Union grocery store workers in Oregon and Southwest Washington will soon enjoy the benefits of their new three-year labor contract, which is applicable to all employers and was officially ratified as of Friday night with a “sizable majority,” United Food and Commercial Workers union Local 555 announced. “The agreement comes after 16 months of often
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Happy Saturday, everyone! Saturday begins with mostly sunny skies, and we’ll see increasing clouds throughout the day. Temperatures will be cold to start the morning, but we’ll warm into the 60s by the afternoon. Get outside and enjoy Saturday as we’ll see more clouds by Sunday! Winds will be calm out of the north around
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A 78-acre prescribed fire is scheduled for Shevlin Park west of Bend next Tuesday and the park will be closed for the day, the Bend Park and Recreation District said Friday. A tour opportunity is available for community members interested to learn more about prescribed fire. To maintain and restore forest health and reduce the
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The Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District of the Deschutes National Forest on Friday began a 30-day public scoping period on a large vegetation treatment project in the Cabin Butte area, southeast of Bend. The Cabin Butte Vegetation Management Project would treat about 25,780 acres of forested stands, primarily Ponderosa pine, to increase forest resilience to wildfires,
Continue ReadingThree federal judges took direct aim at President Donald Trump’s immigration policies on Friday with three rulings blocking efforts to make it more difficult for immigrants who rely on public assistance to obtain legal status. One judge went as far as to call out key Trump ally Ken Cuccinelli for his attempt to tweak Emma
Continue Reading Happy Friday evening, everyone! A nice Friday night is on tap with mostly sunny skies expected, but bundle up if you’re headed out as we’re in for another cold night. Temps will fall into the upper 30s by 9 p.m. and around the freezing mark by 11 p.m. Winds will be relatively calm tonight gusting
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Liquor Control Commission on Friday approved a six-month ban on the sale of flavored vape products amid an outbreak of illnesses that has sickened more than 1,000 people nationwide – and killed two in Oregon. The board made the unanimous decision before a room packed with marijuana processors, distillers
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Nike is closing its elite Oregon Project track and field program overseen by Alberto Salazar following his recent four-year doping ban. But the sportswear giant is still backing the disgraced coach. Salazar was found guilty last week by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency of running experiments with supplements and testosterone that were bankrolled and supported by
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ST. HELENS, Ore. (AP) — Police have identified the man in Wednesday’s police pursuit that ended with police using deadly force in St. Helens. Oregon State Police Capt. Tim Fox confirmed Thursday that the deceased was 32-year-old Michael Veatch of Longview, Washington. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Veatch was reported to have used a gun to threaten
Continue Reading -GOOD FRIDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… After another cold and for some, a frosty morning we will see another sunny, but cool day. Highs will be in the mid to upper 50’s for most with a few spots breaking into the low 60’s . Breezes will be generally out of the east and they will stay quite
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The Oregon State University College of Forestry celebrated the grand opening on Thursday of its A.A. “Red” Emmerson Advanced Wood Products Laboratory, a facility dedicated to furthering research and collaboration in the timber design, engineering, fabrication and construction sectors. The 17,500-square-foot lab is part of the Oregon Forest Science Complex on OSU’s Corvallis campus and
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Here are Thursday night’s Oregon high school football scores, compiled by The Associated Pess: Bandon 48, Illinois Valley 22 Barlow 36, Sandy 0 Cascade 25, Sisters 21 Central Catholic 49, Centennial 0 Churchill 14, North Eugene 7 Clackamas 57, Gresham 8 Cleveland 35, St. Helens 20 Corbett 11, Salem Academy 0 Crater 57, South Eugene
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Crook County School District on Thursday announced a $200,000 Facebook grant funding the launch of expanded Career & Technical Education (CTE) programs for high school students Facebook provided the grant to the district to help fund a STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) lab and seven CTE/STEM programs (Agriculture Science, Graphic Design, Business Management, Culinary
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Mercy Corps CEO resigned Thursday, two days after an Oregonian/OregonLive investigation found that executives at the global humanitarian aid group allowed co-founder Ellsworth Culver to remain in a top role after his daughter accused him of serial sexual abuse. Neal Keny-Guyer, 65, had led Mercy Corps since 1994. His abrupt
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Jared Charney Cohen and Savannah Kane don’t share any classes, they don’t go to the same school — in fact, they’ve never met each other. Yet the two Bend teens share something in common that most fellow students do not. They both aced the American College Testing test. But neither of them studied for it.
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Peter Kirk recently spent six days and five nights canoeing down the Willamette River from Eugene to Portland. His oldest child just started his first year at the University of Oregon, and this was a dad’s way of processing that transition. NewsChannel 21′ s Emily Kirk is Peter’s niece and caught up with him along
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(Update: DCSO identifies suspect, gives details of events; adding video) A reckless driver from Southern Oregon hit speeds of over 90 mph Thursday morning on U.S. Highway 97 north of La Pine, avoided pursuing police and ditched his pickup in the woods, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said. He then stole a linen truck in downtown
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(Update: Adding video, comments from neighbors; police say search will continue through the night) An arrest has been made in a kidnapping and assault case, Bend police said, and the region’s SWAT team was conducting a raid Thursday afternoon on a home in Deschutes River Woods, south of the city. The Central Oregon Emergency Response
Continue Reading Happy Thursday evening, everyone! After temperatures in the single digits and teens to begin the day we saw a modest warm up. Temperatures climbed into the low to mid 50s, which is about 10 degrees below normal. Overnight we’ll see mostly clear skies and another cold morning on the way. Temps will dip into the
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October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and local businesses are showing their support by standing with Bend-based nonprofit organization Saving Grace, which is encouraging the community to stop violence before it starts. OnPoint Credit Union employees will be wearing shirts with the message “Life without violence… It Starts With Me” at all three of their
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