Month: August 2019

The recycled rubber chip seals used in a test for road repair projects in the city of Madras showed increased durability, flexibility, and skid and weather resistance. The city of Bend is considering following Madras’s lead in using recycled rubber in their future roadwork by incorporating it into a chip seal. “Madras did a little

(Update: OSP identifies Bend man killed in crash; adding photo, background) A 77-year-old Bend man working on his disabled pickup towing a trailer along U.S. Highway 20 in Harney County was killed early Wednesday morning when it was struck by a semi-truck, Oregon State Police reported. Troopers and emergency personnel responded around 4:35 a.m. to

Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on Wednesday highlighted a newly released government report showing a massive increase in e-cigarette imports over the last several years. The new figures, released by the Government Accountability Office, come as students begin to return to school for the year, and teen use of vaping products continues

The annual drag boat races, sponsored by the Columbia Drag Boat Association, will take place this year from August 23-25 on Haystack Reservoir, located about 10 miles south of Madras on the Crooked River National Grassland. During the race event, public access to boating activities on the reservoir and nearby camping facilities will be limited.

The Family Access Network recently received a $2,500 grant from Pacific Power Foundation for FAN advocate services at Obsidian Middle School in Redmond. The funds will be used to provide 25 children and their family members in need with life-changing services such as nutritious food, seasonal clothing, stable housing, health care, and much more. ”

Sen. Ron Wyden will hold town halls next week in Benton, Lincoln and Deschutes counties, the latter on Saturday, Aug. 24 at Central Oregon Community College. Here’s the rest of his announcement: In fulfillment of his pledge to hold at least one town hall each year in each of the state’s 36 counties, Wyden has

There is a single-lane closure for westbound traffic on SW Highland Avenue (W Hwy 126) at the Highland/Glacier Couplet and SW 15 th St (northbound) on Thursday from 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. while the City of Redmond Water Division performs water system maintenance. Please reduce speed, use caution and obey all traffic control signs

Good morning Central Oregon and Happy Thursday! Another sunny day is in store for us today! It looks like things could be a bit windy throughout much of today. We will begin the day with winds out of the south at 5-15 MPH, and we could see winds gust as high as 25 MPH. Then

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Brian Fernandez scored twice and the Portland Timbers held off Chicago 3-2 on Wednesday night, with the Fire playing a man down for 60 minutes of the match. It was Portland’s second straight win at home to start a 10-game homestand. The Timbers (11-9-4) had a challenging 12-game road trip to

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A former employee is suing the Oregon Department of Corrections for almost $1 million. The Statesman Journal reported Wednesday that Gary Sims says the department’s diversity office unlawfully retaliated against him for aiding employees with discrimination complaints. Sims’ lawsuit, filed in circuit court Aug. 8, says he stopped working with the

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A man who attacked a stranger with a hatchet in Portland has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. KOIN-TV reported Wednesday that 34-year-old Eric Saia pleaded guilty to charges related to an October attack on a man who was walking his dog in Portland. The Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Department of Justice is appealing a federal judge’s ruling that ordered the release or a new trial for Frank Gable, convicted of murder for the 1989 stabbing death of Oregon’s prison chief Michael Francke. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports that lawyers argue a federal judge was wrong because no new “trustworthy

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Airbnb has settled a lawsuit brought by several Oregon women who said the site allowed vacation rental owners to discriminate against customers based on race. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports African American plaintiffs Pat Harrington, Carlotta Franklin and Ebony Price alleged that by requiring and disclosing users’ full names and photographs, Airbnb allowed

(Update: Adding byline, more comments) PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The mayor of Portland said Wednesday that people planning violence or espousing hatred at a weekend protest by right-wing groups in the liberal city “are not welcome here.” Mayor Ted Wheeler spoke at a rally with other leaders ahead of the event Saturday, which is also

Happy Wednesday evening, everyone! Winds will be breezy through sunset tonight gusting 15 miles per hour. We’ll see mostly clear to clear skies through the overnight. Temperatures will be in the upper 40s and lower 50s, which is slightly above average. The jet stream flattens over the region for Thursday, which will be a breezy

Twenty-six Central Oregon nonprofits have been collectively awarded $310,000 from United Way of Deschutes County as part of the organization’s annual grantmaking process. Here’s the rest of Wednesday’s announcement from United Way, a 21 Cares for Kids partner: Every year, our local United Way launches a community campaign to raise funds that are used to

More than two years after first word of its plans emerged, Chick-fil-A has begun construction of its new restaurant site on Bend’s north end, not far from Cracker Barrel, the company confirmed Wednesday. ” We are excited to confirm that we have broken ground on our first Chick-fil-A location in Bend, Ore., and we hope

(Update: New photo, cleanup info from DEQ) After a cleanup and repairs, a BNSF Railway line north of Madras reopened Wednesday, two days after an 80-car freight train struck two boulders, causing five locomotives and a rail car to derail and about 4,000 gallons of diesel fuel to spill. Railroad crews worked through the night

Researchers at Oregon State University are paving the way toward greater safety for coastal residents and infrastructure by developing a better means of modeling the destructive force of tsunami waves. Rare but potentially devastating, tsunamis can cause huge damage to coastal infrastructure, with part of the problem tracing to unstable soil around the structures. Understanding

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A recent opinion from the Oregon Department of Justice that a former death row inmate cannot be sentenced to death upon retrial because of a new law curbing the use of the death penalty has the state’s prosecutors working to determine how many murder cases might be affected. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports