Month: April 2012

It’s called “the choking game” — but it’s no game. And a new survey shows that about 6 percent of Oregon youths say they have played it. On Monday, a Bend pediatrician and several parents weighed in on the dangers. The choking game has been around for years, but experts believe videos shared on social

Members of the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Posse Team were out at the Sheriff’s Posse Grounds on Saturday, doing one of their four fund-raisers held each year. This particular event was testing the communication between the riders and their horse. The horses and riders went through courses to help desensitize the horses to going through situations

Japan, China, Hawaii and Thailand were all represented at the annual Asian and Pacific Islander Festval. Various types of dances, including the traditional Hawaiian dance, were performed by young and old alike, with many members in the audience learning as well. Organizers say the purpose of the festival is to educate and get the community

Gun, knife and coin collectors showed off their gear to the public at the Sportsman Jamboree Collectible Show that wrapped up Sunday in La Pine. Visitors and locals could see and buy what the vendors have collected. The venue also grew this year. Orginally, the event was held at the La Pine Senior Center, but

The NorthWest Crossing Bend Spring Festival is a kickoff to the season, getting back outdoors and celebrating nicer weather that many Central Oregonians have been waiting for. Music, food and venues — the event has something for everyone to enjoy spring. More than 10,000 people usually attend the festival, and this year there were probably

A crowd of over 100 Bend Tea Party members gathered in Troy Field Sunday afternoon for an “End the Occupation” Tax Day rally. Tea Partiers listened to a speech by Oregon Tea Party Chairman John Kuzmanich about how citizens have become the new media and how to exercise their rights listed in the Constitution while

Summer is just around the corner, and high gas prices or not, many Central Oregonians are dusting off their RVs, while others are looking to buy. “During the winter time, (sales) slowed down a little bit,” Travis Tuma of Beaver Coaches said Friday. “But now that we are getting into spring, it seems that things

Occupiers filled Innovation Theater Works in Bend on Saturday, preparing themselves for another round of protests, rallies and marches all throughout this spring, part of a national movement. The 99 Percent, as they are called, is getting ready for 60 days of action, all aimed at what they say is confronting the power, greed and

The USA BMX Great Northwest Nationals is being put on in Redmod by the sanctioning body of the sport of bicycle motocross in the United States and Canada. Competitors from all over both countries Canada took part Saturday morning and afternoon. The ages of the riders varied from as young as 2 to as old

ODOT’s plans for a roundabout in one southeast Bend neighborhood is forcing one family to pack up and move out. On Thursday, one woman who is renting a home said it was bought by the state, and she was given a notice to leave. “It was pretty crazy,” said Jessica Blair. “They just said, ‘Hey,

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., met Thursday with Bend business leaders who manufacture products on a global scale and are models for creating local industries. The senator hosted a roundtable discussion at Structus Building Technologies, a Bend firm that creates products for the drywall industry. It’s part of his two-week “Made in Oregon” tour, during which

In just a few weeks, Bend High School seniors, like counterparts across the country, need to choose a college. Students have already learned which schools they’ve been accepted to, now they need to choose the one they believe fits them best. On Friday, three students talked about moving on to the next chapter of their

A 23-year-old Bend man was arrested on DUII and other charges charges late Thursday night after crashing his car through a fence and into a backyard in northwest Bend, also hitting a power pole and causing a nearby transformer to blow, police said. The crash occurred around 10:25 p.m. on Northwest Archie Briggs Road and

Police are still searching for a man who led them on an early-morning chase Friday from Crook County to Redmond in a pickup that was stolen late Thursday night in Bend. Crook County sheriff’s deputies said they tried to pull over a silver Dodge pickup around 5:30 a.m., but the driver took off. Deputies pursued

Last year, the Medford Mail Tribune called him “one of Medford’s most prolific con men” — and now, 41-year-old Todd Surgeon will spend six years behind bars and four years of post-prison supervision for scamming Bend-area investors out of more than $200,000. Deschutes County Circuit Judge Stephen Forte handed down the sentence Thursday afternoon in

Tax Freedom Day, the date on which Americans will have earned enough money to pay this year?s tax obligations at the federal, state, and local levels, will fall on April 15th for residents of Oregon, the Tax Foundation said Thursday. The average date for all Americans, as announced recently by the Tax Foundation, will be

Heading through the back doors at Bend’s Goodwill store, you go into a sorting area. Plastic bins full of recent donations are packed with a variety of items, everything from clothes to books. Some of it will end up in the store, for sale and helping to fund Goodwill?s mission to break down barriers to

A bank robbery at the Bank of the Cascades on the south side of Bend this week is weighing heavy on many people’s minds, and not so much on some. “The odds of encountering a bank robbery is so small,” said Michael Coffman of Bend. “I also swim in the ocean in Hawaii, you know,

A Deschutes River Woods resident was arrested Tuesday night, accused in a string of three garage intrusions and car break-ins on Bend?s Westside on Monday ? one of which triggered a confrontation in which the homeowner held him at gunpoint, police said. Police were called to 61848 Fall Creek Loop around 1:30 a.m. on Monday

For the second time in a month, a dog has been shot and killed on Redmond’s west side, leaving a family grief-stricken and the children “terrified,” the owner said Wednesday. Kona, a 3-year-old blue heeler-red border collie mix, was shot around 11 a.m. Tuesday near Southwest Canal Boulevard. Kona lived with the Darms family, who