Month: January 2013

Are you interested in serving as a volunteer team member on one of the busiest Search and Rescue teams in the state? Are you willing to sacrifice your own time, resources, and comfort to assist others in need? If so, you may be interested in becoming a Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue volunteer.

The New Year brings new settings to social media. Congress passed the “Social Sharing Law” Friday, allowing companies like Netflix to share personal information with Facebook. With every click of the mouse, and every stroke on the keyboard, companies are learning more about people online. “By selling your information, that’s where Facebook makes their money,”

Nearly 35,000 Oregonians will benefit from an unemployment compensation program enacted by Congress Tuesday. The law continues the federal Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program, which was due to end December 29, 2012. The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 also averts tax increases on most Americans and delays large spending cuts for government programs. The

A late night vote from the House sends a bill to President Obama — the fiscal cliff is avoided for now. But how does all this impact you? NewsChannel 21 talked with a financial expert Wednesday to find out. The American Taxpayer Relief Act, or the fiscal cliff bill, heads off one big tax hike

With weeks of snow unseasonable cold temperatures in the forecast, the snow and ice on side streets and in parking lots across Central Oregon aren’t going away anytime soon. With the recent snow and icy roads, local auto body shops are busy, some shops have even brought in extra help to deal with the workload.

The Center Foundation has released applications for its annual college scholarship program that recognizes the achievements of Central Oregon’s top high school juniors. The $1,500 college scholarships will be available to outstanding high school juniors who excel in academics, school extracurricular activities, leadership, and who are involved community service. The scholarship program is open to

It is the Middle of Winter, and this is the time that most people need help with food, clothing, and other essentials. Since 1995, Jake’s Diner has been collecting coats, blankets, sleeping bags and food in an attempt to help out in this situation. Please bring your articles to Jake’s and place them in the

United Way of Deschutes County has surpassed the $1 million mark in the county wide fundraising effort to raise $1.25 million to help address urgent social service needs in Deschutes County. United Way volunteers and staff thank contributors and continue their work to reach the goal prior to the fiscal year end of June 30.

Preliminary information indicates 12 people died in four separate fatal traffic crashes on Oregon roads during the New Year’s holiday reporting period, Oregon State Police reported Wednesday. The 12 fatalities, including nine deaths in Sunday’s bus crash, is the highest number reported since 1970, when ODOT began to gather these statistics. Last year during the

A familiar, troublesome Central Oregon winter weather phenomenon settled in New Year’s night — freezing fog that turned skies murky and caused several Redmond-bound flights to turn back. The National Weather Service in Pendleton issued a freezing fog advisory for most of the High Desert through 10 a.m. Wednesday and predicted patchy freezing fog each

Oregon hunters and anglers with an eye for photography could win one of four $100 gift certificates in a photo contest sponsored by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. The contest is designed to showcase the wide range of fishing and hunting opportunities across the state. The photos will become part of the ODFW

The Mt. Bachelor Sports Education Foundation is pleased to announce that they have $25 Mt. Bachelor lift ticket/vouchers that can be used January 7-11 and January 14-18 at the Mt. Bachelor Ski Area. This is part of the Annual Charity Ski Week program at Mt. Bachelor where they will donate 100% of the proceeds back

Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., voted Tuesday night to back the fiscal cliff deal, saying it was crucial to avoid large-scale tax increases on middle-class Americans. Walden issued the following statement on House passage of a plan to prevent a tax increase for 99 percent of taxpayers and stop the government from going over the fiscal

Thanks to footprints in the snow – before they could be erased by unaware residents with shovels and snow blowers — police tracked down and arrested two Bend teen boys Sunday, accused of entering at least two dozen unlocked cars overnight and stealing items from several, across a wide swath of northeast Bend. Officers turned

People living on the High Desert know breweries are a popular destination spot in Central Oregon. And now you can add Prineville to the list. Solstice Brewing Company, the only brewery in the city, recently put out its first micro-brew. When a new business comes to Prineville, some locals are skeptical of its survival. When

A 7-year-old Clackamas boy died after his father lost control of their pickup truck on icy Interstate 84 Monday afternoon, sending it crashing through a guardrail and plunging into the Columbia River Gorge, Oregon State Police said. His father managed to swim to shore. A dive team from the Skamania County Sheriff’s Office recovered the

According to preliminary reporting, Oregon State Police troopers made 39 DUII arrests between December 31, 2012 and 6:00 a.m., January 1, 2013 as part of increased enforcement efforts by law enforcement officers in Oregon and around the nation. Twenty-six of the DUII arrests occurred between 12 midnight and 6:00 a.m. OSP offices reporting two or

An enclosed cargo trailer became unhitched from a motor home at a railroad crossing south of Sunriver on Monday afternoon – and before the owner or authorities could remove it, a freight train slammed into the trailer, causing no injuries but a lengthy road closure, authorities said. Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies were dispatched around 2:45