Month: October 2012

At the first meeting of the Forestland Classification Committee for Crook County on Oct. 18 in Prineville, the Oregon Department of Forestry will present an overview of the legal requirements for forestland classification and how the outcomes of this process may affect forest landowners in Crook County. The meeting will be held on the COCC

The Bend-La Pine School Board voted unanimously Tuesday night to return to voters in May for nearly $98 million to build two new schools and do more than 130 other upgrades to existing schools around the district. The board made no changes from the Sites and Facilities Committee’s recommendation for the project list during their

The candidates looking for your vote for Oregon Secretary of State met at the Deschutes Public Library in Bend for a League of Women Voters forum Tuesday evening. Four of the five met to discuss everything from PERS reform to making government more transparent. Incumbent Democrat Kate Brown, Republican Knute Buehler, Progressive Party candidate Robert

Over the last month, the Pole Creek Fire has burned nearly 27,000 acres. On Tuesday, Oregon Senator Ron Wyden got a look on the rest of fire season and what may be coming in future years. Efforts on the Pole Creek Fire have shifted to rehabilitation. According to Wyden, 1.48 million acres have burned in

Police and sheriff’s deputies converged on Deschutes Memorial Gardens on Bend’s north end Monday evening on a worker’s report of a gunshot fired over his head. A search and investigation led to the arrest of a nearby resident who allegedly fired a shotgun round at a deer in the area. Shortly after 7:30 p.m., Deschutes

The founder of the Tour Des Chutes ride gave a huge gift on Tuesday evening. Gary Bonacker — a cancer survivor himself — presented St. Charles Cancer Center’s survivorship program with a $75,000 check. It’s money raised from his annual Tour Des Chutes bike ride. Bonacker founded the event as a way to support other

James Chrisman, Agent with State Farm Insurance located at 1288 SW Simpson Suite B-1 Bend, OR 97702 (Ray’s Shopping Center between Simpson and Century Drive) is holding “The First Annual, Go Team … Beat Hunger!” Food Drive running Monday, October 8 th through Friday, November 16 th . The James Chrisman Agency has united with

What began with his dog’s barking Monday evening turned into quite a scene in front of the home of life-long Bend resident Isom Stevenson. A police traffic stop led to a Taser deployment and the arrest of a man who escaped from the Klamath County Jail while taking out the garbage late last week. “My

The Presbyterian Women’s group of First Presbyterian Church and local partners distributed 1,100 hygiene bags to homeless students in Deschutes County. Through the generous efforts of hundreds of community members and several local partners these bags will be distributed throughout the school-year to homeless children by the Family Access Network advocates and school district homeless

Nighttime closures at the Oregon Highway 58 Salt Creek Tunnel will end this week as the first year of a two-year project nears the end of the 2012 construction season. The season’s last nighttime closure at the tunnel, located at milepost 56 on OR 58 (Willamette Hwy), will be Thursday, October 11. When the tunnel

This month marks the 12th anniversary of designation of the remote Steens Mountain country of southeast Oregon as a protected area, some of it as federal wilderness. But conservation groups are in court, trying to keep wind turbines and transmission lines off the mountain. Experts on sage grouse and golden eagles have just added their

NewsChannel 21 apologizes to viewers for the continued freeze-ups and interruptions in our on-air programming, caused by a major upgrade in our master control equipment. “As part of our major equipment upgrade currently taking place, we are still experiencing some software bugs,” General Manager Bob Singer said. “These are being addressed by our team of

Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., hosted a cybersecurity workshop Monday at OSU-Cascades, and participants heard from an expert on recent trends in computer threats against small businesses and how to protect themselves. “Threats from cyberattacks can affect everyone,” Walden said. Walden knows the threat, from individuals paying their bills online to small businesses and their accounts

Rikki Garcia is not the person she used to be. “I’d always been dependent on a man to take care of myself,” Garcia said Monday. Garcia’s long-term relationship crumbled, so she found something else to depend on — drugs. “It just numbed me inside. It just helped me to not think about all the things

The City of Bend is seeking applicants for positions on the following volunteer commissions and committees: Budget Committee – 1 openingCommittee members are appointed for four year terms to review and make recommendations regarding the adoption of the biennial budget. Arts, Beautification and Culture Commission – 1 openingCommission members are appointed for three year terms

The Central Oregon Visitors Association announced Monday it will be co?locating office space with Economic Development for Central Oregon in a move planned for year end. The two regional non?profit organizations are charged with destination tourism promotion and economic development, respectively. The office will be located at Mill Point, 750 NW Bonnett Way, Suite 1000.

Recently, the Bureau of Reclamation announced the recipients of its WaterSMART Cooperative Watershed Management Program. Through this program, the Deschutes River Conservancy will receive $50,000 to develop a comprehensive water management strategy, in partnership with the Deschutes Water Alliance, to improve in-stream flows, provide more reliable water supplies to farmers, and to help meet future

In support of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Bend Memorial Clinic has partnered with local florists to reinforce the importance of regular mammograms. During the month of October, every woman scheduled for a digital mammogram will receive flowers donated by All Occasion Flowers, Autry’s, Donner Flower Shop, Fred Meyer and Wild Flowers. Every three minutes,

This month is all about pink. And here in Central Oregon, flowers too. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and local florists are joining medical professionals to remind women about the importance of regular mammograms. Throughout the month, every woman screened with a digital mammogram at Bend Memorial Clinic will receive flowers donated by local

Redmond firefighters rushed to douse a grass fire on the west side of the Dry Canyon late Sunday afternoon, as the long dry spell continues to make for high fire danger across the region — and the nearly month-old Pole Creek Fire southwest of Sisters keeps smoking and growing. On the Redmond blaze, initial police