Month: October 2012

As winter nears, some sprinkler systems are still set to turn on as people try to make their summer and fall vegetation last as long as possible. With the onset of freezing nighttime temperatures, what was mere overspray in summer and early fall becomes a hazard when irrigation water turns to ice. The Deschutes County

Construction is under way on the east side of town as crews complete one of Bend’s newest breweries. “We did look at several different places to put a brewery,” Worthy Brewing Company Brewmaster Chad Kennedy said Wednesday. “In Portland, and Northern California and then Bend — and the choice was pretty easy.” Worthy Brewing Company

From the trendy Westside to the bustling Eastside, Bend businesses are opening up across town, including Newport Avenue’s frozen yogurt shop, Cuppa Yo. “We felt like there was just such an untapped market, it was really a no-brainer for us,” Cuppa Yo’s owner, Melissa Clayton, said Wednesday. Cuppa Yo’s new shop at Highway 20 and

Two residents of J Bar J Boys Ranch east of Bend were arrested on 15 kidnap, menacing and other counts early Wednesday, accused of faking an abduction so they could steal a vehicle from the treatment facility, authorities said. Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies were dispatched shortly before 5:30 a.m. to the residential treatment center for

As part of a national campaign to encourage early detection and prevention of skin cancer, the St. Charles Cancer Center and local dermatologists are teaming up to offer free screenings Nov. 3 from 8 a.m. to noon at the Cancer Center. More than 3.5 million skin cancers — including melanoma, basal cell carcinoma and squamous

The FBI on Wednesday identified a Warm Springs man whose body was found over the weekend and confirmed he was a homicide victim, but shared no other details. FBI spokeswoman Beth Anne Steele said the Oregon State Medical Examiner had confirmed the remains found on Sunday were those of Jonas Andrew Miller, 33, and that

For two months, a core group of investors in the Bend Venture Conference have met, challenged and vetted 50 Launch Stage applicants. That total field of submissions was successively narrowed to the top six startups. Announced late in the day at the conference on October 19, one finalist will earn an investment prize expected to

As flu season approaches, people who get sick may not realize they can pass the flu not only to other humans, but possibly to other animals, including pets such as cats, dogs and ferrets, Oregon State University scientists said Wednesday. This concept, called “reverse zoonosis,” is still poorly understood but has raised concern among some

St. Charles Health System and Mountain View Hospital said Wednesday they have reached a tentative agreement on the major terms and conditions of a potential asset transfer. If that agreement is finalized, Mountain View Hospital would become St. Charles-Madras, effective Jan. 1. Its more than 200 employees would be employed by St. Charles, provided they

The Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Oregon will receive a $3,000 donation from Life Time–The Healthy Way of Life Company and producers of the LeadmanTri Life Time Epic 125/250 Bend. The funds will help keep 1,452 local kids moving and active. “We arevery grateful to be the beneficiary of such an epic athletic event,”

There’s a certain group of voters the debate will attract: the undecideds. Many people NewsChannel 21 talked with out on the streets of Bend Tuesday have already made up their mind. But there’s still a small percentage who haven’t. Political science professors and pundits say the first debate is the most important. Not only is

A continuing resolution passed Friday by Congress to keep government funded for the next six months includes $400 million to cover a gap in U.S. Forest Service firefighting funds, said Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore. Merkley said cloture was also invoked on the Sportsmen’s Act of 2012, a package of bills to expand access for hunting

Four candidates running for the Oregon Legislature met Tuesday night to discuss the issues in a forum co-sponsored by the League of Women Voters and COTV. On the ballot in November, Republican state Rep. Jason Conger and Democratic challenger Nathan Hovekamp will be trying to win Bend residents’ votes. Looking to gain a seat in

Not only did the victim of now-sentenced Bend rapist Thomas Bray go public in a newspaper interview published Tuesday — after her identity was protected during an investigation and non-jury trial — but she told The Oregonian that she is dropping her nearly $2 million civil lawsuit. Jennifer Bennett said she only filed the suit

SE Brosterhous Road in Bend reopened Tuesday afternoon, more than 24 hours after a backhoe being towed by a pickup truck smashed into the railroad overpass, shifting the tracks above by three feet. The driver was cited. The road was closed longer than expected due to more rail repairs needed Tuesday after the crash, in

Ten Concept Stage companies pitched to an animated, standing-room-only PubTalk crowd at McMenamins Old St. Francis School last Thursday evening for the opportunity to be selected as a finalist at the October 19th Bend Venture Conference (BVC), an angel investment forum. Monthly PubTalks and the BVC are managed and produced by Economic Development for Central

Oregon Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden and Reps. Earl Blumenauer, Peter DeFazio, Kurt Schrader and Suzanne Bonamici joined Tuesday in an effort to ask the U.S. Trade Representative and the Secretary of Commerce to open a broad-based investigation into the unfair subsidies that China provides to its paper manufacturers. These subsidies violate the rules

The Family Access Network is please to announce that it has received a $10,000grant from Trust Management Services to help support the work of the FAN advocates. “We are very gratefulfor the grant from Trust Management Services. These funds will increase ourability to provide emergency services to children and families who arebattlingto get back on

For nearly three decades, Oregon’s fastest-rowing large school district, Bend-La Pine Schools, has experienced significant enrollment growth – and the trend is expected to continue. As of Tuesday, 16,600 students were enrolled in the district’s 27 schools and programs. “That is an increase of 300 students since this time last year, and an increase of

A Crook County grand jury has indicted two brothers from Bend and Roseburg on criminal mischief and animal abuse charges in the late-August fatal shooting of three Great Pyrenees sheep dogs in the Ochoco Mountains, authorities said Monday. Sheriff’s deputies said Craig Johnson, 59, of Bend, and brother Paul Johnson, 66, of Roseburg, told authorities