Month: April 2013

Bend residents are invited to the expanded Walmart store, which unveils the changes Wednesday, May 1, at 20120 Pinebrook Blvd. The grand-opening ceremony is scheduled for 7:30 a.m. The expanded store brings approximately 80 additional jobs to the area and will provide Bend residents with one-stop shopping convenience for their grocery and general merchandise needs.

A ceremony takes place Monday in Salem to honor Oregonians who have lost their lives on the job in the last year. Workers Memorial Day includes military casualties, as well as workplace deaths. Oregon OSHA Administrator Michael Wood said it is not only important to show support for the workers’ families, but also to remind

The clashes of swords filled the High Desert Fencing Club building in Bend this weekend for an event celebrating its 20th year. The High Desert Duel, an annual fencing competition, features Olympic-style fencing. There were three different events, including a junior competition featuring kids 19 and under, an open competition for all ages and all

Golfers hit the courses this weekend in Central Oregon for an annual tournament that for many kicks off the start of the golf season. The weather was perfect at Aspen Lakes Golf Course in Sisters, one of the three courses where the tournament was held. The Central Oregon Shootout is now in its 11th year,

A two-story home was destroyed by a wind-fanned fire west of Redmond Sunday morning, but the owners were away at the time and there were no injuries, authorities said. The fire was reported around 10:20 a.m. at a 25-year-old, 3,200-square-foot home at 1793 NW 57th Way, near the Deschutes River and north of Maple Avenue.

Bend’s Community Center brought back the Foodie Crawl fundraiser on Sunday. Thirteen Bend restaurants offered up 18 different dishes and beverage pairings. Guests walked at their own pace to each location in downtown Bend, The Old Mill District or on the west side. NewsChannel 21 caught up before the event with Primal Cuts Meat Market

Two separate and unrelated fires – one an illegal burn that sparked a brushfire, the other in a detached garage – broke out 1 miles and 13 minutes apart Saturday afternoon and had La Pine Rural Fire District and other crews on the run. And the second blaze had an added challenge — stored ammunition

When the clock hit 10 a.m. Saturday in Bend, that’s when many people around the worldtried to become stress-free.And it was all part of the World QiGong and Tai Chi Day. The day is meant to bring awareness to the martial art forms. A group honored the day with classes held at Larkspur Park in

For many homeless veterans, pets are their only companion but having no money to take care of their pets veterinary needs is a problem. And the Bend Spay and Neuter Project wants to help as many as they can with a clinic. But to do so, they needed to raise some money. So local massage

About 30 percent of all fatal motor vehicle accidents are caused by impaired drivers, and a group that gathered in Bend this weekend seeks to curb those tragic statistics. The DUII Multi-Disciplinary Task Force held its annual two-day conference in Bend Friday and Saturday. It’s funded by the Oregon Department of Transportation Traffic Safety division.

A Prineville man was arrested Friday afternoon, accused of firing his rifle toward a car with two women inside during a dispute at his home. They thought it struck the car, Crook County sheriff’s deputies said, but it actually hit the ground in front of the car, spraying it with gravel. Deputies were dispatched around

The group that owns the Tillamook Air Museum is moving its planes to Central Oregon. The Erickson Group plans to build a 65,000-square-foot hangar at Madras Airport to house a fleet of firefighting air tankers and store the collectables. The airport already is rich in aviation history. The original two hangars were built back in

A forest thinning plan could have a big impact on a giant recreation area just west of Bend, with construction lasting for years, said US Forest Service officials on Friday. Greg Roller and his friends are visiting Central Oregon from Reno, Nevada. They were all geared up and ready to hit the trails on their

Central Oregon Irrigation District with the help of the Redmond FFA Members will present “Otto the Otter: Canal Safety”, to 2 nd grade classrooms in the Redmond and Powell Butte areas April 29 th – May 10. Central Oregon Irrigation District is proud to bring “Otto the Otter: Canal Safety” to Local 2 nd Grade

Given favorable weather conditions, Deschutes National Forest fuel specialists on the Sisters District plan to conduct prescribed burns on three separate projects next week. Two of the burns are planned for south of Black Butte Ranch and one is planned for northwest of Camp Sherman in the Metolius Basin. A 135-acre burn, called McCache North,

On a clear day, they’re an unmistakable part of the sky. Most people simply know them as condensation trails off of planes, but there’s a growing community of believers who are convinced something more sinister is going on. Those people firmly believe a classified government project is spraying us with toxic metals. Despite what others

An Oregon State Police traffic stop of a Jeep driving without headlights on Highway 97 in Redmond Wednesday night led police to a Prineville home, where the Jeep’s owner 73-year-old Leo Novak had been left tied tightly to a kitchen chair, Crook County sheriff’s deputies said. “I thought he was going to kill me, absolutely,”

La Pine High School’s cheerleading coach has been arrested on charges of sex abuse and furnishing alcohol to a minor, alleging she engaged in inappropriate behavior with a 17-year-old male student, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said Thursday. School officials said she resigned from her position after the investigation began. A staff member at the school,

SMART celebrates the service of nearly 350 volunteers sharing their time with Central Oregon children who need support in reading. Volunteers read with 532 children this year, providing seven months of one-on-one reading support in our local schools, donating upwards of 5000 hours of their time. SMART has been a presence in Central Oregon schools

ODFW will host a series of public meetings around the state in early May to accept public comment on proposals for big game hunting seasons. At the meetings, ODFW staff will provide information about herd health and populations, propose the number of controlled big game hunting tags to issue for this year and review concepts