Month: August 2019

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A 5.4-magnitude earthquake struck Friday morning about 260 miles (418 kilometers) off the Oregon coast. The U.S. Geological Service says the temblor happened before 7:30 a.m. Friday, west of Newport, Oregon. There is no tsunami danger, according to the National Weather Service. The quake was about 6 miles (10 kilometers) deep.

(Update: OSP identifies crash victim) Oregon State Police on Friday identified a semi-truck driver from Washington state who was struck and killed while trying to cross Highway 97 on foot south of Madras Wednesday night after stopping his rig on the highway shoulder. OSP identified the driver as Sarabjit Singh, 66, of Kent, Washington. OSP

The Humane Society of Central Oregon is joining the nationwide effort to # ClearTheShelters on Saturday. If you have been thinking about adding a new family member, now may be the time. The Humane Society of Central Oregon will be waiving the adoption fee for all adoptable animals six months and older and half-off adoptable

A bark mulch fire that heated a small propane bottle, causing it to vent and ignite, caused $25,000 damage to a northwest Bend home Thursday afternoon, officials said. Bend firefighters responded around 3:20 p.m. after a next-door neighbor reported the fire in the 2200 block of Northwest Deschutes Place, fire Engineer Luke Stott said. Officials

Here is the city of Bend’s weekly road and traffic report for August 19-25: ·Empire Avenue and Purcell Boulevard roundabout for striping, lane closures with flaggers, 8/19/ 19 – 8 /20/19, night work from 7 p.m. – 7 a.m. ·NE Hawthorne Avenue between NE 2nd Street and NE 5th Street for milling and paving, road

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation said Friday it will temporarily close the North Shore Fishing Pier recreation area at Haystack Reservoir from Sept. 9-30 to perform road and parking lot paving improvements. The North Shore Fishing Pier recreation area is a free day-use area with an accessible fishing pier, parking and access to the reservoir,

(Update: Adding arrival at jail, new mugshot) A 24-year-old, possibly armed Bend man wanted in connection with several recent thefts and on a parole violation warrant ran from police Thursday, despite the use of a flash-bang grenade, but a police K-9’s bite helped take him into custody on numerous charges. Officers tried to contact Taylor

Happy Friday Central Oregon! Another sunny day in store as we head into the weekend! Clear skies overhead today, and we are looking at temperatures topping out in the low to mid 80s. That’s right around average for this time of the year as normal at Roberts Field in Redmond is 85. We will likely

With over 14,000 lightning strikes recorded as thunderstorms swept across Oregon between August 4 and 12, firefighters suppressed 88 lightning fires on lands protected by the Oregon Department of Forestry. As lightning fires often start in remote areas, ODF also used specialty aircraft to aid in early detection efforts, including a special plane from Colorado.

NEWPORT, Ore. (AP) — With sunlight sparkling off surrounding Yaquina Bay, workers are putting up an ocean-studies building, smack in the middle of an area expected to one day be hit by a tsunami. Experts say it’s only a matter of time before a shift in a major fault line off the Oregon coast causes

A 30-year-old Bend man was injured and cited for careless driving Thursday morning after his car rear-ended a pickup truck at the back of a line of cars waiting at a Prineville roundabout construction project, police said. The four-vehicle chain-reaction crash happened just before 6 a.m. as ODOT was wrapping up overnight work on the

The 100th anniversary of the Deschutes County Fair & Rodeo drew 296,940 people through the gates between July 31 and August 4, becoming the highest attendance in Fair history and reflecting a 1% increase over 2018’s attendance! The annual 4-H and FFA Livestock Auction generated another record, raising just under $1,500,000.00, also the highest sales

(Update: Adding police and witness comments) For the second time this summer, the Redmond Police Department is refuting claims of officer misconduct or excessive use of force during an arrest after a video was widely disseminated on social media of officers taking a drug sales suspect to the ground at a park, using a Taser

While Bill Foster now lives a quiet life on Boonesborough Drive north of Bend, his very successful racing career was anything but that. It was loud, exciting — and victorious.

Following recent storms that brought substantial precipitation to the Ochoco National Forest, fire managers are once again planning for the Canyon 66 prescribed burn , located about 20 miles east of Prineville, between the Ochoco Ranger Station and Walton Lake. Fuels within the unit are currently too green and wet to adequately consume, but managers

Happy Thursday evening, everyone! Winds are breezy at times due to the jet stream leveling out across the region. Gusts will be around 25 miles per hour through sunset. Overnight expect winds to back off. Clear skies will carry us into tomorrow morning. We could see some haze to start the day from neighboring wildfires.

ALBANY, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say two employees at a manufacturing plant near Albany were injured in an explosion. The Statesman Journal reports the Albany Fire Department and Tangent Rural Fire District responded to a fire at Selmet Inc. just before 8 a.m. Thursday. The two injured Selmet employees were taken to Albany General Hospital.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A lawyer for Patriot Prayer leader Joey Gibson says he has been charged with rioting in connection to a May Day incident in Portland. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the leader of the Washington-based far-right group told a radio show host that he is preparing to turn himself into authorities Thursday. Gibson contended

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on Thursday welcomed the Federal Communications Commission staff recommendation to designate a new nationwide three-digit phone hotline for people facing a mental health crisis and for suicide prevention. Citing alarming suicide statistics from Oregon and throughout out the United States, Wyden had strongly urged the FCC in recent months to take

(Update: Whale euthanized) Despite the efforts of rescuers, a 20-foot juvenile humpback whale that washed ashore north of the Alsea River near Waldport on Wednesday was euthanized Thursday, officials said. A team organized by the Oregon State University-based Oregon Marine Mammal Stranding Network (OMMSN) includes representatives of the Northwest Stranding Network, who work in collaboration