Month: January 2013

Marion County sheriff’s detectives worked through the night unraveling leads following a drive-by shooting that occurred in Salem early Saturday morning. The first 911 calls were received at about 12:30am. Callers reported that someone had driven by a party in the 1000 block of Arabian Avenue NE and fired several shots into the crowd of

Nine-year-old Avrey Walker of Redmond has been battling leukemia for five years now. She and her family recently found out that she’s relapsed once again, but they’re about to try a brand new treatment that gives new hope to her many supporters. In many ways, Avery is just your average fourth-grader. She likes hanging out

Starting this month, grade-school students across Oregon will learn about healthy eating, thanks to a program from Oregon State University’s Extension Service. It’s part of OSU Extension’s Food Hero campaign, which encourages Oregonians to eat more fruits and vegetables using inexpensive, easy-to-make recipes from its website at www.foodhero.org. The site also offers tips on topics

A fierce garage fire in Deschutes River Woods quickly spread to the attached home Friday night, causing an estimated $250,000 damage, but quick action by neighbors helped make sure the residents got out safely, officials and neighbors said. Bend firefighters were called to 19483 Apache Road south of Bend around 7 p.m., said fire Capt.

Ignite Bend is seeking submissions for its tenth iteration, slated for Thursday, March 7th. The Tower Theatre will again host the popular community event that promises an entertaining evening of fast-paced storytelling and inspiration. The Ignite format allows each speaker 5 minutes to amuse, educate, and enlighten audiences with a prepared presentation. In the past,

When the temperatures drop on the High Desert, the number of people in need begins to rise. “It’s always busy this times of year, especially these past couple weeks as the temperature was really dropping,” Scott Copper, executive director of NeighborImpact, said Friday. Everyone across Central Oregon is trying to keep themselves and their families

Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., continued his tour of Central and Eastern Oregon Friday, making stops in Redmond, Sisters and at OSU-Cascades in Bend. At OSU-Cascades, he met with university officials, local business leaders and community members to discuss the planned expansion into a four-year university. OSU-Cascades Vice President Becky Johnson told Walden that Central Oregon

It’s time to reorganize — that’s what Bend city officials declared Friday morning during a financial strategy meeting, as a somewhat better budget picture ran head-long into a familiar situation: more needs than can be easily accommodated. The seven citizen Budget Committee members and seven city councilors — three newly sworn in — spent the

A Bend man made his first court appearance Friday, the day after his arrest on allegations he gave a young girl alcohol and sexually abused her. Police said George Eisal, 43, is accused of touching a young girl’s breasts over her clothes last week after providing her with alcohol. He is charged with five counts

NeighborImpact is proud to announce that Susan Bailey was recently elected as the President of NeighborImpact’s Board of Directors. Bailey moved to Central Oregon more than 12 years ago from Grants Pass. As a previous small business owner working in affordable housing, Bailey has an extensive background as support for her new role with the

A Democrat state lawmaker from Portland has introduced legislation that is turning heads — a proposal to list cigarettes as a drug available only by prescription. KPTV reports that Rep. Mitch Greenlick, a Democrat from Portland, is sponsoring a bill that makes cigarettes a Schedule III controlled substance, meaning it would be illegal to possess

Central Oregon’s high-save animal shelter in Redmond announced this week a new name for its future: BrightSide Animal Center — a goal to both eliminate confusion and expand the region’s vision of its work. Here’s the rest of their news release, issued Friday: Since its founding in 1987, the Humane Society of Redmond has evolved

Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., was in Bend Thursday night as part of a nine-day tour of Central and Eastern Oregon. He is making stops for several town hall meetings — and there’s plenty to talk about with his constituents. About 200 people filled the Bend Senior Center for the town hall, at which Walden was

Nonprofits and community members came together on Thursday in one of the biggest efforts of the year to help the homeless. Dozens of volunteers spent the day counting, making phone calls and knocking on motel doors trying to identify the homeless. It’s a community-wide effort that’s critical to local non-profits’ funding for programs. “There are

Deputy Superintendent Rob Saxton and Apex Learning® announced Thursday a new partnership that will provide Oregon public high school students with access to online Advanced Placement* test preparation at no cost to the school or student. Starting this winter, Oregon students will have access to a range of tools and resources to help them better

Thanks to a citizen’s tip, a Bend man was found and arrested in a raid on an apartment near Central Oregon Community College on Thursday. He’s accused of a wee-hours hit-and-run crash into an RV parked at the college with three people inside, as well as a tree, another parked car and the front doors

At an award ceremony earlier this month, the Central Oregon Builders’ Association honored NorthWest Crossing Guild Builder Greg Welch Construction with the title of 2012 Green Builder of the Year. The company, which has built more than 90 homes in NorthWest Crossing, is led by Greg Welch who is a designatedEarth Advantage™Sustainable Homes Professionalwith extensive

Downtown Bend will welcome a new restaurant to the former Bo’s Restobar space this year. Howard Friedman, CCIM and Darren Powderly, CCIM with Compass Commercial Real Estate Services represented the landlord, Keystone Partners, LLC and the tenant, SBK Group in the lease of the 1,671-square-foot restaurant space. The lessee, Krit Dangruenrat and his wife Bua,

The Oregon University System is pleased to announce that two Bend-area teams took home awards for robot design and teamwork at the 12th annual Intel Oregon FIRST LEGO League Championship Tournaments, presented by Rockwell Collins, held on January 19-20 at Liberty High School in Hillsboro. This event brought together 117 teams from across the state

A truck driver escaped injury Thursday morning after losing control of the rig, which rolled onto its side along an icy stretch of Hwy. 58 about five miles northwest of the Hwy. 97 junction, Oregon State Police said. While at the scene, an OSP trooper’s car was nearly struck by another semi-truck that jackknifed as