Month: August 2012

BendFilm has a fantastic line-up of events guaranteed to build buzz and generate excitement leading up to and just following this year’s festival, and is also announcing the adding of two new venues. On August 27, 5 Fusion and Sushi Bar will be hosting a fundraiser dinner for BendFilm as part of its Collaborative Dinner

The Northwest Interagency Coordination Center’s Predictive Services unit is keeping a close eye on the rapid and troubling weather developments across the region, threatening more thunderstorms, lightning and wildfires as crews struggle to deal with the rash of blazes sparked over a week ago. The predicted high-risk days are Thursday, Friday and Saturday, when all

A small human-caused brushfire broke out in southeast Bend Tuesday afternoon in a grove of juniper trees that neighbors say is frequented as a campsite and a teenage “hangout,” fire investigators said. Firefighters were dispatched around 3 p.m. to a brushfire off Kayla Court, just east of Janalee Place, south of Bear Creek Road and

Oregon State Treasurer Ted Wheeler (D-Portland) will join Deschutes County Commissioner Alan Unger and other elected officials and community leaders on Wednesday afternoon for a community meet and greet. The event will provide an opportunity for Central Oregonians to engage with their elected officials on issues of interest. “We are excited to bring community members

A 70-year-old Prineville man was arrested Tuesday on 11 rape, sodomy and sex abuse charges involving a single female victim, police said Tuesday. A police officer arrested James D. Cotterrell shortly after 10 a.m. on 11 first-degree charges, five each of sodomy and sex abuse and one of rape. He was lodged in the Crook

With the start of the school fast approaching, Deschutes County Health Services is reminding parents to make sure their children have the immunizations they need to go to school and stay healthy. For those children still needing immunizations before the start of school, Deschutes County School Based Health Centers are holding walk-in “Back to School

Avoid time-consuming and costly mistakes by learning from someone who’s “been there, done that.” Continuing in September, SCORE business counselors will be available every Tuesday from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. for free one-on-one small business counseling in the Second Floor Tutor Room of the Downtown Bend Library. Individuals who operate or wish to start small

The Cloverdale Rural Fire Protection District has placed into service two new Quick Response Vehicles / brush trucks for emergency response. These trucks replace four fire trucks ranging in age from 11 to 41 years old. Two of those trucks had become overloaded beyond their designed weight capacity of 11,200 pounds. The new trucks are

The Central Oregon Youth Conservation Crew awards picnic is set for August 16th from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Shevlin Park in Bend. This award picnic is an opportunity for the Forest Service and partners to thank the 18 crews that were a significant workforce throughout Central Oregon on public lands. The awards picnic

Oregon’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 8.7 percent in July from 8.5 percent in June, the Oregon Employment Department reported Tuesday. Oregon’s unemployment rate dropped from 9.6 percent in July 2011. The new stats show Oregon has added jobs, even though the unemployment rate has inched upward. The agency says payroll employment has grown

Community volunteers are invited to join members of the Pacific Northwest Kiwanis District Convention in planting shrubs and grasses at Kiwanis Park in SE Bend on Thursday, August 23rd. The planting project is part of the recent renovation of the park and will kick off the Kiwanis convention in Bend. Kiwanis Park is owned and

The jackpot for Wednesday’s Powerball drawing has been increased to $320 million and ranks as the third highest Powerball jackpot of all time, Oregon Lottery officials said Tuesday. The top Powerball jackpot of $365 million was won in Nebraska in February 2006, followed by a $340 million jackpot won in Oregon in 2005. The current

Burnout operations again lit the night sky in southern Lake County on Monday from a week-old wildfire that has burned nearly 44,000 acres about 22 miles southwest of Lakeview. More than 1,400 firefighters were busy Monday battling the lightning-sparked Barry Point Fire that fire managers said was at 43,677 acres as of Tuesday morning and

A home in Jack Pine Village, eight miles south of La Pine, reportedly exploded and burst into flames Monday night, and the fire destroyed the house and a nearby shop. Neighbors in the northern Klamath County neighborhood say it happened around 6:30 Monday night on Jack Pine Road. They say several nearby homes had windows

The search for a 52-year-old Portland man near Mt. Jefferson will resume Tuesday morning, five days after Ronald Ohm went missing. Marion County sheriff deputies say Ohm was hiking in the area with two other people last Thursday when he stopped to take a few pictures. While Ohm was taking pictures, his hiking companions continued

Oregon-based Consumer Cellular, the number one rated cell phone service provider in the U.S. and the exclusive wireless provider for AARP members, will host a job fair on Thursday at the company’s newly opened Redmond contact center. Consumer Cellular is seeking qualified customer service representatives to work at its new contact center, which opened Aug.

The Prineville Police Department recently obtained a microchip scanner that will be used to identify stray dogs or dogs that are otherwise reported as a nuisance. The Police Department picks up and delivers about 160 dogs every year to the local Humane Society. Most of these dogs are taken to the Humane Society because they

Last week, it was reported that seven Republican Oregon House members went to a topless bar together. Republican House Leader Kevin Cameron stepped down because of it. But just what exactly can our state legislators do? None of the House members were from our area, and NewsChannel 21 tried reaching some of our legislators for

The caretaker of a chimpanzee that escaped an enclosure behind a Las Vegas home for a second time in four weeks says the animal will be moved this week to a Tumalo, Ore. sanctuary. Timmi DeRosa said Monday she completed making arrangements to move the chimp named CJ on Tuesday to Chimps Inc. of Tumalo,

Oregon DMV Headquarters and all local DMV field offices will be closed Friday, Aug. 17. The closure is the fifth of 10 statewide mandatory unpaid “furlough” days for state employees scheduled for the 2011-13 budget period. Customer waiting times tend to be longer on the days just before and after office closures, so DMV suggests