In the wake of President Donald Trump’s announcement that he will not cooperate with the impeachment probe, Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., told NewsChannel 21 on Tuesday that he believes the impeachment process is not being handled properly. Walden said it’s been too disruptive and has interfered with other business that he believes lawmakers should be
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Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said Wednesday they are urging the Trump administration to delay implementation of a Medicare enrollment website overhaul to address key problems with the new Medicare Plan Finder tool they said would make it harder for seniors to compare insurance and prescription drug plans. The letter was sent in
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(Update: Adding video, comments from Forest Service spokeswoman) The Deschutes and Willamette national forests said Tuesday they are seeking public input on proposed $3 day-use and $5 overnight special recreation permit fees as part of the new summer limited entry system for day and overnight use in three Central Cascades wilderness areas. The limited entry
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A homeless man who is one of Portland’s most frequently arrested people is getting a chance to get drug, alcohol and mental health treatment instead of prison time for convictions for threatening a woman and her minor son as they cowered in a locked car. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Brian Lankford was
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VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — An 80-year-old Washington state man arrested in a shooting that left one man dead and two women wounded at a senior living apartment building has pleaded not guilty to murder and attempted murder. The Columbian reports Robert E. Breck was in Clark County Superior Court Tuesday to address his bail. However,
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(Update: New vote tally) Metolius voters decided in ballots counted Tuesday night to recall Mayor John Chavez over his two recent arrests and legal problems that city councilors and residents were unaware of. There were 124 votes in favor of the recall in ballots counted Tuesday night, to 73 no votes. The ballot returns represent
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-GOOD WEDNESDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… A storm system moving off to the east will leave us under sunny skies, but it also leaves behind some cold temperatures. Highs today will only reach the mid 40’s and northerly breezes will be pretty gentle at 5 -10 mph . Those breezes will calm this evening and stay calm
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The city of Bend has been testing out a new method to perform building inspections. The inspectors will no longer be strapping into harnesses and climbing on roofs. Instead, city officials say, those same inspectors are now flying drones. Bend’s Building Safety Division started this program in January. That’s when the first inspector became certified
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Each month, Bend Fire and Rescue stages different special operations and rescue training sessions. On Tuesday, firefighters trained in performing confined space rescues. Firefighters had to rescue a dummy that was trapped inside the confined space facility. The goal of the exercise was to focus on a rescue rather than a recovery. In real-life situations,
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The Central Oregon Community College Foundation announced Tuesday that it has received a major gift of $1 million, a bequest that will be used to establish an endowed fund to provide scholarship assistance for generations of COCC students to come. The donor, John Overbay, a lifelong Bend resident, civic leader and retired business owner, was
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(Update: Adding reason for delay, surfacing of Instagram post screenshots) Defense attorneys began their case Tuesday morning in the murder trial of two Redmond parents accused of fatally starving their 5-year-old daughter. Estevan Garcia and Sacora Horn-Garcia are accused of starving 5-year-old Maliyha Garcia to death in late 2016. The first defense witness, a babysitter
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A team of academics hired by Portland to oversee the city’s settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice on police reforms has found the Police Bureau in “substantial compliance” with every paragraph of the agreement. According to Dennis Rosenbaum and his team, their rating of “substantial compliance” means the city
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Deschutes County sheriff’s Patrol Deputy Kevin Turpen, a 24-year veteran of the sheriff’s office, passed away late Sunday night after a hard-fought battle against cancer, the agency announced Tuesday. “Deputy Turpen will be deeply missed by his friends and colleagues,” the sheriff’s office said in a posting to its Facebook page. A Celebration of Life
Continue Reading Happy Tuesday evening, everyone! Through the rest of the evening we’ll have a chance for mixed showers in Central Oregon, but a better chance for snow showers up in the Cascades. The mountain passes will look at a few inches of snow, so know the roads will be slick and likely turn icy overnight. Cold
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A long-serving board member of Mercy Corps, a global humanitarian aid group, has resigned following reports that the agency mishandled sexual abuse allegations against one of its founders. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports that Robert Newell resigned from the board after Mercy Corps was told the newspaper found that agency executives knew co-founder
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Five Bend-La Pine Schools students have earned top academic recognition as National Merit Semi-Finalists. Mountain View High School students Liliana Conrad, Liam Crafton, Ethan Graham and Caleb Meyers and Summit High School student Ryan Doering are among the more than 160 students in Oregon to earn this prestigious distinction from the National Merit Scholarship Program.
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For nearly 30 years, Rimrock Trails has been recognized as Central Oregon’s only specialty adolescent substance use disorder treatment provider with outpatient treatment programs in Bend, Redmond and Prineville and one of only five adolescent residential treatment centers in the state of Oregon. Rimrock Trails Treatment Services is pleased to announce that as of Oct.
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Rimrock Trails Treatment Center is thrilled to receive $1,500 from the September Cascade Car Show held at the Deschutes County Fairgrounds. The planning committee chose Rimrock Trails Treatment Center to be the beneficiary of their “Mad Max” Car Raffle. The funds will be used to expand outpatient mental health treatment services to individuals 5 through
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St. Charles Health System is hosting a medication take-back event on Saturday, Oct. 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at its St. Charles Bend hospital campus at 2600 NE Neff Road. The take-back event is intended to help households dispose of medications that could be ingested by someone other than the person for whom
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Health officials say one more Oregonian has a vaping-related severe lung illness, raising Oregon’s toll to nine victims, two of whom have died. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Gov. Kate Brown on Oct. 4 ordered a six-month ban on sales of all flavored vaping products with nicotine or THC. It’s unclear when the
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