Month: April 2013

In the wake of the tragic Boston Marathon bombings, Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum is warning Oregon consumers to be on the lookout for phony charities soliciting funds for the victims. Scam artists are becoming increasingly adept at exploiting disasters for personal gain, she warned Tuesday.. According to news accounts, a fake Twitter account appeared

A La Pine couple suffered serious injuries Tuesday morning when their pickup truck slid off slick and snowy Highway 97 north of La Pine, struck an oncoming car, flipped onto its side and crashed into a tree, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said. Deputies and La Pine Rural Fire District crews responded to the crash, which

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Governor Kitzhaber on Tuesday ordered all flags at public institutions statewide to immediately be lowered and flown at half-staff until sunset on Saturday in honor of the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing. “Our thoughts are with the victims, their families, and the people of Boston,” said Governor Kitzhaber. “The Boston Marathon draws participants and

Among the thousands of runners in Monday’s Boston Marathon, 13 were from Bend, two from Redmond and one from Madras. We talked Monday night with Jennifer Myers, the “Marathon Mom” from Redmond who crossed the finish line only about five minutes before the blast. Her words capture some of the confusion, terror and panic following

You could call it the biggest Frisbee festival of the year for Central Oregon, as an estimated 500 disc players took over Pine Nursery Community Park in Bend this weekend. More than 200 players competed in the Ultimate Frisbee tournament. The sport is like combining soccer and football together. Seven players fill a team. The

The Bend DMV field office will be closed Thursday, April 25, and Friday, April 26, during its move to a temporary location a short distance away from its current location, officials said Monday. The office is scheduled to reopen Monday, April 29, in the temporary site at 63030 O.B. Riley Road. The Bend office will

Hundreds of Central Oregonians paid a visit to the Bend post office Monday to pay off Uncle Sam — dropping off tax returns and checks to the federal government. “If I get it done by the 15th, I’m happy,” one man said. “I always wait until the last day,” said another. Roy Erberich of H&R

The Duck Bus will be making its first 2013 voyage to Autzen for the Spring Game and to watch the University of Oregon vs. Stanford baseball game on Saturday, April 27th. This is a great opportunity to see how the football team is shaping up under Coach Helfrich and to see the #9 Ducks play

Central Oregon was somewhat taken by surprise Monday morning as a winter storm moved in. From Sisters to Bend to Prineville, the snow piled up. In Sisters, the readerboard told drivers to carry chains or traction tires headed over Santiam Pass. It was all shovels on deck to clear the sidewalks from the nearly six

The shock waves of Monday’s bombing in Boston are being felt across the country here on the High Desert. Central Oregon had 16 runners in the race — 13 from Bend, two from Redmond and one from Madras. In the age of Facebook, information travels fast. On Monday, it proved a useful tool for a

Warm Springs resident Norene Sampson will compete for the title of the 2013 Miss Indian World as part of the 30th Annual Gathering of Nations, the most prominent Native American powwow in the world, held in Albuquerque, N.M. between April 25 and April 27. As part of the Gathering of Nations powwow, the Miss Indian

Dr. James E. Middleton, president of Central Oregon Community College since 2004, announced Monday he plans to retire as of June 30, 2014. Middleton said he is making this early announcement – 14 months in advance of his retirement date – in order to help the COCC Board plan for a thorough search. “President Middleton

A disagreement between two Redmond Proficiency Academy students led a 12-year-old boy to go home and return with an Airsoft gun, police said. After bicycling back to the school’s track area after school last Thursday, he fired a pellet that struck another student near the nose, causing a minor injury, police and school officials said

The grand marshals of the 2013 Sisters Rodeo Parade are four retired gentlemen known by their fellow rodeo members as “The Four Horsemen. ” Ranging in age from 64 to 80, the horsemen are Ron Ackerman, Earl Brawner, Roger Holmer and Don Stuart. In an often heard Central Oregon story, the four men and their

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Over the next three days, Ochoco National Forest fuels specialists will use prescribed fire to burn approximately 200 acres on the east side of the Crooked River National Grassland within a project area known as “Pine Ridge Stewardship.” The Pine Ridge Stewardship project is located approximately 6 miles southeast of Madras adjacent to Forest Road