Month: January 2013

A Bend man wanted on a parole violation charge was spotted by police at the city’s north end Wednesday evening but refused to pull over, leading an officer on a pursuit that soon was called off. But he was found nearby, outside his parked pickup, and arrested, they said. An officer tried to stop a

At the closing of the Tuesday meeting of the Bend Park & Recreation District Board of Directors, Dallas Brown, board member since May 2011, submitted his resignation, effective immediately. Dallas, at 28 years old, is one of the youngest elected officials to serve our community, the park district noted in a statement issued Thursday. They

What do you get when you bring a former personal trainer and a registered nurse together with the desire to make people healthier? In Madras and Warm Springs, it’s the Moving Mountains Slimdown Challenge — a 16-week event that is expected to draw several hundred participants. “Studies out there show us ranked kind of low

The first Bend city council meeting of the year kicked off with a bang Wednesday night, as two councilors pulled out of the running for mayor, one called the old council “boring” and another tweeted that he’d rather still be on vacation. “I respect you tremendously as a colleague, and I care for you as

COCC’s Small Business Development Center is now offering an entrepreneurial program for local veteran business owners in collaboration with Partnership to End Poverty. The program includes free and discounted SBDC services for veterans who own existing companies or who are looking to get started in a new business venture. Participants can get management and technical

Due to the current high demand of flu vaccine, the Deschutes County Health Services Department will offer a walk-in flu vaccine clinic this Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. for all ages (including adults) at the Deschutes County Health Services Department building, 2577 NE Courtney Dr. in Bend. Flu vaccine will be available on

NorthWest Crossing will be growing this winter: Ruffwear Performance Dog Gear, which has been located in the neighborhood for the last 10 years, will be expanding to a larger building; and local company Hydro Flask is moving into Ruffwear’s former space. Both manufacturing companies chose NorthWest Crossing as the perfect place to continue growing their

Bend Park & Recreation District invites talented groups and individuals to submit auditions for the upcoming Central Oregon’s Got Talent show. Audition tapes or online videos are due by Friday, February 1st. The talent show takes place at the Tower Theatre on Saturday, March 9th at 6:00 pm. $1,000 in cash prizes will be awarded

State lawmakers showed up in Salem this week for their pre-session, to get organized and receive the governor’s State of the State address. They are also hearing from a number of advocacy groups, including AARP. That group offered a briefing about Oregon’s long-term care system, which is considered a model in the nation for its

The vote for Bend’s next mayor took a surprising turn Wednesday night at the packed city council meeting. Two of the three city councilors withdrew their names. “If being mayor is what you really want, and I believe that it is, then I want that for you” Mayor Pro Tem Jodie Barram told colleague Jim

A transformer problem at a substation knocked out power for more than an hour to about 2,500 Burns-Hines area homes and businesses Wednesday night, a utility official said. The Oregon Trail Electric Consumers Cooperative reported a problem with an Idaho Power transformer knocked the Hines substation off-line around 7:22 p.m., at time when temperatures had

Bend city officials will meet this month with Mt. Bachelor officials to address violations to the ski area’s park-and-ride facility on Columbia Street. A group of neighbors who live near the parking lot have filed a city complaint and said Mt. Bachelor is not maintaining its lot, which has overgrown weeds and garbage and is

From pizza, to beer, to everything in between, Americans are going gluten-free. And here in Central Oregon, the possibilities are endless. “It’s a mixture of different flours — rice flour, tapioca flour and molasses and stuff like that — that’s mixed up, so just staying away from gluten,” John Morris of Bend’s Pizza Mondo said

Crook County Sheriff Jim Hensley explained his decision Wednesday to write a letter to Vice President Joe Biden, saying he and his deputies won’t enforce any new gun laws or regulations passed by President Obama or Congress that he believes are unconstitutional. “I’m going to follow my oath that I took as Sheriff to support

It’s all white picket fences and well-groomed lawns out front of a southwest Bend neighborhood on Allen Road. But head to the back and it’s a different story. Randall and Victoria Davis live right across Mt. Bachelor’s park-and-ride, a large, public parking lot where skiers and boarders can leave their cars and ride Mt. Bachelor’s

Gun control is a hot topic including in Salem where lawmakers are wrestling with what, if anything to do to curb gun violence. NewsChannel 21’s Joe Burns was at the capitol Tuesday to hear what they had to say. The governor gave his State of the State speech on Monday. The following two days were

Heart of Oregon Corps announced that it was awarded $6,000 in funding for its Central Oregon Youth Conservation Corps crews in Deschutes and Klamath counties. he summer “work, learn, earn” program allows high school aged youth to perform environmental conservation projects on local public lands while earning wages and high school credit and gaining access

The Pacific Northwest Blood Services Region will be conducting their first-ever Battle of the Badges blood drive in Oregon and Washington. Multiple organizations within the police and fire departments will be participating by hosting blood drives and recruiting blood donors. The campaign is officially under way and will be running until February 16. The Battle

Enrollment is open for the Bend Police Department Citizens Academy. The spring 2013 academy begins March 20. Classes will be held each Wednesday from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Bend Police Department, 555 NE 15th St. in Bend. The academy is free but space is limited and early signup is recommended. The course

The Oregon State Police will be accepting applications to hire for several Lateral and Entry level recruit trooper positions starting January 22 at 10:30 a.m., using the State of Oregon’s E-Recruit electronic application system. The recruitment is necessary as OSP begins hiring to fill 40 vacant positions during the next year because many long-time troopers