Gilchrist News

A La Pine woman suffered fatal injuries and seven other people were injured Thursday night when a San Diego woman lost control of her car on icy Highway 97 near Gilchrist and it went into the oncoming lane, striking another car head-on, Oregon State Police said.

A 28-year-old Redmond-area woman who worked as a campus monitor at the new Ridgeview High School was arrested Tuesday on charges of having sex with a 16-year-old Gilchrist boy and furnishing alcohol to at least six minors, police said.

On a stretch of Highway 97 just south of Gilchrist, a memorial sign will soon go up, the first in the state of Oregon east of the Cascades, honoring two fallen Oregon State Police troopers.

The Bulletin will update items in the Police Log when such a request is received.

One of Gov. John Kitzhaber's top priorities after taking office a year ago was his "Cool Schools" initiative to create jobs while making schools more energy efficient.