Month: October 2013

Bend Area Habitat for Humanity has been selected as a finalist in an exciting social giving campaign called “My Community Cares,” sponsored by the charitable arm of Home Federal Bank. In this campaign, the votes of our community can truly help make a difference! The Home Federal Foundation will award $25,000 in grants to four

While many Oregon school districts are facing declining student enrollment numbers this fall, Bend-La Pine Schools enrollment continues to surge. As of Tuesday,, 16,860 students were enrolled in the district’s 27 schools and programs, up 260 students from a year ago. Student enrollment is up more than 1,000 students since the fall of 2009, when

From a stop to surveys of washed-out forest roads to furloughed Military Department employees and BLM campsite closures. it didn’t take long for the impacts of the partial federal government shutdown to become evident Tuesday in Central Oregon. Here are a few news releases we received: Road Damage from Recent Storms Prompts Warning Forest Roads

A 43-year-old bicyclist was taken to the hospital with serious injuries and also cited Monday after he crossed in front of a pickup truck between intersections on NE Third Street, going fast and without a helmet, police and witnesses said. Michael Keener was cited for failure to use a bike lane after he was taken

Flu season, here we come. Sign after sign is out there, as health officials try to persuade you: Now is the time for the shot. “A lot of people think of the flu as a nuisance or it’s not very serious when in fact, every year, a lot of people do die from complications related

Remember the tragic case of Chance, the dog who was severely injured and taken in by BrightSide Animal Center in July? Thankfully, he now is recovering well and healing. Chance is one of the sweetest, friendliest, happiest dogs you can meet. And he is a pit bull mix. Who could be a better ambassador for

From the services you depend on to get by, to the special places you like to visit — the government shutdown leaves a question mark looming over Central Oregon and the nation. “We’re all sort of monitoring it as it goes along, but we just don’t know how it’s going to shake out at this