Month: August 2019

(Update: Adding items the business sells) Better Business Bureau serving the Northwest and Pacific has issued a “pattern of complaint” alert regarding Pacific Pike, an online retailer headquartered in Salem. BBB said Wednesday it has received 55 complaints over the past 12 months and 123 customer reviews; 95% allege Pacific Pike took their money but

The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office is excited to once again offer our Deputy Day Camp this year on Tuesday, August 13. Deputy Day Camp is designed to give kids age 6-12 the opportunity to immerse themselves in the work of a Deputy Sheriff. To accommodate as many kids as possible, we will be offering both

Incoming middle schoolers are invited to participate in Bend Park and Recreation District’s 6th Grade Volleyball League this fall. The registration deadline is Sunday, Aug. 11. Register at www.bendparksandrec.org. Teams are school-based and players must register for the school they attend – Cascade Middle School, High Desert Middle School, Pacific Crest Middle School, Pilot Butte

(Update: adding comments from commissioners, dispensary owner and voters, KTVZ.COM Poll) Deschutes County commissioners unanimously decided Wednesday to put future marijuana production and processing land-use applications on hold. They verbally confirmed an ” opt out, ” meaning new businesses won’t be approved in the county, though previously allowed operations are not affected. Last October, the

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A political action committee has donated enough money to cover the majority of fines for each of the 11 Republican state senators in Oregon who walked out of the Capitol to kill a climate change bill in June. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the Stand with Our Senators Political Action Committee on July

For the millions inspired by Travel Oregon’s whimsical Only Slightly Exaggerated advertising campaign, the tourism commission continues to bring the animated video’s enchanting illustrations to life in the real world. First there were posters and murals. And today, there is…wait for it…beer! Travel Oregon and Deschutes Brewery are launching Only Slightly Exaggerated IPA to celebrate

Researchers at Oregon State University have proposed a new genus of bacteria that flourishes when coral reefs become polluted, siphoning energy from the corals and making them more susceptible to disease. The National Science Foundation-funded study, published in the ISME Journal, adds fresh insight to the fight to save the Earth’s embattled reefs, the planet’s

Good Thursday Morning, Everyone… A continued flow of moisture from the south moving in over warm daytime highs will yield a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening today. Highs will be in the mid to upper 80’s and NW breezes will be gentle at 5 -10 mph . Downdrafts from thunderstorms

A 35-year-old Redmond man was arrested Tuesday in Bend, accused of using a “selfie stick” to take up-skirt photos of a woman cleaning her car at a northeast Bend car wash, police said, advising the public there could be more victims. Records show he faced and was convicted of similar charges in Boise 11 years

A 26-year-old Madras man was killed Wednesday afternoon in a rollover crash near Highway 26 about five miles north of Madras, Jefferson County Sheriff Jim Adkins said. Adkins and deputies were dispatched to the crash shortly after 3 p.m. The Jefferson County Fire District No. 1 was first on scene, finding a 2001 Subaru station

The OSU-Cascades campus in Bend is less than a week away from starting the first phase of its major expansion. This phase of the project will add 46 acres to the existing campus. At a groundbreaking celebration Wednesday morning, OSU-Cascades Vice President Becky Johnson spoke to a crowd of around 60 on the former pumice

(Update: Expands throughout) SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A Lane County judge has ruled that the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission illegally reversed an earlier decision granting endangered species status to the marbled murrelet, a small seabird that nests in old-growth forests. Conservation groups on Wednesday accused Oregon officials of seeking to avoid protections for the

Happy Wednesday evening, everyone! A FIRE WEATHER or RED FLAG WARNING is in effect until 10 a.m. Saturday for dry fuels, hot temperatures, breezy winds, and chances for lightning. The chance for thunderstorms will mainly be in the afternoons and evenings. Overnight we’ll see some isolated thunderstorms to our east with partly cloudy skies for

(Update: Adding $185,000 cost of project) “With the benefit of a year of experience with traffic” at the state Highway 126/Tom McCall Road roundabout, the Oregon Department of Transportation said Wednesday its engineers are making an overall safety and operational improvement by replacing the curbs with angled ones that large trucks can roll over more

Firefighters have been busy responding to new fires that started from a lightning storm that passed through Central Oregon on Sunday. Most of the fires were held to less than a tenth of an acre – typically called a single tree fire – and a few grew larger. Crews worked with the Wheeler County Rural

The most productive places on Earth for solar power are farmlands, according to an Oregon State University study. The study, published Wednesday in the journal Scientific Reports, finds that if less than 1% of agricultural land was converted to solar panels, it would be sufficient to fulfill global electric energy demand. The concept of co-developing

Bend FC Timbers will host 224 teams from Oregon, California, Washington, Idaho and Alaska at its upcoming 10th annual Bend Premier Cup. The largest Premier Cup to date, running over six days and two back-to-back weekends, August 9-11 and August 16-18, this tournament infuses an estimated $3 million into the local economy over the course

The Oregon Heritage Commission is offering grants for qualified projects for the conservation, development and interpretation of Oregon’s cultural heritage. Awards typically range between $5,000 and $20,000. Projects can include anything related to Oregon heritage, and priority will be given to projects that preserve, develop or interpret threatened heritage resources or heritage resources of statewide

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., this week called on the Trump administration to reject its misguided plans to set the refugee cap for 2020 at zero, which would effectively shut down refugee admissions for the year. In a letter to Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan and

In addition to its monthly community CPR class, the Bend Fire Department is presenting a one-hour Stop the Bleed class on Wednesday, Sept. 4, at the Fire Training Facility, 63377 Jamison, directly after the CPR class at the same location. Each month, on the first Wednesday, the BFD presents a community CPR class which teaches