Month: February 2013

Cell phones are not allowed in the courtroom. But Deschutes County District Attorney Patrick Flaherty says you’d better believe everything you do on your cell phone or computer can be used against you in a court case. “I’ve learned a lot about Facebook in the last couple of years,” Flaherty said recently. The social media

Like many shelters, Jefferson County Kennels often operates at, or near capacity, but these last few weeks have been especially rough. “The biggest problem is like, just now, I went out to Crooked River Ranch and just took Five 6-month-old dogs from a residence, and then she has a litter of puppies there also,” Dog

Fuels specialists with the Prineville BLM plan to complete a 300-acre prescribed burning project along Millican Road about 15 miles southwest of Prineville starting Tuesday. The burn will clean up juniper slash leftover from a thinning project. The burn is expected to take 3-4 days to complete. Smoke may be visible to vehicles on Highway

The Oregon legislature is expecting about 4,000 bills to be introduced in the 2013 session. We know many of them won’t pass or even get a hearing. So why does it take so many months to do their work? We hear plenty of worry among the public about many bills introduced in the Legislature. Did

The City Club of Central Oregon said Monday it is pleased to announce the appointment of Eli Ashley as the organization’s 2013 Board President. Ashley follows Don Stevens, who served in this leadership role in 2012. Ashleybrings 30 years of experience working with capital campaigns, challenge grants, public-non-profit partnerships, events, boards, volunteer committees, and building

St. Charles Health System said Monday it is pleased to welcome Mack Gardner to its Board of Directors as a representative from Madras. Gardner served on the Mountain View Hospital Board of Directors for the past five years and was selected as the Madras representative to fill a seat on the St. Charles board as

Nativity Lutheran Church has mounted a campaign to raise matching funds for a recent grant to it received for its emergency walk-in food pantry. The Bend-based church recently received a $5,000 Lutheran Community Economic Outreach Bridge Grant from the Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Foundation. The funding was awarded to Nativity Lutheran based on its effectiveness

Valentine’s Day, February 14 th , is Dutch Luv Day, when Central Oregon Dutch Brothers Coffee locations will be offering free 16 oz. drinks in exchange for three canned food items to help NeighborImpact fight hunger. The special runs one day only, Thursday from 5 am to 10 pm and will be happening at eight

A cooking fire caused about $3,000 damage to a northeast Bend apartment Sunday evening – but if residents hadn’t heard the smoke alarm sound, it could have been a lot worse, officials said. Firefighters responded shortly before 6 p.m. to the Shadow Butte Apartments at 1259 NE Purcell Blvd. on a report of smoke coming

Ray’s Food Place in Bend hopes to draw more customers in with a new “growler room inside the store, part of a growing interest in the 64-ounce (half-gallon) way to buy the region’s beers. The High Desert Growler Room is located behind the wine selection of the store, in an area that a decade or

February is considered “Go Red for Women” month, a special month to support women’s heart health. And hundreds were at Mt. Bachelor on Sunday to show their support. The Tour for the Heart is a fund-raiser with the proceeds going to the Oregon chapter of the American Heart Association. Skiers and snowshoers dressed up in

Eyal Goldman is owner of Cathy’s Cleaners in Bend but you can add another occupation to his resume: “angel” pilot. And it’s the second job that maybe more rewarding for him. Goldman recently became one of 1,600 pilots who are part of Angel Flight. The all-volunteer organization is arranges free, non-emergency air travel for children

A Bend woman was cited on assault and reckless endangering charges Thursday after a loaded .22-caliber Derringer pistol fell out of her pocket during a visit to McDonald’s and it fired, striking her husband in the abdomen police said. He remained hospitalized Friday, but had improved to fair condition. Officers were called to the McDonald’s

A southwest Washington woman was injured in a crash of her rental snowmobile west of Bend Saturday afternoon and flown to a Bend hospital, Deschutes County authorities said. Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched about 1:20 p.m. to a reported injury crash on Snowmobile Trail 45 about 300 yards south of where Trail 4 crosses beneath River

The Deschutes Children’s Forest is considered the first nationally recognized children’s forest program in the Pacific Northwest. On Saturday, an open house was held to further spread the message to citizens on what it’s all about. Since the program began last year, the outdoor education program has reached more than 8,000 kids and 283 teachers

The Peterson Rock Garden in Redmond has suffered nearly two decades of neglect.On Saturday, volunteers came out to help spruce it up. It’s the first step in what will be a lengthy task, but lead to a special reward. The rock garden is considered an endangered historic site and the owners want to protect and

A new bill in Salem could mean anyone who owns or uses a drone to capture images of people on the ground would face jail time — and that could doom one high-flying Bend business. If Senate Bill 71 passes as written now, owners of urban drones could spend 20 years in jail or a

Bend Pet Express hosted a health fair on Saturda,y with a variety of information on how to keep your pet healthy. Along with a low-cost dental screening, pet owners could learn about animal chiropractic work and meet a few retired racing greyhounds. Also on hand was Dr. Bernadette Hartman, a veterinarian who practices in oils

Bend firefighters quick doused an attic fire at a southeast Bend home Saturday morning, the third unrelated blaze tackled by crews around Deschutes County in 24 hours. The worst of the three blazes, reported shortly after 5 a.m. Saturday, heavily damaged one room of a La Pine-area home at 52254 Caribou Road. La Pine Rural

It happened to the Bank of the Cascades three years ago — Central Oregonians were bombarded with automated phone calls and scams asking for account information — and on Friday, the fake texts were back. “Our customer Service team at the Bank of the Cascades is obviously highly on alert,” said Chief Banking Officer Chip