Month: October 2013

The Humane Society of Central Oregon is inviting companion animals to enjoy the ghastly delights of Halloween. Unleash your creativity and “trick”out your four-legged friend in a costume that will take top prize in HSCO’s pet costume contest on Thursday, October 31 st at the Old Mill District near Greg’s Grill (520 SW Powerhouse Drive

We are pleased to announce that we have reached an agreement with DIRECTV for carriage of our signals, ending an impasse that led to a two-week outage. KTVZ, KFXO and The CW in Bend-Redmond will be returned to the DIRECTV service today. We thank our viewers for their patience and support.

A new study, led by an Oregon State University-Cascades faculty member, suggests that some children may be genetically predisposed to developing behavioral problems in child care and preschool settings. Previous research has found that some children develop behavior problems at child care centers and preschools, despite the benefit of academic gains. It was never known,

Highway 58 about six miles northwest of Highway 97 in northern Klamath County was closed for three hours Thursday night following a non-injury commercial truck crash, in which the driver swerved to avoid a deer, Oregon State Police reported. Around 6 p.m., a 2006 Peterbuilt truck pulling a semi-trailer loaded with food products driven by

Jake’s is accepting reservations for its Annual Thanksgiving Meal for Seniors at Jake’s Diner. Reservations can be made at 382-0118. Every year, Jake’s closes its doors to normal business and opens up in the afternoon with an all-volunteer staff to serve a ‘at cost’ meal to seniors who don’t have family close by. Once again,

Fuels specialists on the Deschutes National Forest on Friday planned to conduct a prescribed burn about 12 miles southeast of Bend in the vicinity of Company Butte, near the intersection of China Hat Road and the 1825 Road. Smoke from this 138 acre fire will be visible from Bend, Sunriver, La Pine and Highway 97,

About 200 people from across the West are in Bend this weekend for a conference to brainstorm about ways to help the Bureau of Land Management better protect the country’s National Conservation Lands. Volunteer Friends groups put in more than 112,000 hours last year and saved the federal government more than $3 million, according to

The sounds of crashing, banging and the roar of an excavator echoed through the Crooked River Canyon Thursday morning as demolition crews worked to remove the over 100-year-old Stearns Dam. The project is 10 years in the making, as several agencies came together to restore chinook salmon and steelhead runs in the Crooked River. “We’re

“It’s scary,”a Redmond mother saidThursday. “I did panic and I went over the precautions with my children,” said Angie Magnuson, a mother of two children attending Vern Patrick Elementary School. Those were common reactions from Redmond parents, alarmed there could be a predator lurking near their children’s school. For weeks now, Redmond police have been

A drug raid Thursday afternoon on a Madras residence led to the arrest of a 45-year-old woman, accused of trafficking in methamphetamine in Jefferson County, authorities said. Central Oregon Drug Enforcement Team detectives, assisted by Jefferson County sheriff’s deputies and Warm Springs tribal police, executed a search warrant around 2:15 p.m. at 1520 SW Hwy.

Central Oregon Community College is in its final stages of designing a new, state-of-the-art dorm. The project just needs to pass final board approval in January for construction to get under way. It’s a plan many years in the making. “For nearly 20 years, the university has been exploring new housing options for the campus,”

As the holiday season approaches, Central Oregon’s local hunger relief agencies are serving record numbers of people, 20,000 individuals a month. Food drives provide an important resource in the fight against hunger by supplying more than 6% of the 2.5 million pounds, or nearly four of the 62 semi trucks of food, the agency distributes

The U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management are waiving fees at most day-use recreation sites over Veterans Day weekend, Nov. 9-11, in honor of U.S. veterans and members of the U.S. armed forces. Concessionaires operating day-use facilities have the option of waiving fees. Fees are not waived at campgrounds or for recreation rentals.

Due to concerns for the safety of the public and horses, the Sisters Ranger District of the Deschutes National Forest is closing the bridge to the Indian Ford campground to equestrian travel. Forest engineers recently reviewed the structure of the bridge and raised concerns about the safety of the bridge due to rot. Particular concern

The Redmond Chamber of Commerce & CVB presents the St. Charles Redmond Annual Starlight Holiday Parade, Saturday, November 30, in downtown Redmond on 6 th Street. The theme for this year’s parade is “Run, Run Rudolph” (Christmas song by Chuck Berry). Participation is FREE! All entries must be decorated with lights and ribbons will be

Central Oregon high school students have the opportunity to receive a free heart screening for life-threatening heart defects on Nov. 13 as part of an initiative by the Children’s Heart Fund, a program of the St. Charles Foundation. Up to 120 student athletes in grades nine through 12 will receive an electrocardiogram, or EKG, which

The Bend-Ft. Rock Ranger District of the Deschutes National Forest released an environmental assessment Thursday of a vegetation management project on nearly 23,000 acres south of Bend, including areas of the Newberry National Volcanic Monument. The Rocket Vegetation Management Project Environmental Assessment (EA) is available for a 30 day public comment period, which began yesterday,

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife fish biologists and the state Water Resources Department said Wednesday their investigation so far has found “a suite of unusual conditions” may have contributed to the death of thousands of fish on a side channel of the Deschutes River southwest of Bend last week. Those conditions included drought, better

A tip on the whereabouts of a wanted Redmond man led to an attempted traffic stop and a police chase Wednesday south on Highway 97 toward Bend, ending when spike strips deflated a tire on the fleeing driver’s car, officers said. Police had received information that Joey Lee Cox, 44, wanted on a probation violation

There’s a little critter in our Central Oregon backyard hopping toward the endangered species list: the Oregon spotted frog. “We’ve proposed to list the frog as threatened throughout its range and propose the designation of critical habitat for the frog,” U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife biologist Jennifer O’Reilly said Wednesday. The Oregon spotted frog