Month: August 2012

On Friday, August 17 and Saturday, August 18, the Bend Fire Department Historical Society will hold its’ 4th annual garage sale. Help from the public is greatly needed in order for this fundraiser to succeed. We are seeking donations of good quality items, including clothing, household items, furniture, sporting goods, etc. All donations are tax-deductible

More than a week after he was confronted by two masked gunmen who smashed jewelry cases, took handmade jewelry items and fled, a downtown Redmond jeweler said Thursday he’s relieved by two arrests and thankful for their quick apprehension. Last Tuesday’s holdup sparked a 10-hour standoff the next day at a Metolius home, after the

Bend’s Tower Theatre has hosted many special events over the years, but never one quite like this — a packed crowd watching a hometown favorite, one of their own, run for Olympic gold — and succeed. “Are you ready to cheer on Ashton?” And they cheered. Hundreds filled the hall, eyes glued to the screen,

When Mitch Modin was younger, all he dreamed about was becoming a professional basketball player. Now, his dreams have shifted, as he hopes to someday become a professional decathlete. “It was just something I’ve wanted for a while, so we just went out and gave it a shot and qualified for (Junior Olympic) regionals and

Sections of Brookswood Blvd., Purcell Blvd. and Butler Market Rd. are scheduled for pavement restoration work as part of the City of Bend 2012 Street Maintenance Program. Projects include grinding of failed asphalt and pre-leveling the roadway. Repairs will take place August 13 through August 16. During this time, two-way traffic will be maintained and

After a year-long investigation, three simultaneous drug raids in Bend on Wednesday morning, a fourth later at a storage unit and other raids out of state led to a Bend man’s arrest on a federal drug conspiracy charge and the seizure in Bend of more than 120 marijuana plants, six guns, cash and three cars,

A log truck driven by a Prineville man tipped onto its side on a curve on Hwy. 197 south of The Dalles Thursday morning and its load of logs broke loose, crashing into a station wagon and critically injuring the driver, Oregon State Police said. According to OSP Lt. Patrick Shortt, around 6:50 a.m., a

Bindi was one of the lucky ones — a dog adopted into a new family from the Humane Society of Central Oregon. But Bindi is a pit bull, and her new family did not own their home. These factors made the adoption problematic — the Bend shelter doesn’t allow people who rent to adopt pit

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. Trooper Scott Lyons, 23 at the time of the accident, and Sgt. James Rector, who was 46, were killed when

Oregon Labor and Industries Commissioner Brad Avakian announced Thursday a settlement of civil rights charges against Typhoon!, Inc., which has been buffeted by allegations of civil rights and wage and hour law violations and ceased operations earlier this year. Avakian launched the initial investigation by filing a commissioner’s complaint, which allows the Labor and Industries

In 2008, 10 days into her internship at Chimps Inc. in Tumalo, Kristen Howard was mauled by Kimie – a 120-pound chimpanzee. The sanctuary’s website states Kimie died in January of last year. Court records show Howard, an anthropology student, was cleaning a cage with another intern when the chimp entered the cage through an

Redmond-based St. Vincent de Paul announced Thursday that it has been selected as one of 500 nonprofit finalists in Toyota’s 100 Cars for Good program, a major philanthropic initiative in which the automaker is giving 100 cars to 100 vehicles over the course of 100 days. St. Vincent de Paul was selected as a finalist

There was a fiery scene Monday at Chevron’s oil refinery in Richmond, California. A huge plume of toxic black smoke could be seen as far as 10 miles away. But the flames could potentially have an even further reach, nearly 500 miles away –into our wallets. In Oregon we’re averaging around $3.70 for a gallon

What if you couldn’t even crawl? Or had the hardest time putting together words to form a sentence? What if all the other kids around you were developing at the right pace, but your parents had to celebrate each word or movement as a huge milestone? That’s what it’s like living with cerebral palsy, a

Nearly 400 firefighters held the lines Wednesday on the more than 1,300-acre Geneva Fire near Lake Billy Chinook, pushing it to 80 percent containment, with full containment expected Thursday evening, officials said. Meanwhile, a now-123,551-acre wildfire in northern Nevada has grown northward into southeast Oregon. The Holloway Fire began from Sunday’s lightning, 25 miles east

Many people use yoga as a way to clear their minds and stay in good shape. One local high school football team is taking advantage of its health and mental benefits as a way to get ready for this season. Last year, the Mountain View football team brought home the 5A state title. In just

Tumalo Reservoir Road south of Tumalo was closed for about four hours Wednesday afternoon as firefighters worked to control a brush fire that was relatively small, but worrisome for residents in the rural area west of Bend. The blaze broke out just before 4 p.m. on the south side of Tumalo Reservoir Road and quickly

These days, it seems you can do anything on your smartphone including checking your health. From finding out your melanoma risk to even checking your heart rate. But is trusting those apps better than seeing an actual doctor? Doctors NewsChannel 21 talked with Wednesday say that applications and websites are good places to provide you

A Crook County man was arrested on several charges Tuesday night, accused of firing shotgun blasts at three teens he thought were poaching deer on BLM land near Prineville Reservoir, sheriff’s deputies said. He’s also accused of pointing the gun at some others who confronted him about the incident. Dispatchers got a call around 8:35

One member of a family sleeping in their southwest Redmond apartment awoke to find a fire and got everyone out Wednesday morning – a good thing, since the apartment’s smoke alarms had been disabled, officials said. Firefighters were called to the apartment at 1025 SW Veterans Way shortly after 7 a.m., said Fire Marshal Traci