Month: August 2013

Mark and Cynthia Schneider have been married for 32 years and call La Pine home, but for the past 27 years, they’ve spent their summers at sea. “A lot of guys say, ‘How do you even let your wife on the boat?’ But Cynthia’s been the captain an the skipper ever wince we got started,”

Central Oregon offers much to the outdoor enthusiast, but nothing matches the opportunities available for mountain biking. With arguably the best system in America the trails around Bend and Sisters provide well marked challenges to the skilled, as well as hours of easy pleasure for the soon to be skilled. Trails of all levels are

August 25 – Joshua Radin with special guest Gregory Alan Isakov Come experience some the biggest names in the music business with Cascade Sotheby’s International Realty. This series is one of the most intimate outdoor venues in Bend, Oregon. Peak Summer Nights concert series, at The Athletic Club of Bend, offers attendees an up-close and

On August 2nd from 5 – 9 pm, Mockingbird Gallery will be hosting an Exhibition of New Works for Delbert Gish, one of the best artists in the Northwest. Please come down and enjoy a glass of wine and some music while perusing a show of beautiful new paintings. Delbert’s one man show will run

The annual appliance recycling event will be held THIS Saturday, August 17, from 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Knott Landfill Recycling & Transfer Facility, 61050 SE 27th St. in Bend. Residents are encouraged to recycle their own used appliances and appliances that have been dumped on or around their property. Only the items listed

Hot summer temperatures are brutal for the homeless trying to survive outdoors. The Shepherd’s House, a nonprofit that serves the homeless is seeking donations of bottled water, Gatorade, sunscreen, and light clothing such as t-shirts and shorts. “Many people think of the homeless during the cold weather, and we are thankful for that, but we

Two people were killed and two others seriously injured Tuesday evening in a head-on crash on state Highway 22 near Stayton in Marion County, Oregon State Police reported. Around 7 p.m., a 2003 Dodge Durango driven by Erin L. Long, 18, of Jefferson, was eastbound on Highway 22 near milepost 16 when a westbound 2008

“Meth, heroin, weed, those were probably the three major ones.” Former Crook County High School student Tad Attrell, a Bend resident now, said Tuesday his drug addiction all started with alcohol at age 15. “First it was a party thing, then after a while, the parties started being my life,” the 24-year-old recovering addict said/

A flurry of fire and medical calls stretched Bend Fire and Rescue resources early Tuesday afternoon – and in one case, the “smoke” seen pouring from a Deschutes River Woods home turned out to be from a concert-style artificial smoke machine. Here’s how Deputy Fire Marshal Dan Derlacki later summed up the way the situation

The FBI said Tuesday it’s linked 11 killings to admitted serial killer Israel Keyes, who killed himself in December — but the first item in the violent timeline was the kidnap and rape of a teen who was riding an inner tube with friends on the Deschutes River near Maupin in the late 1990s. Here’s

Brooks Resources Corporation put a new twist on its giving program this year: employees actually competed against each other to get their charity of choice the most votes. Last Wednesday evening, several employees of the company gathered to hear presentations from six of their colleagues on why his or her charity deserved a $5,000 donation.

A bearded man wearing a red baseball cap and displaying a pistol in his waistband held up the Taco Del Mar on Bend’s north end Monday evening and ran off, triggering a manhunt in the area that failed to find him. The search continued Tuesday, with more details of his description released. The initial report

Sunday marked the one-year anniversary of the day hiker Ronald Olm of Portland went missing in the Mt. Jefferson Wilderness area, and an extensive new search over the weekend failed to find his remains, Marion County sheriff’s deputies said Tuesday. Olm, 52, and two fellow Portland-area hikers were hiking along the ridge near Russell Lake,

Judy Winstead’s been enjoying the music at Bend’s Les Schwab Amphitheater for seven years. But most of the time, she’s sitting across the river on a grassy patch. “It’s a good way to share the music with the grandkids,” Winstead explained Monday. Now that free access she and many others use is being restricted during

Three Bend teens, ages 15 and 19, were arrested over the weekend on burglary and other charges, accused of vandalizing a northeast Bend home under construction, burning papers and urinating inside, and also with breaking into 21 cars, police said Monday. Police responded around 11:30 a.m. to a reported burglary at a home being built

Providing drug and alcohol treatment to all of the highest-risk offenders would have saved Oregon crime victims and taxpayers an estimated $21.6 million from 2008 to 2011, a new state audit released Tuesday found. “The most effective way to reduce crime and keep our communities safe is to invest in proven treatment programs,” Secretary of

A helicopter searching for illegal marijuana growing operations in northern Harney County crashed on a forest road after its engine failed Monday afternoon, but the contract pilot and sheriff’s deputy passenger escaped injury, Sheriff David Glerup said Tuesday. The helicopter, experienced an engine failure about 400 feet off the ground, causing the pilot, Thomas Levanger,

The city of Bend has changed its utility payment mailing address to a Seattle post office box. Utility payments were previously processed by the Bank of the Cascades. The bank no longer provides this service and outsourced it to Retail Lockbox Inc., a company located in Seattle. As a result, Retail Lockbox began processing City

An ATV rider became separated from the rest of his group Sunday afternoon and got lost in the large East Fort Rock off-road area southeast of Bend, prompting friends to begin a search and later call for Deschutes County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue to assist. Officials say two fellow riders found him a few hours

Going that extra mile, running a personal record — the satisfaction usually comes with some sore muscles. From the newest type of rollers, all the way to massage boots and lasers — there’s a new business in town hoping to recharge athletes of all abilities. “Everyone wants to be out there, everyone wants to run