Month: May 2012

Every fifteen minutes, someone dies in a drunk driving crash in America, and a group of La Pine High School students want to shake their fellow classmates into realizing they’re not invincible. With prom night right around the corner, a grisly fake crash scene can send a very real message — don’t drink and drive.

Bend Police Chief Jeff Sale presented the department’s budget to city councilors Wednesday night. On Thursday, he talked about why they will need to make some major changes to keep up with the growing population in Bend. Police calls are up between seven and nine percent, but there is no money to hire more officers.

One Bend city councilor called the police department’s current budget situation “dismal” Wednesday night as Police Chief Jeff Sale presented a list of planned service cuts. “Thanks for the public service announcement for crime — my goodness!” said Councilor Jodie Barram. “If I were a criminal, now you know what things to go do, I

Bend State senate candidate Tim Knopp is no stranger to being outspent in past campaigns. He says what you really need is enough money to get your message out. Knopp estimates it takes between $150,000 and $200,000 to beat an incumbent. Right now, with two weeks before ballots are counted, he’s on the track to

Facebook joins forces with Donate Life America and adds a new feature to users profiles. It’s a chance to show friends who is an organ donor, and how to become one. On Wednesday, a Bend heart and kidney transplant recipient said he’s backing the idea. “I had to go on a balloon pump, and by

Welcome to Ridgeview High School — home of the Ravens and some of the nicest, state-of-the-art classrooms you’ve probably ever seen. “It’s a 290,000-square-foot building,” Principal Lee Loving said during a sneak-preview tour this week. “So when you think of that in just sheer square footage, it’s a lot of planning. And as we walk

A May Day rally in Madras to seek change got some welcome news late Tuesday as Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber made a major announcement regarding identification for immigrants that will be accepted by state police. In a letter read to a Salem May Day crowd, the governor said Oregon State Police will accept Mexican consular

As social media use continues to grow, so does the trend among employers asking for Facebook passwords during the job interview. It’s a controversial issue that doesn’t have guidelines yet because social media has never been so popular, until now. Employers are hoping to dig a little deeper when they ask for passwords, or request

After several years of debate, you can now rent (or rent out) farm land in Deschutes County to hold weddings or other events, and have a clearer idea of what the requirements are. It’s all thanks to a new ordinance passed by Deschutes County commissioners in mid-April. The new ordinance is in response to legislation

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., visited the Bend Municipal Airport Tuesday, in part to see a runway paving project. It’s just part of a wide-ranging FAA funding bill the senator helped get passed. But another part of the bill has the senator particularly interested. The bill also creates six unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or drone testing