Month: August 2019

Seven chimps will be able to stay together under the care of new management of a Tumalo sanctuary, parties to a recent dispute over their fate announced Tuesday. ” The chimps will now be under the supervision of the newly formed nonprofit Freedom for Great Apes at the Tumalo-based sanctuary previously managed by Chimps Inc.,

(Update: Adding video) The Oregon Division of Financial Regulation said Wednesday it has released the lists of Oregon’s 25 most expensive and most-prescribed drugs, as well as the prescription drugs that cause the greatest increase to health insurance plan spending. Brand-name drugs such as Humira and Enbrel, prescriptions commonly prescribed for rheumatoid arthritis, topped the

Happy Wednesday evening, everyone! Overnight skies will gradually clear up. We’ll see an end to the rain showers between now and midnight. Winds during this time will gust around 15 miles per hour. Low temperatures will be in the low to mid 40s, which is at or below average. Tomorrow morning we wake up to

(Update: Adding video) Several construction projects around Bend-La Pine Schools have been in high gear this summer as crews work to complete more than a dozen such projects, all part of the 2017 construction bond passed by voters. ” The projects are pumping money into the economy and sustaining local jobs, ” the school district

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Journalists are defending a small Eastern Oregon newspaper after a county attorney asked the sheriff to investigate whether a reporter broke the law by trying repeatedly to get comments from an official for a story. Staffers at the Malheur Enterprise, a weekly newspaper in the remote town of Vale, said they

MURPHY, Idaho (AP) — The largest-ever project in the U.S. to remove thousands of juniper trees to help imperiled sage grouse has started in Idaho. Junipers provide perches for raptors that attack and kill sage grouse. Junipers also force out sagebrush and other plants that produce bugs that sage grouse eat. Sage grouse also feed

The Bend Police Department is alerting the public of nationwide imposter scams involving callers claiming to be federal marshals or Social Security Administration officials. “If you know of friends or family who are not on social media please pass this information onto them, so they can stay informed,” the department said in Tuesday’s Facebook post.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An African American man has filed a $500,000 lawsuit against a Portland bar owner, claiming he was prevented from going inside in 2018 because he was wearing “too many” chain necklaces. Ray Lamont Peterson claims that was a pretext for keeping the Splash Bar predominantly white. Peterson’s lawsuit filed Monday claims

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A free legal assistance program for immigrants in Portland has provided about 450 immigrants and asylum-seekers with lawyers to represent them in deportation hearings in its first year, and now has additional support from the state. The program, called Universal Reception, helped 341 immigrants with free legal assistance, as well as

OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) — All 10 people aboard a small jet departing for Portland escaped injury Wednesday after the aircraft aborted its takeoff at a small Northern California airport, went off the runway and burst into flames, officials said. The pilot of the twin-engine Cessna Citation jet aborted its takeoff at Oroville Municipal Airport for

Pollinators around the world need help! Thanks to some Barnes Butte Elementary second-graders and an Eagle Scout, local bees – the most effective pollinator on earth – have a cozy place to nest at the Barnes Butte Recreational Area. The pollinator hotel project began nearly two years ago, when BBE Instructional Assistant Kim Griffin read

The Family Access Network recently received a $2,000 grant from Wells Fargo Foundation for FAN advocate services at Bear Creek Elementary School. Funds will be used to provide 20 children and their family members in need with life-changing services such as nutritious food, seasonal clothing, stable housing, health care, and much more. ” We appreciate

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Amazon says it will double the size of its tech hub in Portland by adding 400 jobs. The Oregonian/OregonLive reported Wednesday that Amazon’s Portland operations date to 2015, when it paid $296 million for Portland startup Elemental Technology. Amazon says it has added 3,500 jobs in Oregon this decade, most of

Address canvassing in Oregon is underway in preparation for the April 1, 2020 census, the Census Bureau said Wednesday. Address canvassing improves and refines the Census Bureau’s address list of households, which is necessary to deliver invitations to respond to the census. ” The address list plays a vital role in ensuring a complete and

Gov. Kate Brown on Wednesday applauded Oregonians for reaching the halfway point of the state’s goal to reduce carbon emissions through adoption of 50,000 electric vehicles registered by 2020, which she outlined via executive order in November 2017. As of the first of this month, Oregon had 26,218 registered EVs , from plug-in hybrids to

(Update: More details, residents’ comments) The website for Energy Star, a federal program that promotes energy efficiency, suggests the ideal temperatures to keep you cool and save on your energy bill. The suggestion for setting your programmable thermostat is 78 degrees Fahrenheit (25.56 C) when you are at home, 85 degrees when you’re at work

The Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management announced Wednesday the final phase of the John Day Wild and Scenic River land acquisition, which consists of transferring 11,149 acres from the Western Rivers Conservancy. Here’s the full news release from the Department of Interior announcing the transfer: Adding these lands to public ownership creates

Good Wednesday Morning, Everyone… The advance of a cold front from the Pacific will bring rain, heavy at times, to the coast, the Willamette Valley and the Cascade mountains. With its passage we will see the cloud cover thicken through the day which will bring a chance of rain through the late afternoon and evening.

(Update: Neighbor reaction; fire’s cause undetermined due to extensive damage) A southwest Bend home is considered a total loss at more than $750,000 when a fire ripped through the home early Tuesday morning. Firefighters responded shortly before 1 a.m. to several 911 calls reporting a fire in the 19000 block of Golden Meadow Loop, Deputy

From salmon to Crater Lake to Smokey Bear, an array of Oregon specialty license plates have helped drivers show their support and raised funds for a variety of causes. Next up could be a license plate featuring a mule deer, Mount Hood and a message: “Watch for Wildlife.” The Oregon DMV has approved a plate