Month: September 2013

KPOV 88.9 High Desert Community Radio is holding its fall membership pledge drive Oct. 3- 12. KPOV is the only non-profit public radio station originating from Bend, broadcasting throughout Deschutes County and the Prineville area. KPOV is asking businesses and non-profits to volunteer to answer phones during the pledge drive. Groups and businesses already scheduled

The Redmond Proficiency Academy announced today that Teacher Ryan McLaughlin has been awarded a grant of $5,000 for Community 101 (C101). Thanks to a $5,000 grant from the PGE Foundation, the Ambassador Cadre at Redmond Proficiency Academy has been accepted into the 2013-2014 Community 101 program. Administered by The Oregon Community Foundation and the PGE

You might know it as the “Greatest Show on Earth,” and as its manager puts it, the Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey Circus is as American as baseball — and just as old. “(We are) 143 years (old),” General Manager Rob Lange said Tuesday as the circus set up at the Deschutes County Fairgrounds. “We

Two Oregon State Police troopers were justified in firing 20 shots at a Texas man who earlier pulled and pointed a gun during a traffic stop and aimed it at them during a chase through Sisters late last month, Deschutes County District Attorney Patrick Flaherty said Tuesday. But while the officers’ bullets hit him four

Oregon Labor and Industries Commissioner Brad Avakian announced Tuesday that the state’s minimum wage will increase to $9.10 on January 1, 2014, providing a 15-cent per hour raise for 98,000 minimum-wage workers. “Oregon can build a stronger economy by making sure that workers have the purchasing power they need to keep pace with the rising

The latest round in the legal and land-use fight over Bend’s big-ticket water system plans has gone the city’s way, with the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals rejecting claims that the city failed to adequately show where the $100 million to fund the projects will come from. In a 12-page decision late last week,

When you open a new business like The Cankery bike shop, sometimes you need a little luck. “That’s the best news I’ve heard all day,” Crankery owner Ben Dodge said Tuesday. And sometimes you hit the jackpot — like learning you’re right by the future home of OSU-Cascades, on Bend’s Westside. “College kids ride bikes.

Seven-year-old Sadie Gardner likes to run and laugh. And if the gate at her house leading to the open forest isn’t locked properly, she likes to explore. Which is exactly what happened Monday night, bringing in the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, search and rescue, a K-9 unit and dozens of neighbors — all looking for

Motorists using the Pinebrook crossing of Murphy Road at the Bend Parkway should be aware of a paving project due on Thursday that could disrupt their travel plans. Crews working with the Oregon Department of Transportation to build the new Murphy Road overcrossing will be closing Pinebrook for paving and striping purposes overnight. On Thursday

If you own property in Deschutes County, you’re familiar with recent real estate market value “ups-and-downs” during the last few years. Deschutes County Assessor, Scot Langton, wants to prepare you for an interesting combination of Measure 50 consequences, market fluctuation and economic circumstance coming this fall. He’s offering to speak to local groups about what

Central Oregon Partnerships for Youth (COPY), a program of the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, is offering a class to prepare volunteers to become mentors for children with an incarcerated parent. On Saturday, September 21, COPY will offer an orientation/training class. After initial training and comprehensive background checks, volunteers are matched with a child in Bend,

A wrong-way drunk driver on Highway 97 Sunday night at first didn’t pull over for police – and when he did, he confronted officers and refused to get on the ground, prompting deployment of a Bend police K-9 whose bite got him to comply, officers said. Around 10:10 p.m., Deschutes County 911 dispatchers advised deputies

Four Bend juveniles were cited on criminal mischief charges early Sunday after a car doing spinouts in the grass at Pine Nursery Park caused several thousand dollars worth of damage to the turf, authorities said. The vandalism was discovered by Officer Rick May of Patrol Services Inc. when he arrived at Pine Nursery to lock

The violent crime rate in Oregon’s four largest cities fell last year, while the property crime rate increased — the opposite of national trends. Central Oregon’s crime numbers were mostly, but not all on the rise. The FBI reported Monday that in the Oregon cities of more than 100,000 people, violent crime in 2012 was

A 30-year-old La Pine motorcyclist who refused to pull over for Oregon State Police Monday morning prompted a chase that was called off when he headed east onto Forest Service land. But troopers watched a cloud of dust, then tire track and footprints led to his arrest as he and a female companion tried to

Every year the Advertising Federation of Central Oregon selects one non-profit to benefit from the collective expertise of the AdFed marketing, branding and advertising membership base. Through an intensive RFP process, one non-profit organization is selected for the annual Public Service Campaign based on merit, need and long-term sustainability. AdFed is excited to announce a

The city of Bend recently hired Anne Aurand as its new community relations manager. The community relations manager acts as a liaison between the Bend City Council, city staff and the community. The position was created to help expand community engagement on issues related to the Bend City Council’s goals and priorities and to promote

Several lightning strikes hit the northeast area of Central Oregon on Sunday, igniting a handful of fires crews have responded to, officials said Monday, One incident is under investigation and estimated at 200 acres. Aerial detection flights will be flown Monday, looking for any other fires that have not been located, the Central Oregon Interagency

Oregon State Police arrested a 26-year-old Bend man on several charges Saturday after he allegedly eluded police at speeds of up to 85 mph in the early-morning hours, then filed a false police report indicating his car had been stolen. Shortly after 2 a.m. Saturday, a trooper patrolling southbound on Third Street near Cleveland Avenue

Someone conducting a litter patrol along Burgess Road in La Pine Saturday afternoon found something else entirely – a dangerous, re-activated military training grenade that prompted call-out of the Oregon State Police Bomb Squad from Salem to safely dispose of it, authorities said. Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies were called out to Burgess Road near Ponderosa