Month: November 2013

Christmas lights and tree ornaments — it can only mean one thing – the holidays are coming. For some, the number one thing on their holiday wish list this year, is a job. “Extra people in the checkstands, help us getting the shelves stocked and full and just helping the customers,” Pat Phelps, store director

Forget the bus stop — the Stilson kids get ready for school by piling into mom’s big bed. Nicole Stilson’s three school-aged kids are part of growing number of home-schooled families in Central Oregon choosing public school for the first time — through an online platform. “It’s interactive and fun, and they send you everything,”

Deschutes Brewery announced Tuesday that its craft beers will be available in Ohio and Kentucky, starting on Jan. 24. The Bend-based brewery will be working with Heidelberg Distributing Company’s Rampant Brands Division, which focuses exclusively on the distribution, education and sale of craft beer. Rampant serves Ohio’s 88 counties as well as all retailers in

This weekend, Oregon’s Office of Emergency Management coordinated the largest test ever of the state’s emergency communications network. While the exercise was considered a success, it also shed light on one of the system’s vulnerabilities – a lack of qualified amateur radio operators east of the Cascades. In this weekend’s fictionalized scenario, hackers managed to

Dine out at a Bend restaurant on Monday, November 18 and help homeless animals. Participating Tables for Tails restaurants are partnering with the Humane Society of Central Oregon so people can dine out for a cause and help those with paws. Enjoy breakfast, lunch or dinner Monday, November 18 th at participating Tables for Tails

The Nature of Words 2013 will be accepting nonperishable food donations for NeighborImpact’s Food Bank during its Annual Literary Festival at Bend’s historic Tower Theatre on Friday evening, November 8 th , 7pm. The evening will feature four nationally acclaimed authors who will do readings and book signings. Individuals making a donation will be eligible

Oregon State Police, aided by Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies, arrested a 28-year old man Monday night after a nearly six-hour standoff with the fugitive, barricaded inside his mother’s home northeast of La Pine, troopers said Tuesday as they revealed his name and more details about the sequence of events. Around 1 p.m., the sheriff’s office

At the October program meeting, Meyer Memorial Trust’s board of trustees authorized six grants worth more than $230,000 to nonprofits in Central Oregon. Most of these awards were made as Grassroots Grants, a program generally designed for smaller organizations (a list of awards and contact information for the local organizations is provided below). The largest

A comprehensive study of elder financial exploitation in Oregon has been completed — the first that paints a full, disturbing picture of financial abuse of Oregon seniors, officials said Tuesday. The study of over 400 cases in 2011 was conducted through the Department of Human Services Office of Adult Abuse Prevention and Investigations. “Financial exploitation

Your morning workout, posted. That gourmet pizza you made? On Instagram — no filter. And that adorable photo of your four-legged friend? You already have eight ‘likes.’ But you could be sharing way more than just your favorite photos — and with folks you’d rather never meet or cross paths with. “It’s as easy as

Bend Area Habitat for Humanity announced Monday it has purchased the former Backstrom Builders Center. The vacant site, located on north Third Street across from Wagner Mall, will become Habitat’s new and expanded ReStore, the organization’s home improvement resale center. “Moving the ReStore is motivated by two primary factors that are important to our community,”

The Deschutes National Forest released a final decision Monday to issue a special use permit allowing the city of Bend to make controversial pipeline improvements to the Bridge Creek water supply system. And in a case of deja vu — or water not under the Bridge (Creek) — opponents of the project say the revisions

Bend police are still investigating and not yet releasing more details on a suspected drug lab discovered at a northeast Bend home, but worried neighbors expressed surprise and concern Monday about the fund. NewsChannel 21 talked with neighbors of the Broken Bow Drive home to get their views of what transpired over the weekend. “It’s

The government shutdown is over. But the work is not. “We’re able to move some Oregon-based things forward, these big national issues to seem to eat us alive,” Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., said on Monday during a visit to Redmond. One of those issues — the Affordable Care Act. Walden was hearing frustration from Redmond

A small garden shed went up in flames very close to a home east of Bend Monday morning, but crews extinguished the blaze before it could spread, fire officials said. Bend firefighters responded shortly before 7 a.m. to the reported fire at 61702 Teal Road, south of Highway 20, and found a 10-by-10-foot outbuilding fully

Sunriver Resort partnered with several community organizations to renovate the Finley Butte Athletic Field complex for the La Pine Parks and Recreation District. Sunriver Resort Managing Director Tom O’Shea presented Bob Schulz and Robert Ray of LRPD with a check for $5,000 to fund a portion of installation of a new irrigation system valued at

Businessman Sam Carpenter, who announced his bid to unseat Jeff Merkley in the U.S. Senate on October 10, withdrew from the race Monday, while endorsing fellow Bend resident Jason Conger instead. “I entered the race because at the time there were no well-funded and highly qualified challengers promoting limited government,” said Carpenter, who owns the

The Oregon Department of Forestry invites public input on proposed land acquisitions in the Gilchrist State Forest, kicking off a 60-day comment process on Tuesday. The public process is two-part: a 60-day public comment period from Nov. 5 through Jan. 3, 2014 — and a public hearing on Dec. 5 in Klamath Falls. Located 45

Golfers from all over Central Oregon raised over $29,000 (up nearly $7,000 from 2012) in birdie and golf-related contributions for MountainStar Family Relief Nursery through its grassroots Birdies 4 Babies TM program, an annual grassroots golfing fundraiser. Completing its eighth season, Birdies 4 Babies TM has generated more than $172,000 since its inception in 2005.

The Northwest is facing increased risks from the decline of forest health, earlier snowmelt leading to low summer stream flows, and an array of issues facing the coastal region, according to a new climate change assessment report issued Monday. Written by a team of scientists coordinated by the Oregon Climate Change Research Institute at Oregon