Month: June 2012

Those attending both the Crooked River Round-up Parade and Rockhound Pow-Wow in Prineville Saturday could also stop by the Prineville Farmer’s Market. Now in its seventh season, the market provides the community with locally grown produce, meats, cheeses and eggs. The market has around 10 to 12 vendors on a regular basis, but the growing

Central Oregon native Ashton Eaton was on pace Saturday after nine of the 10 decathlon events to break Dan O’Brien’s 20-year-old American record and still had a chance at the world record, as well. The last race was the 1,500 meters, to be aired live (on West Coast, tape-delayed) on NBC at 8 p.m. Meanwhile,Tyson

A former state agency head has filed a lawsuit against Oregon Attorney General John Kroger over his department’s botched investigation into contract money parceled out to a company co-owned by the governor’s companion. Mark Long filed the lawsuit Thursday, claiming Kroger and one of his top lieutenants, Sean Riddell, violated his constitutional rights and destroyed

Oregon State Police are investigating the death of a 55-year-old man whose roommate found his body in the surf at Nesika Beach, about 10 miles north of Oregon’s Gold Beach. Police say there is no evidence the death is associated with a crime. The man found Friday was not immediately identified. Senior Trooper Paul Rushton

Crooked River Ranch Water Co. on Friday lifted its day-old, precautionary boil-water advisory, imposed due to a major outage earlier this week, though it had been a challenge to get the word out to all 1,500 residents of the sprawling rural subdivision. CRR Water officials said Friday that the test results after the outage had

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A federal jury has found an Eastern Oregon rancher and his son guilty of setting fires on federal rangeland. The verdicts against Dwight Lincoln Hammond Jr., and his son, Steven Dwight Hammond, came Thursday in U.S. District Court in Pendleton. They face a five-year mandatory prison term and fines up to $250,000. The two were

How do you catch a lot of fish in a hurry? You use a little electricity. “Basically, it just puts an electrical current out in the water, which stuns the fish temporarily so we’re able to net them,” explained Tim Porter a fish biologist from Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. Long-spider like arms stick

It was a rough day for the defense team of Richard Clarke as the Bend murder suspect finished up his testimony under oath Friday. Clarke is charged with murder in the baseball-bat beating of his roommate Matthew Fitzhenry in October 2010. Prosecutors say Clarke was jealous of a friendship between Clarke’s ex-girlfriend and Fitzhenry. But

Oily rags from a playhouse project ignited and sparked a fire that destroyed a northeast Bend home, forcing a mother and two children to flee and sending up a tall smoke plume, investigators said Friday. Deschutes County dispatchers got first reports around 12:10 p.m. Thursday of the fire at the home at 63046 Vogt Road,

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Bend police said Friday they have completed their investigation of a fatal bike crash last week on Century Drive and found no evidence pointing to anything but “a really tragic accident” claiming the life of Dr. Virginia (Ginny) Lee Vader, a Bend pathologist for the past 10 years. Police and fire medics responded around 7:20

If you heard there were lions, tigers and jaguars living among us here in Central Oregon — because we don’t have a zoo, you probably wouldn’t believe it. An exotic cat sanctuary in Tumalo hasn’t been open to the public — until now. Local tour company The Bend Trolley (www.bendtrolley.com) is adding a whole new

A new option for higher education in Central Oregon — a Masters in Business Administration program is coming to Prineville. “It really helps us to solidify this concept of open campus,” said Jason Carr, of the Crook County Education Council. The open campus is an idea 10 years in the making. In 2009, voters passed

The family of a Prineville-area man who’s fighting for his life in the hospital after he got the plague, spoke out Thursday. Family members decided to release his name, Paul Gaylord, who remains in critical condition. Gaylord was bitten by his cat, while trying to help take a mouse out of its mouth earlier this

They’ve been in the classroom, learning things like fire behavior, ecology, and safety skills, all in an attempt to become a wildland firefighter. “It’s a little nervous, trying to put everything in the classroom to out here,” James Dennis, a firefighting trainee, said Friday, “trying to make sure you don’t mess up.” Fifty-five men and

A Bend property manager faces three counts of first-degree theft and police are looking for any other victims, saying he allegedly ripped off out-of-town homeowners more than $11,000 in bounced checks or failed payments, officers said Thursday. Last month, police began investigating allegations of numerous thefts by the man, identified as Larry Betker, 34, said

A Portland couple accused of murder by abuse in the death of their 5-year-old son have entered not guilty pleas. Prosecutors allege that 27-year-old Valisha Eteuati and 26-year-old Kalman Eteuati caused the June 14 death of little Mahonarye Noa by neglect and maltreatment. The Oregonian reports ( http://is.gd/YB5QS0 ) the couple was ordered held without

The Jackson County sheriff’s office says the body of a 69-year-old Bend man has been found in the Rogue River in southern Oregon. Sheriff’s spokeswoman Andrea Carlson said two fishermen spotted the body Tuesday morning and called 911. The man was identified as Roy Knight, who was last seen camping at Rogue Elk Park on

A dock that floated onto an Oregon beach after being set adrift in last year’s Japanese tsunami will be dismantled and hauled off for disposal. But pieces will be saved for a local memorial. The Oregon Department of Parks and Recreation said Tuesday it has awarded the contract for disposing of the dock on Agate