Month: January 2013

An eastern Idaho man was arrested last Thursday when an Oregon State Police trooper stopped a car on Highway 20 about 15 miles east of Bend and found about 40 pounds of marijuana inside. The OSP Drug Enforcement Section HIDTA (High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area) Interdiction Team (HIT) and Central Oregon Drug Enforcement (CODE) Team assisted

The 2013 U.S. Bank Kid’s Mini Pole Pedal Paddle T-shirt Contest is here! This year’s race is May 19th! This is such a great project to encourage kids 1 st grade – 6 th grade to express their creativity. Entries must be submitted on white paper with colored designs. The design may represent the activities

A Prineville woman was flown to a Bend hospital for treatment Sunday after her car’s right-rear wheel sheared off and it crashed on its side in a field off NW O’Neil Highway, Crook County sheriff’s deputies said. Deputies and Crook County Fire and Rescue medics responded around 11:30 a.m. to the crash at milepost 11

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife asks Oregonians to donate to the Nongame Wildlife Fund by writing Charitable Code # 19 in the charitable checkoff donation section of their 2012 Oregon State tax returns. Funds are used to support the 88 percent of the state’s wildlife that are not hunted or fished. Since its

The Redmond Chamber of Commerce & CVB is proud to present the winners of the 2012 Chamber Business Awards. The winners were announced at the Chamber’s Annual Awards Banquet, hosted Friday, January 26, 2013 at Eagle Crest Resort. The banquet honored member businesses and community leaders who were outstanding in 2012. This year we were

Event: Sixteen days of special rates for Cats and Dogs at the Shelter. Open your hearts. Adopt a shelter animal Event Details: We are offering special rates for the adoption of shelter cats and dogs during the Valentine’s Holiday. Complimentary Valentine Gift Bags for the first ten (each) Dog and Cat Adoptions. Event Dates and

New national figures say union membership is on the decline across the country. It’s part of a national trend that labor leaders say is the result of unemployment overall and anti-union activity in states like Wisconsin and Indiana. However, Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) figures also point to some changes in union membership that could

For the second time in a week, a fire heavily damaged a Warm Springs home Sunday evening, and again Red Cross disaster volunteers are helping a displaced family. A neighbor reported the fire around 7:30 p.m. at a single-story home in the 1700 block of Bray Avenue, not far from a blaze a week ago

Those interested in learning what they can do for their community gathered Sunday at the Bend Public Library for a Volunteer Expo. The event featured 20 local agencies that can always use the help of volunteers. It was considered a one-stop shop, with everything from the High Desert Museum to Healthy Beginnings, Habitat for Humanity

Have you ever wanted to stop and help out the homeless when you see them on the streets, but didn’t know how? One group of Bend-area women came up with an idea. The women created what they call “small bags of kindness.” The idea originated from a similar idea off a post from Pinterst. The

A Bend man was arrested after a police chase and manhunt Sunday morning when a K-9 tracking team found him hiding in rocks along the Deschutes River Trail, authorities said. It marked the third time in less than two years that a police dog has located the man, hiding on the run after similar police

A 16-year-old Redmond girl was seriously injured Saturday afternoon when the SUV she was riding in overturned while going off-road on a muddy private road in the Tumalo area, authorities said Sunday. The 20-year-old driver faces three counts of recklessly endangering another person. Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies and Bend Fire paramedics were dispatched around 2:10

The Oregon Safety Belt Overtime Campaign is a statewide selective traffic enforcement program that seeks to reduce the number of motor vehicle-related deaths and injuries by increasing public awareness of laws regarding the three most prevalent factors contributing to traffic crash injuries: safety restraint use, speed, and impaired drivers. A statewide observation survey in June

It’s a tough time to be a Republican in Oregon. Relegated to the margins of power, the Oregon Republican Party will get a new leader next weekend to take a fresh stab at putting the party on a path back to relevance. The GOP hasn’t won a statewide race in a decade, controls just one

Two people were injured early Saturday morning when their car slid off a remote, icy highway east of Wasco in Sherman County and plunged about 150 feet down a steep embankment, Oregon State Police reported. Names and more details were released later Saturday. The crash scene was discovered in the darkness when one of the

A Spiritual Diversity Conference celebrated the differences and similarities between all faiths. Interfaith Network of Central Oregon organized Saturday’s conference at Central Oregon Community College. Different faiths, religions and ethnicities were part of the discussion. Organizers say they hope those participating gain knowledge to help understand the commonalities between the faiths. And they say there

January is a slow month for the High Desert Museum, but it sure didn’t feel that way Saturday. It was the MidOregon Credit Union’s Family Free Day at the museum. The museum was open up to everyone, and it wasn’t just crowded in the parking lot but also inside. Museum officials predicted that more than

Oftentimes, small business owners wind up wearing many hats. On Saturday, business counselors talked with several of them, to help make sure they are on the road to success. SCORE (Service Corps of Retired Executives) business counselors met with clients at the Redmond Public Library. One of the counselors, Bruce Michalski, says one of the

Two people were arrested Thursday by Rogue Area Drug Enforcement Team detectives in a raid on a home in Wolf Creek in Josephine County where they seized more than 15 firearms, heroin, methamphetamine, marijuana and other evidence, Oregon State Police said Saturday. According to OSP Sgt. Jim Johnson, RADE detectives served the search warrant in

California Senator Dianne Fienstein proposed legislation Thursday that would ban assault style rifles, and many Central Oregonians have strong opinions on both sides of the debate. Since her San Francisco colleagues were shot to death in the late 1970s, Fienstein said her view on guns has taken a turn. “I was the one that found