Month: September 2013

Nonprofit organizations and other grant-seekers in Central Oregon looking for funding sources now have access to a valuable new collection of resources at Deschutes Public Library, which has become a Funding Information Network partner with the Foundation Center of New York. Funding Information Network [FIN] partners provide under-resourced and underserved populations in need of vital

Modern scammers use a wide variety of techniques and tactics to separate you from your money – get-rich-quick investment schemes, natural disaster relief pleas, international lottery scams (You’ve won! Remit a small processing fee and we’ll send you millions!) Chances are, these scammers have one thing in common – they urged their victims to send

School is back in session at Tom McCall Elementary School in Redmond, and this year there are heroes in the hallways. A new program at the school is bringing safety and smiles to its students. It’s part of a national program, “Watch D.O.G.S.” that promotes safety and success in schools, in a way you might

A Bend mortgage broker who took advantage of the anything-goes real estate bubble to get millions of dollars through shady loan applications was sentenced Tuesday to almost five years in prison. Peter Wilkinson, 44, earlier pleaded guilty to bank fraud and conspiracy to commit loan application fraud, wire fraud and bank fraud. He was sentenced

The 2013 USA Cycling Masters Road National Championships began Wednesday with time trials in Prineville. Under blue skies with comfortable temperatures, the out-and-back course in Prineville varied in length for different age groups. Michael Olheiser (Huntsville, Ala./CashCall Mortgage) added another Stars-and-Stripes jersey to his closet after besting the men’s 35-39 field in the time trial.

If you only moved to Deschutes County, or began paying attention to its politics in the last six years or so, you might say: “John who?” But former Bend city councilor John Hummel – who quit his second term to go to, of all places, Africa – is hoping what you’ll hear from him, and

Eighth-grader Collin Ellingson had his first day of classes Wednesday at La Pine Middle School, but soon he’ll be missing a class — for a reason everyone who knows him is celebrating — his winning battle against cancer. Collin was granted a wish from the Make a Wish Foundation and is taking his family to

While Oregon’s hunger rate remains high, it has not gotten worse, according to the 2012 Household Food Security in the United States report, released Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. “Oregon has managed to hold the line and prevent hunger from getting worse, thanks in large part to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program” (SNAP,

Deschutes County District Attorney Patrick Flaherty on Wednesday identified a man killed in a confrontation with Oregon State Police near Sisters last Friday as 34-year-old William Edward Hall of Texas. However, no other new details have been released regarding the sequence of events as reported Friday, which OSP said began with Hall displaying a gun

In a unanimous decision by Oregon sheriffs and chiefs in a meeting at the Department of Public Safety and Standards, the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office earned re-accreditation from the Oregon Accreditation Alliance. The Oregon Accreditation Alliance establishes professional standards of accountability, management and operations for Patrol and Investigative Services across the state. It exists to

“He was sitting right here where the grass is kind of ruffled,” said Kevin Woog, who is no stranger to seeing deer on his property off Duncan Lane in southwest Bend. “They come and they really like this neighborhood,” Woog said Tuesday. One particular buck stands out in his mind. “Its coloring was a little

A 76-year-old decorated Vietnam War veteran died Wednesday morning at Legacy Oregon Burn Center in Portland, three days after being severely injured in a fire that destroyed his La Pine home, family members said. Gary Baldwin’s niece, Cindy Nelson, said they wanted to thank neighbors for their efforts to help Gary Baldwin as the blaze

The Riverhouse presented a $3,220 check to The Every Kid Fund, raised from the 29th Annual Riverhouse Invitational golf tournament, held at River’s Edge Golf Course. Corporate sponsors partnered with The Riverhouse, including Combined Communications, Sysco Food Services of Portland, Eberhard’s Dairy, Cascade Lakes Brewing Company, Boyd’s Coffee Co, and Robberson Ford. The Every Kid

The concert by Los Lobos & Los Lonely Boys at the Les Schwab Amphitheater in Bend this Saturday is cancelled. Due to the ongoing recovery of Henry Garza of Los Lonely Boys, he will be unable to perform at their date this Saturday at Bend’s Les Schwab Amphitheater. Henry is receiving treatment, and undergoing therapy

Ignite Bend is seeking submissions for its eleventh iteration slated for Wednesday, October 23rd. The Tower Theatre will again host the popular community event that promises an entertaining evening of fast paced storytelling and inspiration. The Ignite format allows each speaker 5 minutes to amuse, educate, and enlighten audiences with a prepared presentation. In the

Given favorable conditions, Ochoco National Forest fuels specialists will use prescribed fire to burn about 200 acres Friday on the east side of the Crooked River National Grassland within a project area known as “North Cyrus.” Ignitions are expected to occur over one day, tentatively Friday. If conditions are not conducive to meeting objectives, the

A 61-year-old Bend pastor remained in critical condition Saturday at St. Charles-Bend, two days after his motorcycle and a car collided at a northeast Bend intersection, authorities said. The call came in around 5:45 p.m. Thursday of the crash at the corner of Bear Creek Road and Quail Run Place, just east of 27th Street,

Oregon State Police on Saturday identified two men who were killed and a woman passenger critically injured on Highway 97 near Chemult late Friday morning when one of the men tried to pass a truck in a no-passing-zone and his pickup collided with an oncoming van. The crash, which occurred just after 11 a.m., closed

The Prineville District of the Bureau of Land Management said Tuesday it has developed a draft wilderness management plan and environmental assessment for the Oregon Badlands Wilderness, located about 14 miles east of Bend, north of Highway 20. The plan will be available for public review and comment until Sept. 30. BLM policy requires that

A witness’s call to police apparently stopped the attempted rape of a 21-year-old Bend woman at a northeast Bend homeless camp late Saturday night, and a transient was arrested on that and other charges, police said Monday. Shortly before 11 p.m., Don Wichmann, a 69-year-old transient, called Deschutes County 911 dispatchers to report a rape