Month: January 2013

Freezing rain prompted 2-hour delays in the start of school in the Jefferson County 509J School District, as well as at Warm Springs and in the Culver School District on Thursday morning. The winter weather has led to many school closures in Eastern Oregon. The Intermountain Education Service District announced Thursday that schools will be

Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., reacted positively after the House passed a bill to lift the country’s debt ceiling and added a provision that if a budget isn’t passed, Congress won’t get paid. The bill passed 285-144 Thursday as the Republican-led House sent a message to the Democrat-led Senate, though some Democrats called it a gimmick.

A Beaverton man in need of a kidney held up a sign on a street corner this week, asking for a donor. It’s attracted lots of attention, even from a Bend man who said Thursday he’s ready to donate and needs to find out if he’s a match. “If I’m a match, it’s all his

A Bend woman who fainted while hiking on the Dry Canyon Trailhead about 20 miles east of Bend Wednesday afternoon was rescued and taken to the hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries, authorities said. Deschutes County 911 dispatchers got a call around 4:20 p.m. from Paul Petersen, who said his wife, Mary Bryan, 60, had

For the eighth year in a row, Central Oregon volunteers will go out in droves Thursday, counting the region’s homeless population. Carts filled with belongings are an obvious sign of someone who’s struggling with housing. “Most of your day is spent in fear, where will I stay tonight, where will I be tomorrow and will

An inmate from Deer Ridge Correctional Institution near Madras died unexpectedly Monday afternoon at a local hospital, prison officials said Wednesday, adding that an investigation confirmed was a medical issue and not a crime. As with all unanticipated deaths of state inmates, the Oregon State Police Criminal Investigation Division was contacted. An investigation concluded the

Deschutes County is amending its Comprehensive Plan to formally recognize an area-specific plan titled, Newberry Country: A Plan for Southern Deschutes County. The plan encompasses the rural areas south of Lava Butte with two exceptions: Sunriver and La Pine are governed separately. It addresses the area’s unique assets, local values and preferences for growth and

Public health officials at Deschutes County Health Services are reminding parents to make sure their children’s shots are up to date, and advising of some walk-in immunization clinics under way. Beginning Wednesday, February 20, children won’t be able to attend school or child care if their records show they are missing immunizations and do not

Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore.,, issued the following statement upon Wednesday’s House passage of the “No Budget, No Pay” plan: “In our part of Oregon, families sit down around their kitchen tables and figure out how to balance their budgets. It’s time for Washington, D.C. to do the same,” he said. “If hard-working taxpayers don’t do

Got Baby stuff? Soroptimist International of Bend is holding its 8th Annual Community Baby Shower, a collection of essential baby items for local families in need. All donations are delivered to the Department of Human Services (DHS), which will distribute them to local families who cannot afford baby care supplies or to mothers who have

Central Oregon’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rates were essentially unchanged for Crook and Jefferson counties in December, while Deschutes County’s rate dropped slightly, the state Employment Department reported Wednesday. The local figures echoed the situation elsewhere, as the statewide unemployment rate (8.4%) and the national rate (7.8%) remained unchanged from November. Crook County : Crook County’s

Deschutes County District Attorney Patrick Flaherty announced Wednesday that Sarah Foreman has accepted an appointment as a deputy DA in his office. Foreman graduated from Willamette Law School in 2004. She was a deputy district attorney in Deschutes County from 2004 until 2008, when she went to work at the Oregon Department of Justice in

It’s an issue of passion, and of morals — and Tuesday, 40 years after the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Roe vs. Wade, abortion remains a divisive issue that still takes people to the streets. Thousands around the nation gathered today to hold rallies and demonstrations to protest or show support for abortion. Still, a

An AMBER Alert was canceled about an hour after it was activated in Oregon Wednesday morning after the reported kidnapping of a 5-year old boy by a man in The Dalles; OSP says the boy is safe and the suspect is in custody. OSP said it was notified around 8:30 a.m. that the child was

Whether you’re biking by, jogging along it or just taking in the wildlife it attracts, Bend’s Mirror Pond makes an impression. “I think it’s gorgeous — we’re very lucky to have it,” said Bend resident Tanya Smith said Tuesday. “I’ve lived here 20 years, and I love Mirror Pond,” said Bend resident Ken Chard, echoing

The new year is bringing some of the first impacts of the new health care reform law, a year ahead of its implementation, and business owners gathered Tuesday in Bend to see what’s in store for them. The Bend Chamber of Commerce hosted a discussion with a panel of financial and legal experts to address

A Bend man wanted on a warrant refused to pull over for police Monday night and led officers on an on-and-off chase, running red lights and a stop sign on the city’s northeast side before parking his pickup at the Forum Shopping Center and fleeing, police said. An officer found the driver nearby, and he

While temperatures may have been below freezing much of last week, the warmth of an entire community was felt on Monday, January 14 th , when over 60 bags of groceries were delivered to Bethlehem Inn as part of C.E. Lovejoy’s Brookswood Market’s annual “Help Fight Hunger Campaign.” Every year in November and December, shoppers

The Mirror Pond Steering Committee said Tuesday it has begun a program that will result in a preferred course of action to address silt build-up in Bend’s iconic Mirror Pond, with the goal of a recommendation by late spring. “The process takes into consideration current public values for the pond, past studies, identification of regulatory

The 21 th Annual Gala at The Riverhouse, the annual fundraiser produced by The Riverhouse Hotel and the Central Oregon Visitors Association, raised just over $195,665 at Monday night’s Gala to benefit Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Oregon. This year’s Gala was full of excitement as nearly 500attendees enjoyed a five-course gourmet dinner, bid