Month: September 2019

Oregon will be one of the last three states, along with New Jersey and Oklahoma, to implement the new ” Real ID ” cards. The Real ID Act of 2005 was passed by Congress to improve airport security following the 9/11 terror attacks. Beginning on Oct. 1, 2020, you will need a Real ID-compliant license

A 30-year-old Madras man was sentenced Tuesday in Eugene federal court to 10 years in prison a for robbing a Madras bank of $517 in August 2017, on the day of the total solar eclipse, and for his role in a methamphetamine ring set up by his father. Tyler Wayne Fuller, 30, of Madras, Oregon,

An overturned, abandoned car and metal debris were found Monday near La Pine, just off Beal Road, and no one knows how long it’s been there. Unfortunately, this is far from the first time Central Oregon has encountered illegally dumped trash. The latest illegal dump site is located on federal Bureau Land Management property. BLM

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — There’s been a small outbreak of West Nile virus infections in Eastern Oregon this year. West Nile is a virus carried by mosquitos. Oregon Public Broadcasting reports that this year there were five cases in humans, in Harney, Deschutes and Malheur counties. There were also four cases in horses and about

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has raided a pharmacy in Portland. The Oregonian/OregonLive reported Wednesday the action at Kaiser Permanente Interstate Medical Office is part of a federal probe based in Los Angeles. Agents executed an administrative inspection warrant, which allows them to collect records to determine if prescription drugs are

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Nearly 10 years after a Klamath County woman went missing, her son has been sentenced to federal prison for stealing thousands in Social Security benefits meant for her. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports 64-year-old Theodore Kirk will spend 15 months in prison for stealing more than $30,000 in government funds in the name

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A detective who used his take-home Portland police car extensively while off-duty and put thousands of extra miles on it has been demoted. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the demotion of Robert Norvell Hollins III to the rank of officer became effective Sept. 7 after an internal affairs investigation. Portland Police Bureau Sgt.

Good Wednesday Morning, Everyone… A cold, wet and slow-moving system will keep us pretty chilly today. Along with scattered rain showers that will be heavy at times we will see highs in the upper 50’s to low 60’s . If we see any breeze at all it will be out of the west and SW

A Central Oregon martial arts organization is planning another trip bringing students to China, making more connections that go beyond language. Master JianFeng Chen has been teaching Tai Chi and Wushu in Bend for seven years, since moving from Portland. ” So I decided Bend is a beautiful place, and there’s not much Asian culture,

A former La Pine dog breeder charged with 50 counts of animal neglect was sentenced Tuesday to five years probation after pleading guilty to four reduced charges. In March 2018, authorities seized 53 dogs from Pamela Kyler’s business on ash Road in La Pine, Kyler’s Field and Marsh Kennels, saying many were dehydrated and malnourished.

It’s no secret that Central Oregon is still growing. By 2040, Bend’s population is expected to grow to 150,000 people. A long-range, massive transportation project is in the works that will affect all forms of transportation. Whether you walk, ride a bike, take a bus or drive a car, the hope is the plan will

(Update: adding comments from CEC, affected business and restaurant) A switch failure at Central Electric Cooperative’s Sisters substation knocked out power to nearly 4,000 members for about two hours on Tuesday, costing some restaurants and other merchants key lunch-hour customers. “They do not know exactly what caused the switch to fail,” said Brent ten Pas,

An online ad placed by undercover officers Monday during a human trafficking awareness training event in Central Oregon led to the arrest of a 55-year-old Bend man on charges of prostitution and purchasing sex with a minor. The Portland Police Bureau’s Sex Trafficking Unit and a Multnomah County sheriff’s sergeant whose work focuses on human

(Update: Adds more details, comments) SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Gov. Kate Brown’s general counsel declined an appointment to the Court of Appeals after the state’s public records advocate accused him of unethical behavior, a situation Brown said she deeply regretted and took responsibility for on Tuesday. Public Records Advocate Ginger McCall resigned last week

Happy Tuesday evening, everyone! The rain has arrived and it’s here to stay through tomorrow night. We’ll see a chance for rain showers overnight with partly cloudy skies. Temperatures will be cool again in the lower 40s. Winds will be breezy at times around 5 to 10 miles per hour out of the south. Tomorrow

The city of Prineville, in partnership with the National Park Service’s Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance program and the Oregon Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects, will host a design workshop Sept. 27-28 to help develop a vision and concept plan for the Barnes Butte Recreation Area. The design workshop, facilitated by volunteers

It’s back to school time ! And with the start of the new school year, it’s also time for all fourth-graders and their families to claim their free Every Kid Outdoors pass, which allows free entry into all federally managed parks, forests and recreation areas for a full year. Each year starting Sept. 1, fourth

(Update: Fire mapped at 23,400 acres; 75 percent contained, aided by rain) A lightning-sparked holdover fire in southeast Oregon has now been mapped at 23,400 acres and was 75 percent contained by late Tuesday, aided by rainfall, officials said. Firefighters continued to patrol and secure the fire’s edge on Tuesday. Officials said more rain expected

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — State officials say two additional cases of respiratory illnesses linked to vaping have been reported, bringing the total number of cases in Oregon to four. The Oregon Health Authority said Tuesday that a total of four cases have been reported in recent weeks. The new cases come after state health officials

Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., this week co-sponsored legislation that would immediately stop the federal government from spending taxpayer dollars at properties owned by the president, vice president and Cabinet officials. The Heightened Oversight of Travel, Eating, and Lodging (HOTEL) Act, introduced by Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI), aims to prevent potential conflicts of