Month: April 2013

Please join Bend staff members as they provide an update on improvements made to permitting procedures provided by the Community Development Department (CDD). These changes are based on suggestions from the “Blue Ribbon Committee,” a citizen advisory group that was formed to review CDD’s permit review procedures. Although staff will provide information on some of

United Way of Deschutes County is very grateful to be an April beneficiary of the Mt. Bachelor 5th Annual Charity Ski Week Fundraiser. Mt. Bachelor provides lift ticket vouchers to United Way of Deschutes County that are valid weekdays April 8 – 12 and 22 – 26. Skiers pick-up a voucher at United Way, present

Brooks Resources Corporation is the first Business Partner for a new 2013 fundraising initiative at Start Making a Reader Today (SMART) of Central Oregon. The real estate company, which has long supported the SMART program through volunteerism and donations, is hoping to set a precedent for other companies in the community. “We believe that having

Oregon State University – Cascades has formed a committee to help inform and gather input from the Central Oregon community as it expands to a four-year university on a campus in Bend. Co-chaired by Matt Shinderman, a senior instructor of natural resources and the faculty lead for the sustainability degree program, and Jodie Barram, Bend

Deschutes County commissioners approved placement of the Deschutes 9-1-1 Local Option Levy renewal on the May 21 ballot. The current local option levy for $0.23/$1,000 (twenty-three cents per $1,000 assessed value) expires on June 30, 2013. This new local option levy reduces the current rate and extends funding for another five years. No new taxes

The Prineville District, BLM is requesting public input on a proposed project that analyzes alternatives to thin trees and removes biomass on up to 725 acres of an 800-acre BLM parcel located 3 miles southwest of Tumalo. Proposed actions would protect existing old-growth trees and increase the amount and diversity of understory shrubs and grasses.

On Saturday, April 20th (the Saturday before opening weekend of fishing season), from 9am-3pm , the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office Marine Patrol Division will conduct its annual parking lot boat safety examination day. Successful completion of the exam, which focuses on the mandatory equipment needed for your particular boat, earns you the annual safety sticker

State Rep. Jason Conger (R-Bend) met Friday with a diverse group of local charities to hear their concerns about a bill introduced by Oregon House Speaker Tina Kotek (D-Portland) to end most itemized tax deductions (HB 2001). Examples of deductions affected are medical expenses, home mortgage interest and charitable contributions. The nearly 30 nonprofits represented

In Redmond, Three Peaks Coffee stand is a usual stop for many. But over the last three days now — the latest Easter Sunday — the shop has not only offered customers their usual drinks, but a chance to pay it forward. “I got here at 6 (Friday morning) and my very first customer pulled

A Culver man who was asleep when a pickup truck crashed into his home, trapping him beneath it and destroying the home, was in much-improved condition Sunday while the driver remained jailed, officials said. The 2:27 a.m. Saturday crash into a home at 8238 SW Feather Drive in Culver initially left victim Charles John Wilda

In the wee hours ofMarch 6, fire tore through Trinity Episcopal Church in downtown Bend, one of a string of fires police say were deliberately set in the area. Congregation members gathered outside the next morning, sadly remembering the many memories they’ve made behind those doors. With them that morning stood people who were not

A ground and air search for an overdue and likely lost skier on Mt. Hood ended tragically Sunday night with the discovery of his body, submerged in a creek, Clackamas County sheriff’s deputies said. Deputies said the 23-year-old man’s body was found around 7:15 p.m., submerged in a creek near Hwy. 26, west of the