Month: July 2012

The Oregon State Bar has found that Deschutes County District Attorney Patrick Flaherty did not violate state rules of professional conduct last year in calling a grand jury to investigate the release of personal information about employees in his ofice. Flaherty attached the OSB’s brief letter stating that decision to a news release (the full

Effective Sept. 1, the Insurance Services Office (ISO) has announced it is re-rating the communities protected by the La Pine Rural Fire Protection District to an ISO Public Protection Class 4. This is a two-step improvement from the previous ISO 6 rating for structural fire protection. Many insurance companies use the ISO public protection classifications

The Center Foundation, in partnership with The Center, Therapeutic Associates, Inc., Horizon Broadcasting, and local physicians, is once again providing no-cost pre-play sports physicals to 6th through 12th grade students planning to play school sports or intramurals during the 2012-13 school year. The boys physicals are August 7th and girls are August 9th and meet

Landscape designer Tanya Carlsen of Carlseng Designs understands each project is unique and has its own challenges and joys. But, she said, there is always a solution. “Sometimes the challenge is just to keep the creative juices flowing and to think around the challenge,” she said. Charmaine Manley, owner and designer of Charmaine Manley Design,

Economic Development for Central Oregon is joining forces with Bank of the Cascades to champion new business in the tri-county region. The project is part of a larger EDCO effort underway to support the area’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. As the lead partner in the project, Bank of the Cascades will provide the resources needed to continue

The city of Bend is holding two public workshops to receive community input on the design of the Reed Market Road corridor from 3rd St. to 27th St. The meetings will be held Wednesday, August 1 in the Bend Police Department Municipal Courtroom, 555 NE 15th St. A daytime workshop will take place from 11:30

It was 32 years ago that the Summer Olympics in Moscow were boycotted by America and 64 other countries. Many Olympic hopefuls were forced to wait another four years for a chance to represent their country in the games. Bend resident John Lodwick was one of them. Running was not a childhood dream for Lodwick.

A 46-year-old climber from Portland was rescued by an Oregon Army National Guard helicopter late Tuesday night after a nearly 200-foot fall on the North Sister. Officials with the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office said they got the call just after 6:30 Tuesday night that Linh Pham , 46, had suffered non-life threatening injuries after a

The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday it is looking for information that could lead to the owners of an emaciated horse found wandering south of town. Around 6:45 a.m. on Sunday, the sheriff’s office responded to a report of a wandering horse in the area of milepost 9 on China Hat Road, said Cpl.

Closing arguments in Thomas Bray’s rape trial took place Wednesday, offering two sharply conflicting portraits of his relationships with the two women who have accused him of raping and assaulting them. Even though the former COCC anatomy instructor is no longer a practicing anesthesiologist, a prosecutor argued Bray “used his medical degree to manipulate women,

A 54-year-old man was arrested Wednesday at his northeast Prineville home, accused of rape and sex abuse in incidents that allegedly took place over several years, police said. Francisco R. Castillo was arrested shortly before 11 a.m. at a home on NE Buckbrush Lane, said Capt. Michael Boyd. Castillo was booked into the Crook County

BendBroadband announced Wednesday it has agreed to purchase the Chambers Cable System, which serves Sunriver, Crosswater and surrounding areas. The transaction, expected to close July 31, “means customers in the Chambers Cable service area will soon have access to the same technologically advanced, integrated services that BendBroadband provides in other areas,” the company said in

Bend Memorial Clinic will be closing at 4 p.m. on Friday to upgrade the clinic’s electronic health record system. All BMC clinics including Bend Eastside, Westside, Sisters and Redmond, as well as, all Urgent Care clinics will be closed at that time. Bend Eastside, Westside and Redmond Urgent Care clinics will open with regular business

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Revenue Department said Wednesday it has taken action against four employees who failed to catch a fraudulent tax return that resulted in a $2.1 million refund. Two employees have been reassigned to jobs in which they will no longer have the authority to approve cash refunds. Two others received

The Mountain View Hospital District board of directors announced Wednesday it plans to negotiate an asset transfer agreement with St. Charles Health System — essentially a merger that would bring the last of the region’s four hospitals into the same organization. “After assessing the health care climate and the growing needs of Jefferson County, the

Roundabout construction off Brookswood Boulevard and Powers Road in southwest Bend has nearby neighbors up in arms — not about the construction, but the detour that runs down their street. “We all have kids — in fact, one of our neighbors runs a day care,” Paige Barnes, a concerned neighbor, said Monday. “They are really

A 25-year-old woman says ex-COCC professor Thomas Bray violently and repeatedly raped her after they met on an online dating site and went out on their first date in February 2011. Now, more than a year later, the woman’s toxicology results were the center of attention at her alleged attacker’s trial. The woman testified last

A Madras man was arrested Monday afternoon after he led several police agencies on a pursuit of a stolen motorcycle that extended from the Terrebonne area to Metolius, Culver and Madras at speeds that topped 90 mph at times. According to Oregon State Police Senior Trooper Jed Rzegocki, around 3:10 p.m., OSP tried to pull

Bend police are now asking the public to fill out some police reports online. Officers say it will save them, and you, time and money. Bend police started the online reporting system last week, and so far, the people who have participated are very happy with it. Officers told NewsChannel 21 Tuesday they wanted to

A fire that broke out on Dover lane in Metolius just after 2:00 p.m. Sunday caused thousands of dollars in damage and killed two of their cats. Fortunately, the couple who lived there was gone at the time. Roland and Pam Swearingen said Tuesday they had smelled smoke before they left for a memorial service