Month: September 2012

A researcher at Oregon State University has reported Oregon’s first documented case of a “zombie” fly infecting a honeybee. But he says he doubts that the parasite at the moment poses a threat to the already beleaguered bee, a vital pollinator of some of the state’s key crops. Ramesh Sagili, a honeybee specialist with the

More than 900 riders are expected to vie for a Stars-and-Stripes jersey this week at the 2012 USA Cycling Masters Road National Championships, a five-day event that returns to Bend for the second year in a row. The event will feature the race of truth on Wednesday in the city of Prineville, followed by the

Redmond Walmart associates are volunteering this coming Saturday to help raise funds for Jericho Road, a social service non-profit. “Volunteering Always Pays” is the motto of the Walmart employees and they will stand behind their statement by volunteering to sell $2 hot dogs and sodas at their Redmond location Saturday, September 8th from 11 a.m.

Gov. John Kitzhaber has ordered all flags at public institutions to be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Wednesday in honor of Specialist Mabry Anders of Baker City, killed late last month in Afghanistan. “SPC Anders was among the best of Oregon serving both his state and nation,” said Kitzhaber. “His death is

Redmond residents and others who want to see where some types of crimes are happening in the city are getting a new online tool to do that this week, in a partnership police say will be free for use by both the city and the public. The department will “go live” Wednesday with RAIDS Onlinehttp://www.raidsonline.com/,

It’s been a lot of tough labor and no holiday weekend for thousands of firefighters still battling several of the wildfires that have devoured hundreds of thousands of acres across Oregon in recent weeks. Here’s an update on some of the major blazes burning around the state; check the latest information at http://www.inciweb.org/state/38/ : Waterfalls

A Redmond woman received minor injuries and was cited Monday after her pickup struck the rear of another pickup that was making a turn at a northeast Bend intersection, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said. Deputies were dispatched around 11 a.m. to a reported two-vehicle rollover crash on Deschutes Market Road at Margaret Lane, said Sgt.

The Deschutes Democrats campaign office was closed for the holiday, but that didn’t stop some local candidates from attending a Labor Day picnic. One of those candidates was Geri Hauser, who is running against Tim Knopp for Bend’s state Senate seat. We thought it was a good opportunity to ask the candidate and Democratic Party

Dozens of community members gathered with local Democratic candidates Monday in Pioneer Park for the annual Solidarity Day Picnic. The Central Oregon Labor Council puts on the annual picnic. The council represents all the union workers in Jefferson, Crook and Deschutes counties. Organizers say the labor movement has picked up since the start of the

A La Pine man was taken to a Springfield hospital with non-life threatening injuries after a crash Monday morning on Highway 58 east of Oakridge, at the Salt Creek Tunnel work zone, Oregon State Police said. According to Senior Trooper Erich Schermerhorn, around 11 a.m., a pickup pulling a camper trailer driven by Gary K.

Salem police are investigating a deadly shooting early Monday morning in the parking lot of the Salem Walmart store. Police said the victim, 28-year old Bryan John Lee Knorr of Salem, had just left the store at 19450 Turner Road SE just before 6 a.m. when he was confronted by another man in a gold

A DUII traffic stop by an Oregon State Police trooper in Klamath Falls led to the arrest of a Hillsboro woman wanted on a federal bank robbery warrant, troopers said Monday. Shortly before midnight Friday, OSP Trooper Derek Ellena stopped a 2005 Hyundai Elantra on Lodi Street near Independence Avenue following a traffic complaint of

Central Oregon Labor Day weekend campers used fire to stay warm with temperatures dropping into the low 40s and even high 30s Fire managers with the Central Oregon Interagency Dispatch Center in Prineville said Sunday they worry these cold temperatures could bring more human caused fires. Even though the cold night temperatures have brought frost

People in Sunriver got to enjoy hundred of different wines from around Oregon on Sunday. This was the 24th annual Sunfest Wine Festival. This year, the event switched locations and was held at the new SHARC (Sunriver Homeowners Aquatics and Recreation Center) at Sunriver Resort, which was completed back in May. Event organizers said they

Olive Garden restaurants across the county will be serving thank you lunches to fire stations, police departments and ER rooms on Labor Day. The Bend Olive Garden will be participating in the national event, to say thank you for their dedicated service in the Central Oregon community. “Every Labor Day, Olive Garden does a hospitality

Oregon State Police troopers say one Gresham man died and another was injured in the crash of a pickup early Sunday on state Hwy. 31 south of Silver Lake in Lake County. They also are investigating unconfirmed reports a third person, possibly the driver, may have left the scene. Alcohol is being investigated as a

Hundreds gathered at the Maragas Winery in Culver on Saturday for the third annual Grape Stomp. The event is held to celebrate the beginning of the grape harvest. Men and women, young and old got to jump in the large bins filed with grapes — after rinsing their feet of course — and show off

Hundreds ran for a cause in Sunriver on Saturday in the second annual Sunriver Marathon for a Cause. Men, women, children and even some four-legged runners ran 5K and 10K races. Many of the racers said although they love to run, it was the cause that drew them to today’s event. “Like so many events,

A La Pine man was arrested early Saturday on attempted murder, DUII and other charges, accused of pointing a loaded rifle at two men’s heads outside a La Pine bar, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said. Deputies and an Oregon State Police trooper responded to the La Pine Inn at 51490 Highway 97 around 1:35 a.m.

An Amber Alert was lifted Saturday afternoon when the Eugene Police Department notified Oregon State Police that a missing 1 1/2-year-old girl had been found safe. Her non-custodial father, believed to have abducted her, has not been found. At the request of Eugene police, the AMBER Alert was activated in Oregon Saturday to help find