Month: September 2019

Rep. Jack Zika, R-Redmond, attended a ceremony Tuesday afternoon in Gov. Kate Brown’s office as she signed legislation that will provide a refundable tax credit to all Oregonians saving for university, community college, trade school or any other type of accredited, post-secondary education. House Bill 2164, the “Education Savings Credit” bill, was passed during this

Economic Development for Central Oregon announced Tuesday the 10 semi-finalist companies advancing in the Early Stage competition for the 16 th Annual Bend Venture Conference on Thursday and Friday, Oct. 17-18. This group of companies is one step closer to presenting on the historic Tower Theatre stage in downtown Bend, competing for an investment of

The Central Oregon Pain Standards Task Force formally adopted the Oregon Health Authority’s acute pain guidelines in March, and an upcoming meeting with area providers and surgeons will discuss how best to implement them. OHA’s guidelines are aimed at patients who are new to opioids, receiving care from dentists, those in emergency room and urgent

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., joined Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, to introduce legislation that would prohibit the Trump administration from using federal funding to implement its so-called “public charge” rule. Scheduled to go into effect in less than a month, on Oct, 15, Wyden said the “public charge” rule aims to prevent immigrants from coming

Starting Tuesday, a new partnership between Oregon College Savings Plan and Willamette University will allow undergraduate students to double the impact of their college savings with a dollar-for-dollar match. The new Oregon Scholars program allows the Oregon College Savings Plan to partner with state colleges and universities to offer incentives to Oregonians saving for education.

Oregon’s August unemployment rate held steady in the record-low range it has been in for nearly three years, while the month also saw more signs of a slowdown in hiring, including some sectors seeing job losses, the state Employment Department reported Tuesday. Here’s the agency’s full news release on the month’s unemployment and job figures:

A 23-year-old transient caused a disturbance at Trader Joe’s, twice threatened a security officer with a hatchet and caused a brief lockdown of J.C. Penney before his arrest Monday evening, Bend police said. Police were dispatched around 6:35 p.m. to a reported weapons offense at the Cascade Village Shopping Center on N. Highway 97, Sgt.

Hundreds of people with several local groups partnered to do a cleanup off China Hat Road south of Bend on Monday. Organizers said it’s the first large-scale cleanup in an effort to restore the area. More than 350 volunteers from Discover Your Forest, the Deschutes National Forest, The Broomsmen and REI Co-op are removing trash

(Update: Comments from neighbor, more from sheriff’s office) Someone walking their dog just north of Bend on Sunday morning discovered human remains on private property near the intersection of U.S. Highway 20 West and Robal Road, authorities said. The person was walking their dog on private property between Highway 20 and O.B. Riley Road, made

The Old Bend-Redmond Highway will be closed from Rogers Road to U.S. Highway 20 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Thursday for repairs and cleanup after a recent crash, Deschutes County officials said Tuesday. The county Road Department will be completing repairs and conducting environmental cleanup in response to a concrete truck crash that

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Department of Justice is taking the Salem case of twin brothers sentenced as teenagers to almost 67 years in prison to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Statesman Journal reports that Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum is asking the highest court to review and place a hold on the recent

GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — Oregon House Minority Leader Carl Wilson says he’s been deposed as leader of the House Republican caucus, and he’s not going to seek re-election in 2020. Wilson, a Republican from Grants Pass, said he lost a battle over leadership of the GOP caucus to Rep. Christine Drazan, R-Canby, who is

Welcome to the Oregon FBI’s Tech Tuesday segment. This week: building a digital defense against student loan scams. Oregon and Washington college kids are packing up and heading back to class in the next couple weeks. That means more tuition, more books, and more bills. For many folks, the only way to get that education

Good Tuesday Morning, Everyone… A low pressure center that is working its way down the Canadian coast will be impacting us with chilly temps and rain showers for the next two or three days. Today the rain will begin close to lunch time and continue through the day. Highs will only be in the mid

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., announced Monday that he secured key provisions that will help create jobs and improve infrastructure in Oregon communities in the Senate Appropriations Committee’s Energy and Water appropriations bill, which was voted out of committee late last week. “One of the most gratifying parts of serving on the Senate Appropriations Committee is

Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), Republican Leader of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee said Monday they have launched a bipartisan investigation into practices of private equity firms surrounding surprise medical billing. In letters to KKR & Co. Inc., Blackstone Group, and

A 42-year-old Redmond man was arraigned Monday on second-degree manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide charges in a crash last March on Highway 97 south of Redmond that killed a 19-year-old Redmond woman. (Update: Clarifying; correcting victim’s first name) Deschutes County Circuit Judge Wells Ashby set an Oct. 8 plea hearing for Devin Lee Cooper, who

The name Stryder Doescher may be familiar to NewsChannel 21 viewers from stories over the past six years about the little boy’s health challenges and how Central Oregonians have time and again stepped up to help his family. Stryder, now 11, already has undergone brain and neck surgery, but he’s heading back to New York

Cascade Disposal and Bend Garbage & Recycling, now Republic Services, announced Monday they are expanding the residential curbside yard debris program to include all food waste for program subscribers in the city of Bend. Beginning Oct. 1, both companies will collect all food waste curbside from residents participating in the yard debris subscription program. Customers

Happy Monday evening, everyone! The rest of the night could see a few spotty showers, but we’ll be mainly dry and looking at mostly cloudy to partly cloudy skies. Blustery winds are expected with cool temperatures, so bundle up! You’ll want to tomorrow morning as well with low temperatures in the 30s & low 40s.