Month: October 2013

5 Fusion Event Coming Soon. This culinary experience will be created by Chef Ben Nadolny of King Estate, with wine pairings from King Estate. We are pretty excited about this one! We love salmon, polenta and chanterelles – especially when the chef himself forages them! 5 FUSION Charity Dinner Menuwith King Estate to benefit SAVING

Oregon Democrats wrapped up a three-day conference Sunday in Sunriver with a workshop on jobs and the future of the state’s economy. Lawmakers, economists and businesses came together highlighting Oregon’s shortcomings and accomplishments at a biennial party gathering called the Oregon Summit. “A several hundred million dollar machine sits up the street in Prineville,” said

About 7,000 Midstate Electric Cooperative customers from Sunriver south to La Pine lost power for one to nearly three hours Sunday evening after a tree fell on a transmission line feeding four substation, officials said. Half had power back in about 75 minutes, but it took two more hours to get the rest online, after

Do know where your water comes from? That was the question city of Bend officials posed to the public during Saturday’s Fall Festival in downtown Bend. They city held a water demonstration booth, where people could grab a drink of water from taps hooked right up to a fire hydrant on the street. About 400

Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., on Saturday greeted about 50 World War II veterans from Oregon who had traveled to Washington, D.C. as part of an “Honor Flight” to visit the World War II Memorial on the National Mall. Although the open-air memorial has been closed by the Obama administration during the government shutdown, the National

The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission on Friday approved new fees for salmon, steelhead and sturgeon fishing in the Columbia River Basin. The fees are part of Gov. John Kitzhaber’s plan to end non-tribal commercial gill netting in the Columbia River channel. It allows recreational anglers to catch more salmon in the Columbia River channel

A 27-year-old Redmond man escaped serious injury but was cited for reckless driving Friday evening after his car crashed into a utility pole and overturned, breaking the pole and causing lines to fall onto NW Helmholtz Way, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said. The crash at Helmholtz Way and Obsidian Avenue was the first of two

The Brain Injury Alliance of Oregon announced that Gov. John Kitzhaber had a ceremonial signing of Jenna’s Law, SB 721, which provides head injury protections to child athletes who play sports outside of school — legislation inspired and lobbied for by a young woman from Sisters. Jenna Sneva of Sisters was a national gold medalist

A 43-year-old Redmond man and Deer Ridge Correctional Institution employee has been placed on unpaid administrative leave following his arrest on 10 sex abuse charges involving a teen girl, authorities said Friday. Redmond police received a report Sept. 29 of alleged sexual assaults that occurred in and around the Redmond area last month involving Jon

Due to the recent shutdown of the federal government, the monthly release of the Oregon statewide and local employment and unemployment numbers will be delayed, officials said Friday. Oregon’s statewide unemployment rate for September was scheduled to be released on Tuesday, October 15, while the local rates were scheduled to be released on Monday, October

The Central Oregon Community College Board of Directors has begun the process of selecting a new president for the college. The board is hosting a series of open forums to seek input from members of the community about what they would like to see in the new president. The meetings are scheduled on Tuesday, Oct.

Governor John Kitzhaber has proclaimed October 6 – 12 National Fire Prevention Week in Oregon. In following the theme for National Fire Prevention Week Prevent Kitchen Fires, this year’s focus is safety in the kitchen, specifically cooking safety. The Office of State Fire Marshal warns that cooking related fires are the number one cause of

District Attorney Patrick Flaherty is pleased to announce that after a competitive application process, Deputy DA Brigid Turner has been selected to join the faculty and be a prosecutor instructor for the Oregon Sexual Assault Task Force, Sexual Assault Training Institute. SATI currently has active and sworn law enforcement officers, Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners, Prosecutors,

A 29-year-old man arrested with two roommates in a raid on their southeast Bend home is facing 40 computer crime-related counts, accused of hacking into databases and creating fake credit cards used by him and others to buy methamphetamine and other items, police said Thursday. Bend police raided a home at 20242 Fairway Drive on

No criminal charges will be filed against a now-former Redmond reserve officer over a confrontation with a Bend transient who he reportedly struck with the back of a hatchet, Deschutes County District Attorney Patrick Flaherty said Thursday. Here’s the full text of a news release issued by Flaherty’s office: A Deschutes County grand jury investigation

A 40-year-old Redmond-area woman standing on the railroad tracks in northeast Redmond was struck and killed by a freight train Thursday afternoon, police said. The woman, identified Friday as Billie Fern Fifer, died at the crash scene near NE Kilnwood Place, said Lt. Keith Knight, adding that no other information was being released at this

It wasn’t without apprehension back in 2008 that Kathleen Donohue went out to the front lawn of her new home in a quiet Bend development and wedged in an Obama for President sign. Donohue, who works for a remodeling and renovation company, was a transplant to the Bend area, and she knew the fast-growing Deschutes

He’s passionate for all things beer. He’s collected cans for more than 35 years. He is a true beer historian. And 55-year-old Lance Rice is also autistic. “My brother was a collector, and many other kids much younger than me were collecting cans in my neighborhood too,” Rice said Wednesday evening. “But these kids, like

More than 100 cats and kittens, some so hungry they were eating rocks, have been rescued from a property on Juniper Canyon Road, officials said Thursday as they continued efforts to care for them. They were discovered two weeks ago after neighbors and the Crook County Sheriff’s Office tipped off the Humane Society Of the

Major Howard V. Andre, Jr. had been classified as missing in action in Vietnam for nearly 44 years until the Tennessee native’s remains were identified in 2013. His son, Brad Andre of Bend, had been waiting for decades for the news that his dad had been found. On September 23, Major Andre was buried with