Month: December 2012

Some Central Oregonians spent part of Sunday, upside down. The Spinsterz — also known as the Bend Circus Center — hosted a breakfast and potluck at their center, located off Carmen Loop. Kids and adults alike enjoyed watching aerialists, belly dancers and more perform. And many even got to try out some of their own

Santa made a special trip Sunday morning from the North Pole. He came to visit kids at the Pine Tavern Restaurant in downtown Bend. It was the 21st annual “Breakfast with Santa.” a partnership between the restaurant and the Assistance League of Bend. Families enjoyed breakfast and a visit with Santa early Sunday morning. All

This summer, Brian Hinderberger and his band The Rum and the Sea played at the Riverside Market in West Bend. It would have been like any other show, except it was scheduled in the middle of controversy. The city’s revised noise ordinance says nothing over 80 decibels is allowed after 10 p.m. Bend police recently

Home Federal Bancorp Inc., the parent company of Home Federal Bank, announced late Friday the pending closure of four branches in Oregon, including two of its six Bend branches. Len E. Williams, the company’s President and CEO, commented, “In this ever-changing economic and regulatory climate, prudent management calls for us to continuously monitor our distribution

People in Redmond know when they see the Redmond Fire and Rescue ladder truck with a banner on it at this time of the year, it can only mean one thing: It’s time for the Redmond Toy and Food Drive. Redmond Fire and Rescue, along with the Salvation Army, have partnered for the drive. Organizations,

Saturday was World AIDS Day, 31 years since the first AIDs case was reported in the U.S. The local HIV and AIDS community honored the day with a community giving tree. Volunteers from the community and the Deschutes County Health Services HIV Prevention Program helped string ornaments on the tree at the Deschutes Public Library.

Thousands lined the streets of downtown Bend and thousands more participated in the 2012 Bend Christmas Parade Saturday afternoon. This years theme: “A Picture Perfect Christmas” for the parade that kicked off at noon and lasted for about an hour. There were the traditional wide variety if entries including marching bands, horses, dogs, old cars

Trapping seasons are getting under way, and this year, there are some new regulations meant to protect pets. the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said Friday. Beginning this season, traps and snares on state and federal lands may not be set within 50 feet of any public trail or within 300 feet of any

Thanksgiving Day was the seventh year for the I LIKE PIE run/walk and pie baking contest. Registrants doubled in size totaling 1,600 registered runners. About 5,500 pounds of food were contributed to NeighborImpact (1,700 more than was raised last year). Also, $10,000+ was raised, over $4,200 more than was raised last year, and 160 pies

A home in northwest Redmond was nearly swallowed up by flames Friday evening, but a firewall kept the blaze from spreading from the garage into the rest of the home. Just after 5:30 p.m. firefighters were called to a home at 1324 NW Canyon Drive, off Larch Avenue, to what was reported to be a

A Bend police detective watching two suspicious men twice get in and out of a pickup in a northeast Bend parking lot Thursday soon learned the vehicle had been stolen. Police arrested the men, finding both had heroin in their possession and one had methamphetamine, officers said Friday. The detective, not in a uniform and

As many people have seen on the downtown Bend Christmas tree, several silver plates are hanging on the branches, representing coins, or change. It’s the theme downtown, as many businesses are taking part in the Christmas of Change program. A total of 25 downtown businesses have placed special change jars next to their cash registers,