Month: September 2019

Economic Development for Central Oregon ( EDCO ) announced Friday the first round of companies to advance in the Growth, Impact and Early Stage Categories for the 16th Annual Bend Venture Conference ( BVC ) to be held Thursday, October 17 – Friday , October 18. The below companies are one step closer to presenting

The Jefferson County Board of Commissioners finalized a grant program Wednesday that offers up to $143,000 for someone to build manufacturing or industrial space located in the county. The grant would offer up to $125,000 for a building of 60,000 square feet . The minimum size to be eligible would be 20,000 square feet .

Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., is encouraging Oregon students who are interested in attending one of the prestigious United States service academies to apply for an official nomination through his office. Nomination applications must be submitted to Representative Walden by the end of October, and can be completed on Walden’s website at walden.house.gov/academynominations. “It is always

The Deschutes County Circuit Court is recruiting volunteers to serve as mediators in small claims and landlord-tenant cases. The Court is currently accepting applications for a free 40-hour Basic Plus Mediation Skills training scheduled for November 4 – 8. Volunteer mediators for the Circuit Court get an opportunity to both serve their community and play

Fire managers have now reopened to public travel the segments of Forest Service roads 22 and 2610 that passed in or near the Canyon 66 prescribed burn unit on the Lookout Mountain Ranger District of the Ochoco National Forest, about 30 miles east of Prineville. Workers completed all ignitions on the 5,072-acre prescribed burn late

(Update: More details, names of victims) SALEM, Ore. (AP) — As dozens of horrified pilots and other aviation enthusiasts looked on, a small plane took off Friday from an airfield in the scenic Oregon town of Hood River, then plummeted to the ground after its engine cut out, killing the pilot and his passenger. The

In August, the Redmond Police Department conducted grant-funded DUII High Visibility Enforcement Patrols. Redmond patrol officers working their normal shifts during August arrested 13 DUII drivers, one of which was during grant patrol time. Redmond Police will continue enhanced DUII patrols throughout September. The primary intent of these heightened patrols is to prevent deaths, injuries

Happy Friday evening, everyone! Overnight we’ll see partly cloudy skies. Low temperatures will be in the upper 40s and lower 50s. Winds will back off overnight. We’ve seen a few lightning strikes across the region today, but do not expect to see any overnight. Saturday will be off to a mostly sunny to partly cloudy

The Bend Fire Department has received the American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline ® EMS Silver Award for implementing quality improvement measures for the treatment of patients who experience severe heart attacks. Every year, more than 250,000 people experience an ST elevation myocardial infarction ( STEMI ), the deadliest type of heart attack, caused by a

(Update: Expands throughout) PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A judge has ruled that a racketeering lawsuit brought by a vineyard against a neighboring marijuana operation can go forward despite attempts to have it dismissed — a ruling that could increase the odds for vineyards and other agricultural businesses that have fought the presence of cannabis farms

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A Multnomah County grand jury has declined to indict two people accused of assaulting a man outside a Portland bar for wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat, prompting the court to dismiss the case. The Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office says Adebisi Okuneye and Leopold Hauser no longer face criminal

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — NORPAC vegetable farmers’ cooperative has filed notice that it will lay off 485 workers and close its Stayton processing facility Oct. 31. The Statesman Journal reports the closure is part of the company’s bankruptcy and impending sale of its assets to Oregon Potato Company for $155.5 million. NORPAC filed for Chapter

Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum asked Friday to intervene in a proceeding filed last month in the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals by six attorneys general against the Environmental Protection Agency for allowing chlorpyrifos , a pesticide that can harm infant and child neurological development, to contaminate common foods. The coalition is challenging the

(Update: Friday report on new fires; Glass Buttes Fire at 30 acres) A new round of intense thunderstorms Thursday night delivered more than 600 lightning strikes across Central Oregon, starting at least 58 new wildfires, all but one of which has been stopped very small, officials said Friday. Through quick response and suppression efforts, firefighters

(Update: OSP confirms fatality, releases name, details) A 43-year-old Prineville man was killed Thursday evening when he lost control of his speeding car on a curve on the O’Neil Highway just east of Redmond and struck an oncoming pickup truck, Oregon State Police reported. OSP and other emergency personnel responded around 6:40 p.m. to the

(Update: Jackknifed truck, not overturned; road cleared) A rear-end crash that caused a truck to jackknife shortly before noon Friday on the northbound Bend Parkway made for a major lunch-hour traffic clog on area roads, including Third and Division streets, officials said. The apparently non-injury crash occurred near milepost 135, north of the Empire Avenue

A patient at a private mental health care residential facility in Prineville made ” deadly threats ” to police in several 911 calls Friday, prompting a major police call-out, but the situation ended quietly, and he had no access to weapons, police said. Prineville police, Crook County sheriff’s deputies and Oregon State Police responded shortly

Good Friday Morning, Everyone… The passage of that thunderous storm system will leave us with plenty of sunshine on a nice, late-summer day. Highs will be in the low to mid 80’s and breezes will be out of the north and NW at a gentle 5 -10 mph . Our skies will stay mostly clear

Crews are removing loose and hazardous rocks from the hillsides at both ends of the Oregon Highway 58 Salt Creek Tunnel beginning Saturday, Sept. 7 through Sunday, Sept. 15. All work will be done during the day, with lanes closed for safety as needed around the tunnel at milepost 56. Expect work zone delays of