit package Monday that supporters said will aid low-income workers and rural Oregonians, including an expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit. House Bill 2164 is a package that extends and modifies 17 tax expenditures with the overarching policy goal of lifting up Oregon’s working families

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) – Climate change in the Western U.S. means more intense and frequent wildfires churning out waves of smoke that scientists say will affect tens of millions of people and cause premature deaths to spike. That’s prompting people in cities and rural areas alike to gird themselves for another summer of sooty skies

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Federal officials have released their review on removing or changing vegetation over a huge swath of the U.S. West to stop wildfires on land used for cattle ranching, recreation and habitat for imperiled sage grouse. The work would occur on strips of land up to 165 yards wide and up to

Cascade Disposal, a Waste Connections company, recently launched ‘Cascade Disposal,’ a mobile application that makes it easier for customers to stay connected to information about waste and recycling collection. Not only will customers find a collection schedule specific to house address, the ‘Cascade Disposal’ app will also help them be better recyclers. The app contains

State Rep. Jack Zika, R-Redmond, issued a statement Monday regarding his support for a House-passed measure awaiting a Senate vote that would promote ” middle housing ” (duplexes, triplexes and the like) by requiring cities allow them in areas now zoned exclusively for single-family housing. ” This bill provides property owners with more flexibility to

SEATTLE (AP) – Apple officials say the company plans to add 2,000 software and hardware jobs in Seattle in the next five years, with 200 jobs by the end of this year. The Seattle Times reports officials made the announcement at a news conference Monday with Mayor Jenny Durken. Apple is leasing space in two

Here is the city of Redmond’s weekly road closures and delays update for the week of June 23-30: Redmond Area Street Closures, Events and Delays Map City Street Maintenance Operations: Monday, June 24 thru June 25, from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. – Slurry seal application by Intermountain Slurry Seal, Inc. for the City’s 2019

Here is the Oregon Department of Transportation’s Region 4 weekly road construction update for the week of June 24: The Oregon Department of Transportation is committed to providing a safe, efficient transportation system. ODOT invests in Oregon’s future through roadway improvement projects. The following projects are located in ODOT’s Region 4 encompassing Central Oregon from

ATLANTA (AP) – The Atlanta Hawks have traded Kent Bazemore to the Portland Trail Blazers for Evan Turner is a swap of high-priced players heading into the final year of their contracts. Bazemore was the last holdover from the Hawks’ 60-win team in 2014-15. The 6-foot-5 swingman lost his starting job midway through last season

A 39-year-old Forest Grove man was arrested in a guns-drawn traffic stop in Sisters Sunday evening, accused of pointing a handgun at another driver on Highway 20 in the Cloverdale area a short time earlier, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said. The sheriff’s office responded shortly before 6 p.m. of a road rage incident on westbound

(Update: Juvenile killed was 12-year-old boy) A 69-year-old Mehama woman and a 12-year-old boy male were killed in separate crashes one day apart on state Highway 22E in Marion County, Oregon State Police said Monday. The first crash occurred mile milepost 21 shortly after 3 p.m., OSP Captain Tim Fox said. An eastbound Subaru Legacy

A little change can make a big impact. This year, NeighborImpact invites you to donate your pennies with every swipe of your card with its new Round-Up program. Join our campaign to round up automatically and donate your change from everyday purchases. With this new way of giving, you will change lives. What can your

Good evening Central Oregon! Another Nice day today for us although we are looking at a few more clouds across the region. Temperatures today topping out in the 70s. We are also likely going to see the winds pick up once again heading into the evening. Winds will be out of the north at 10-15

A stuck, burning and apparently abandoned car sparked a small brush fire on BLM land near Pronghorn Resort Sunday afternoon, Redmond Fire officials said. Crews were called out to Southeast Sherman Road around 3:40 p.m., Battalion Chief Ron Hawkins said. They arrived to find an unoccupied two-door car burning, whose driver apparently tried to leave

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – The Oregon Legislature has repealed a nearly 25-year-old law prohibiting new schools, hospitals, jails, and police and fire stations from being built in the state’s tsunami inundation zone. The Statesman Journal reports that coastal legislators, who pushed the bill, say the risks of a natural disaster must be weighed against an

(Update: DCSO identifies pilot, passenger; background on Padrick) The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office on Sunday identified a 63-year-old Sunriver pilot who died Saturday when his amphibious float plane crashed into the Deschutes River shortly after takeoff and overturned. His passenger, a 69-year-old Sunriver man, was able to escape the aircraft. The pilot of the 1997