Month: July 2013

Preliminary reports show that two of the five people killed in crashes over the 4th of July holiday period were not using seat belts. Oregon Department of Transportation officials say it’s possible they would have died even if they had been wearing safety restraints. But they say statistics show you are five times more likely

Oregon’s private employers had about 35,200 job vacancies this spring, a surging figure that shows signs of economic recovery, according to a survey released Monday by the Oregon Employment Department. During the same period, there were 149,200 unemployed Oregonians, or roughly 4 unemployed people for each private-sector vacancy. This is the first time spring estimates

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Legislature has adjourned the 2013 session. Lawmakers finished their work Monday after 155 days, five shy of the constitutional deadline. In the final hours before the afternoon adjournment, lawmakers voted to create independent governing boards and approved funding to allow for smaller tuition increases at universities next year. They

Cascades East Transit will not run Ride the River service on Saturday July 13 or Sunday the 14th due to the Deschutes Dash Weekend Sports Festival. The Deschutes Dash Weekend Sports Festival is a large event at Riverbend Park which will cause road closures on the Ride the River route and activities at the park

This Saturday, July 13, will be the debut of the Tumalo Peddler’s Flea Market, which will be held every second Saturday throughout summer. Hours will be 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Tumalo Feed Company parking lot on Highway 20, across from the town of Tumalo. More than 20 vendors will be featuring antiques,

An early-morning garage fire broke out Monday at a home just north of Bend and began spreading to the rest of the home, but firefighters were able to quickly knock it down and the residents escaped unharmed, officials said. Investigators later traced the fire’s cause to a plastic container of cigarette butts on the home’s

Oregon State University–Cascades has added a new degree program to its growing roster of undergraduate and graduate degrees. Beginning this fall, students will be able to pursue a bachelor’s degree in accounting. The accounting degree will prepare students for careers in tax, cost, corporate or not-for-profit accounting, and auditing. Students earn a degree from Oregon

Preliminary information indicates five people died in five separate traffic crashes in Oregon during the 102-hour Fourth of July holiday period between 6:00 p.m., July 3 , and 11:59 p.m., July 7 , Oregon State Police said Monday. All five crashes occurred on July 5th . According to ODOT’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System statistics, this

The Bureau of Land Management Prineville District Office is asking for public comments on a proposed project to establish a Right-of-Way agreement with each of Bonneville Power Administration, a federal entity under the U.S. Dept. of Energy and American Towers LLC, a private company, to construct two new communication facilities (of up to 100 feet

The Pet Evacuation team has served Central Oregon families and their animals since 2001. P.E.T. volunteers assist during times of natural disaster, wildfires, home fires, neglect and abuse cases and provides education and outreach in disaster preparedness and the proper care and treatment of animals. Central Oregon residents with animals are encouraged to include a

Join Caldera this summer for camp tours! Free and open to the public, camp tours will be held Saturday, July 20 th and Saturday, August 10 th beginning at 11am. Participants of camp tours will find themselves in the midst of music creation lead by My Voice Music, filming projects, audio workshops with Portland based

As our visits to some outstanding Central Oregon homes moves on to Pronghorn, we learn from local Realtors that buyers are back in the high end of Central Oregon’s real estate market — welcome news after the housing market bubble burst, bringing high-end sales to a standstill. A lot of the clientele at this price

A Deschutes River Woods resident went out to get the paper Saturday morning, smelled smoke and found their detached shop-garage full of smoke, the start of a fire that destroyed the structure, though firefighters were able to keep it from reaching the house less than 10 feet away. Bend firefighters responded just before 7 a.m.

High Desert Chamber Music has been awarded a community grant through the Roy and Diane Marvin Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation, in the amount of $15,000. Of that, $10,000 is granted immediately, and the remaining $5,000 must be matched by new or increased individual donations. In addition, a grant from the F.J. Hodecker Family

They’re bargaining with the state of Oregon again Monday, but some state government workers will take a vote on Tuesday that could authorize a strike, just in case their standoff comes to that. Contracts for about 19,000 workers in a variety of Department of Human Services (DHS) jobs have expired, from people who issue drivers

A few dozen artists from around Central Oregon showed off artwork and held demonstrations in Sisters on Sunday. It was the 10th annual Fiber Arts Stroll through downtown, one of the first events each summer to kick off the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show. Artists set up booths and displays inside and outside of businesses where

The Red Cross was called in to assist a displaced family after a fire heavily damaged their northeast Prineville duplex Saturday night, officials said. Crook County Fire and Rescue crews were called out around 9:45 a.m. to a fire at a duplex in the 200 block of NE Holly Street, the agency reported. Two engines

A 48-year old La Pine man was arrested Saturday afternoon after leading police on a pursuit by stolen car, on foot and in the Deschutes River south of Sunriver, Oregon State Police said. It all ended when a K-9 team found him hiding in a shop building. According to OSP Sgt. Dave Mackenzie, shortly after

A “holdover smolder” from the Fourth of July fireworks show ignited near the summit of Pilot Butte Saturday morning, burning about a half-acre of the northeast Bend landmark before crews could contain it, officials said. Firefighters responded around 5:15 a.m. to the report of a brush fire on the northeast side near the summit of

A 30-year-old Bend transient who began his Saturday by telling a worker at an adult video store he wanted to go back to jail ended it right where he apparently wanted to be – behind bars, facing robbery, car theft and other charges, police said. After spending over an hour at Imagine That, an adult