Month: September 2019

Good Thursday Morning, Everyone… The advance of a low pressure center from the Pacific will continue to draw storms out of the south for us today. It is quite likely that we will see rain showers and thunderstorms scattered across the region for much of the day. A fire weather warning is in place until

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., was joined by Sens. Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders and Tina Smith Wednesday in announcing the introduction of the Community Energy Savings Program Act of 2019 , legislation they said helps address three critical topics of concern for American families: lowering monthly energy bills, mitigating climate chaos and creating good-paying jobs. The

The Oregon Century Farm & Ranch Program, administered through the Oregon Farm Bureau Foundation for Education, is one of the oldest agricultural heritage programs in the nation. This year, 15 families were honored with Oregon Century Farm or Ranch status for remaining operational and within the same family for at least 100 years — and

The number of arrests related to heroin and substance abuse in Crook County have increased dramatically in the past year, but that hasn’t been the case in Deschutes County, according to law enforcement. The Crook County Opioid Assessment Report states there does not appear to be a major increase in opioid-related deaths in the county.

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife staff and partners from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services on Wednesday captured and killed a female cougar suspected to have been in an encounter with a trail-runner in Oregon State University’s Dunn forest west of Corvallis last Saturday. Specially trained hounds picked up the cougar’s scent about

WHAT: Redmond Police Department Active Threat Training at Redmond City Hall DATE: Thursday, September 5 , 2019 TIME: 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. AGENDA: Redmond City Hall will be closed beginning at 8:00 a.m. for RPD led training scenarios. 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Various emergency service vehicles will arrival at City Hall in response

Some Bend divers who frequently scour the bottom of the Deschutes River for trash, lost objects or other interesting objects found a definite item of interest this week: a rusty, corroded handgun on the river bottom. The divers, who go by the Instagram username ” Loot The Deschutes, ” typically find cell phones, sunglasses, wedding

Happy Wednesday evening, everyone! Overnight we’ll see increasing clouds with very mild overnight lows. Low temperatures should be in the lower 40s, and we’ll see temperatures in the low to mid 50s. Winds will be out of the west overnight gusting 5 to 10 miles per hour. A FIRE WEATHER or RED FLAG WARNING goes

Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley on Wednesday condemned the Trump administration’s decision to divert funding from congressionally approved military construction in Oregon and across the country to fund Donald Trump’s border wall. The Trump administration announced Wednesday it would delay plans for a new $8 million rifle range and for $2.5 million in fuel

Cannabis growers, extractors, and processors are invited to an upcoming workshop focusing on safety and health for the cannabis industry. The Deschutes County Farm Bureau and the Oregon Farm Bureau Health & Safety Committee, in partnership with Oregon’s Occupational Safety & Health Division (Oregon OSHA), will present the “Cannabis Process Safety” workshop, taking place on

Firefighters accomplished ignition of about 2,800 acres of the 5,072-acre Canyon 66 prescribed burn unit Tuesday, about 30 miles east of Prineville on the Ochoco National Forest. With positive results of a test fire Wednesday morning. firefighters moved ahead with more ignitions. Temporary road closures were in effect Wednesday for public and firefighter safety. Forest

CENTRAL POINT, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say a woman, her son and two pets were found dead in a home in what police believe was a homicide-suicide in southern Oregon. The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office says a man requested a welfare check at a neighbor’s home in Central Point Monday afternoon. Deputies found the bodies

The lightning-caused Pacific Fire being monitored, but not extinguished in the Mt. Washington Wilderness on the Sisters Ranger District of the Deschutes National Forest has grown to about a half-acre in size, officials said Wednesday. “Fire behavior is low, and the incident objectives are being met,” reported Incident Commander Nate Robinson. The fire was spotted

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s public health physician said Wednesday that a person who died recently of a severe respiratory illness had used a vaping device containing marijuana oil that was purchased at a legal dispensary. The death is the second linked by public health officials nationwide to vaping and the first linked to product

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., demanded answers Wednesday on a shortage of sponsors to take in children who are awaiting asylum hearings. This shortage, which threatens to keep children locked up in detention centers for months or years on end, appears to have been deliberately caused by the Trump administration, the senator alleged. Since April 2018,

This weekend marks the start of National Suicide Prevention Week. The Central Oregon Suicide Prevention Alliance and community partners are coordinating several activities throughout September to build awareness and work toward preventing suicide attempts and deaths. Suicide is one of the leading causes of preventable death in Oregon. In Deschutes County, approximately 29 people die

Gov. Kate Brown’s Child Welfare Oversight Board shared a progress report Wednesday on key initiatives launched over recent months, focused on bringing Oregon children in out-of-state facilities back to Oregon and hiring more caseworkers to protect children and work more closely with families. Plans have been driven by Governor Brown’s Executive Order 19-03, which aims

Oregon students are back in class now, and many of them are carrying cellphones in their pockets. Laptops, tablets and gaming systems are in the daily mix, too. Each of these platforms represent a growing and pervasive influence in the lives of our children. Much of the time, these devices serve an important purpose. Sometimes,

(Update: Clarifying statistic) The rate of suicide deaths for Deschutes County residents ages 10-24 was about 17 per 100,000 for the years 2015-2017, according to the Oregon Violent Death Reporting System. In 2017, there were two teen suicides in one day in Central Oregon. That’s when former Bend police Sgt. Scott Vincent decided he wanted

The Prineville Police Department on Wednesday reported the results of a pedestrian enforcement operation conducted Tuesday afternoon in the area of NE 3rd Street and Knowledge Street and NE 3rd Street and Dunham Street. The goal was to increase awareness that every intersection is a crosswalk, and to be aware of increased school related pedestrian