Month: October 2013

Fall is here, and it’s the purr-fect time to cozy up with a new furry feline friend. The Humane Society of Central Oregon’s adoption fee is falling for all felines, eight months and older, to only $5. The shelter is filled with cats, and one is sure to steal your heart. In four days the

Crews working to clean up a 5,000-gallon fuel tanker spill will construct a temporary lane around the site on Highway 26 on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, ODOT officials said Thursday as the project cost topped $1 million. A truck driver from Bend escaped serious injury, but about 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel spilled last

Mid Oregon Credit Union responded Wednesday to a call from the National Credit Union Administration to help members who may be affected by a federal government shutdown that went into effect at midnight Monday. Mid Oregon Credit Union is offering emergency assistance to members employed by the federal government to support those who may need

At 10 years old, Trish Ulyatt would stroll into Redmond convenience stores to buy a carton of cigarettes. More often than not, she’d walk out with the smokes under her arm, thanks to a self-written note claiming they were for her mother. Now, as an adult living in the southwest Bend suburb of Deschutes River

Each month, Newport Avenue Market chooses a Charity of the Month for their FoodeFlash Card program. Customers can donate their earned moolah to the charity of the month and this October they are supporting CAN Cancer. Newport Avenue Market has donated over $25,000 in the past year though their charity of the month program. CAN

He won the Olympic gold medal in the decathlon last year; he won the world title this year. And now, Central Oregon’s own Ashton Eaton, the “world’s greatest athlete”. says he’s ready for a break. “It’s been a long three years,” Eaton told NewsChannel 21 Wednesday evening. “I’ve been going since 2011, 2012, 2013. And

More than 6 million young people across the country are celebrating National 4-H Week, which takes place annually during the first full week of October. Deschutes County 4-H leverages National 4-H Week to celebrate the great things that the 4-H youth development program offers young people and highlights the incredible 4-H young people who each

Over the last month, a core group of investors in the Bend Venture Conference have met, challenged and vetted 37 Launch Stage applicants. That total field of submissions was narrowed to the top eight startups and now, the final five. Announced late in the day on October 18, one finalist will earn an investment from

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – The Oregon Legislature approved a series of bills on pensions and taxes Wednesday, then adjourned its special session after three days of work. The approval of five bills caps a year-long effort by Gov. John Kitzhaber to stem the growing costs of public-employee pensions. Lawmakers voted to lower the annual inflation

For 29-year-old Bend army veteran Mary Ludwig, the government shutdown couldn’t have come at a worse time. “It is really, really frustrating — those are the only two things I needed the government to stick with me through, and they’re like, ‘Oh, just kidding, these aren’t important,’” Ludwig said Wednesday. Ludwig served as an ammunition

For more than a year, Father James Radloff has offered words of inspiration and faith to the parish of 5,300 at St. Francis of Assisi in Bend. “He made me feel welcome,” said St. Francis parishioner Cricket Daniel. On Tuesday, a big announcement from the bishop of the Diocese of Baker: Father Radloff will be

The odds that a driver will crash into a deer on the West Coast next year are highest in Oregon. The chance that an Oregonian will collide with a deer is now 1 in 271. This ranks the state 35 th on the list of states where a deer collision is most likely to occur,

Leevi Herkshan and his wife return their bottles and cans once a week in Bend to make a few extra bucks. “Well, we are all about recycling,” he said Tuesday. What they don’t like is standing out in the cold, and having to get a maintenance guy every five minutes because the machines are broken.

This weekend, Run or Dye Central Oregon will draw thousands of participants to the Deschutes County Fairgrounds to celebrate the vibrancy of being alive – all while being blasted with more than five tons of color dye powder during a 5K run/walk. Culminating with a “Color Festival” at the end of the race, there will

The Redmond Municipal Airport will conduct its triennial full scale disaster drill on Thursday. It is estimated to begin at 8:30 A.M. at the Terminal building. The Airport activity portion of the drill is anticipated to last for approximately 2 hours. This triennial full scale disaster drill is required by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

Saving Grace is raising awareness all month long in honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Saving Grace is thrilled to announce its continued partnership with the Old Mill District and The Downtown Bend Association for the month of October and DVAM. Domestic violence thrives when we are silent; but if we take a stand and

Riverside Boulevard is scheduled to be closed from Galveston Avenue to Broadway Street from 7 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, to 7 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 6, weather permitting. The Galveston Avenue bridge will remain open and a detour will be in place to maintain access to the downtown area. The paving work is part of the

The Deschutes County Road Department will be closing the section of La Pine State Rec. Road between Hwy. 97 and Huntington Rd. on Thursday, October 3 rd from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. for routine maintenance repairs at the BNSF rail crossing. Vehicles traveling between Hwy. 97 and Huntington are advised to use Vandevert Rd.

“Monty Python’s Spamalot,” produced by Stage Right Production in collaboration with 2 nd Street Theater and presented by the Tower Theatre Foundation, had an attendance of 2,765 over six performances September 13-21, with a record-setting average attendance of 461 per show. However,Cat Call Production’s “Chicago” keeps the title as the most highly-attended locally-produced community theatre

The state forester has announced that fire season ended on forest and range lands protected by the Oregon Department of Forestry in the Central Oregon Forest Protection District, as of noon Monday. The Central Oregon District spans 2.2 million acres in 10 Oregon counties, from Hood River to Burns and La Pine to Long Creek.