-GOOD THURSDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… The passage of a cold front will put us under cloudy, windy and wet conditions for much of the day. Highs will be in the mid 40’s to mid 50’s . Westerly winds will pick up to a gusty 5 -15 mph . Heaviest showers will be focused on this afternoon
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SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Environmental regulators say pesticide levels in some Oregon waterways have dropped to fractions of former concentrations due to voluntary changes by farmers. The Capital Press reported Wednesday that the state Department of Environmental Quality found that growers who altered spray regimens helped achieve the water quality improvements. Officials say about 50%
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Central Oregon drug agents, assisted by the region’s SWAT team, raided five sophisticated, illegal marijuana grow operations in the off-the-grid Juniper Acres area east of Alfalfa last week, seizing more than 1,000 plants, nine guns and a butane honey oil lab while making three arrests, officials said Wednesday. The Deschutes County Illegal Marijuana Enforcement Team
Continue Reading(CNN) — US Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland was directed by President Donald Trump to work with Rudy Giuliani on Ukraine, he plans to tell Congress Thursday, and was left with a choice: Abandon efforts to bolster a key strategic alliance or work to satisfy the demands of the President’s personal lawyer. Sondland
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WOODBURN, Ore. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division has concluded that a school district in Oregon serving primarily Latino students discriminated against a non-US citizen who sought a job as a teacher there. The Department of Justice did not identify the person, who was considered the most qualified applicant by the
Continue ReadingIn line with its goals to increase the supply of needed housing, the Bend City Council on Wednesday evening approved funding for two affordable housing developments using federal Community Development Block Grant funding. The City awarded $23,709 to Central Oregon Veterans and Community Outreach for replacing the roof at Home of the Brave in Bend,
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Deschutes County is receiving $420,000 in federal funding for a new program to help combat the opioid crisis. The money will fund the Peer Pilot Project, which will connect those who have recovered from addiction with those who are currently struggling with it. Peers will engage high-risk individuals who have been difficult to reach and
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(Update: Sports betting launches; more details from Oregon Lottery) Oregon Lottery Scoreboard, the state’s first and only legal online sports betting program, launched Wednesday, offering players myriad opportunities to wager on their favorite professional sports. The Scoreboard mobile app is available for both iOS and Android devices, and a desktop version is accessible from the
Continue Reading Happy Wednesday evening, everyone! Tonight we’re seeing some rain showers push east of the Cascades. The mountains are seeing some snow showers while the passes are wet. Winds will stay gusty at times as the front moves through. Temperatures for overnight lows will be in the low to mid 30s, which is a little above
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On Friday, from 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM, everyone is invited to join Redmond Police Chief Dave Tarbet and Captain Devin Lewis at Proust Coffee, 235 SW 6th Street for Coffee With A Cop. During this time, people will be able to converse with the police department’s command staff over a cup of coffee, and
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Implementation of the Sisters Country Vision is underway, with a new team of key leaders and community members committed to a year of action. Led by Mayor Chuck Ryan and Commissioner Patti Adair as co-conveners, the Vision Implementation Team has met three times since July. The team’s mission is to “implement the vision action plan
Continue ReadingA few weeks ago, I spent an afternoon in Reno, Nevada, picketing with members of the United Auto Workers outside a General Motors facility. While GM rakes in robust profits, as of that visit, many workers hadn’t seen a fair wage increase in more than a decade. When corporations write the rules, you can generally
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Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the Vancouver, Washington company U.S. Air Ducts, its owners and their associated companies for violating Oregon’s Unlawful Trade Practices Act by using deceptive marketing practices to make over 11 million unwanted robocalls to Oregon phone numbers and sending 20 million print ads promising a “whole
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The 2019 Oregon County Data Book, produced annually by Children First for Oregon, was released Wednesday. This is the latest edition of Oregon’s County Data Book, a snapshot of child and family wellbeing, made up of 21 indicators organized into five domains. Overall for Oregon’s children, things aren’t looking great. On a national scale, according
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SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The race to become Oregon’s next secretary of state has heated up, with former House Majority Leader Jennifer Williamson announcing her candidacy. The Democratic state representative from Portland said Wednesday her priorities, if she wins, would be to keep elections free and fair and protect them from foreign tampering; work to
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The U.S. Air Force wants to fly supersonic fighter jets at lower altitudes in lightly populated areas of southwestern Idaho, northern Nevada and southeastern Oregon to better simulate combat conditions. The Air Force on Wednesday said it plans to prepare an environmental impact statement to study the idea and will hold
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(Update: More testimony from afternoon session) The Redmond woman accused along with her husband of intentionally starving their 5-year-old daughter to death took the stand in her defense Tuesday, acknowledging that withholding food “was not the best decision” and describing a battle of wills over the girl’s refusal to speak and sneaking out of her
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As of Tuesday, a six-month ban on the sale of flavored vaping products went into effect across Oregon, and the impact was immediately felt on the High Desert. High Mountain Mist in Bend said the anticipated impact on sales has already caused them to make adjustments. “We’ve cut staffing down to bare bones,” Steve Johnson
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SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Two Oregon counties, Jackson and Umatilla, are offering the opportunity for U.S. military members, their dependents and others living overseas to vote in special elections this November with smartphones, officials announced Wednesday. While some technology experts have warned that such systems could be insecure, the two counties have already advised hundreds
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Effective Saturday, Oct. 19 at 7 a.m., a section of Oregon Highway 207 northbound and southbound near Mitchell will be closed at all hours for about two weeks. The closure is necessary for emergency work to repair slide damage, ODOT said. The estimated completion date for this project is Oct. 31. PUBLIC MEETING ODOT will
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