(Update: Culver man arrested; police say he falsely claimed gunman trying to steal car) A Culver man who called police Tuesday afternoon to falsely claim a gunman was trying to steal a car from a downtown Redmond tire shop barricaded himself in the business’s office and was arrested after negotiators convinced him to surrender, police
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(Update: Police ID resident who died; family member shares info) Redmond police on Sunday released the name of a 60-year-old Redmond man whose body was found in his burning duplex last Thursday afternoon. Lt. Curtis Chambers confirmed that Edward Walworth lived in the duplex in the 1500 block of Southwest Metolius Avenue. However, Chambers did
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Starting Monday, SW 61st Street will be closed between SW Young Avenue and South Canal Boulevard to allow for construction of Stage 4 of the Six Corners Intersection Improvement project south of Redmond. A detour route will be provided via SW Young Avenue. The closure of SW 61st Street is anticipated to last until 6
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(Update: Adding video, comments) Central Oregon Community College’s Redmond campus held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday to celebrate the installation of its new electric vehicle charging station. Electric car owners attended the event at COCC, and enjoyed refreshments and learned about electric vehicles. There are two level-2 ChargePoint charging ports located in the campus parking lot
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The Redmond Spirit Foundation, founded in 2018, had a successful inaugural year, but momentum stalled with the sudden passing of co-founder and visionary David Foote. The RSF Board has since regrouped and looks forward to picking up where they left off. ” The launch of the Redmond Spirit Foundation last year was exciting for our
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With cold weather on the way, many warming shelters across the region are starting to get ready for winter. Warming shelter operators around the region are not yet ready to open their doors, but with cold temperatures at hand, they are beginning to think about it. Throughout Central Oregon, there are many resources for people
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With temperatures dropping overnight and the first snow already on the books, Central Oregon street and operations departments have been conducting winter street preparations. New this year, the city of Bend is adding a snow gate to one of the motor graders. The hydraulically activated attachment is used to trap snow in front of the
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The Redmond School District is seeking applicants for three vacant positions on the Budget Committee. The Budget Committee is comprised of all five School Board members and five appointed Budget Committee members. Budget Committee members are appointed to serve for a three-year term. The Budget Committee will begin meeting and deliberating on the 2020-2021 district
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With more flights, larger planes and a continued growth in travelers, Redmond Municipal Airport has scheduled three more TSA PreCheck enrollment events between now and next summer. The events for the expedited screening program are scheduled for Nov. 4-22, March 2-22 and July 20-Aug. 7, from 8 a.m. to noon and 1-5 p.m., in the
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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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(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
Continue ReadingKnown for breaking tackles, a fourth-grade football player in Redmond is also breaking stereotypes. Peyton Adams, a quarterback on the Mud Dogs, is the only female in a league of about 150 players. ” You know the rule, girls can’t play football — which I’m going to prove them wrong, ” Adams said during Monday’s
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Bend’s real estate market began the turn to fall in September as the median home sale price dropped $35,000 from its August record high, a monthly report from Redmond’s Beacon Appraisal Group LLC said Monday. Despite the drop, Bend’s median home sales price of $440,000 was still $15,000 above the median price of a year
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A Redmond transient with a lengthy criminal record was arrested Sunday evening on attempted kidnapping and other charges, accused of trying to steal a car in a grocery store parking lot with two young children inside. Fortunately, police said, the children’s father had just locked the doors. Redmond Police responded around 5:35 p.m. to a
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A young bear cub was spotted wandering through yards in a southwest Redmond neighborhood Saturday afternoon, prompting authorities to urge people not to approach the animal and to secure their pet food and garbage cans. The bear cub last was seen near Southwest 41st Street and Salmon Place, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said in a
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Last week was Homecoming at Redmond High School, but there was another, very special surprise homecoming on the football field Friday night for one Redmond military family, a happy reunion witnessed by a cheering crowd. Unknown to most folks until the big pre-game reveal, there was an imposter wearing the Redmond Panthers mascot costume this
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Several rescue agencies and dozens of young actors, some screaming and with realistic-looking wounds from a supposed ” bomb, ” put on a dramatic disaster drill Thursday morning at the Redmond Municipal Airport. Every three years, the Federal Aviation Administration calls for commercial airports the size of RDM to conduct disaster reenactments. Between 70 and
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Redmond School District’s StepUp Program has received a $40,000 donation from City Center Church to fund a school playground. StepUP serves students from ages kindergarten through 21 in a diverse set of programs. These include StepUP Transition, NextSTEPS and social-emotional learning programs for students K-12. The program is based at the Edwin Brown Education Center,
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SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s ethics watchdog says Secretary of State Bev Clarno cannot hire her son, or any other family member, to work for her office without running afoul of the state’s conflict of interest law. The Statesman Journal reports the Oregon Government Ethics Commission released the advisory opinion in advance of the commission’s
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Two Redmond-area residents have been charged with stealing hundreds of blank loyalty cards from Dutch Bros coffee stands, first using the forged cards to get free drinks and later selling the cards online, police said Wednesday. Redmond police were informed Tuesday of the suspected forgery and theft related to Dutch Bros loyalty cards being sold
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