Month: November 2013

Carrots, potatoes and turkey broth. It’s less than 48 hours until Thanksgiving Day, and Bend’s Community Center is getting prepped for the big feast. “We have our season volunteers and they’re going to take little teams and we have projects set up that they’re going to do,” BCC Director Linda Heatley said Tuesday. Volunteers are

Bend Spay and Neuter Project has received a grant award in the amount of $5,300 to provide spay/neuter surgeries for 85 Pit Bulls and Chihuahuas living in Central Oregon at a cost of just $10 to their owner. The “Chi Chi’s and Bullies Program” will help to decrease the number of unwanted dogs entering our

The Let’s Talk Diversity Coalition, based in Jefferson County and the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, has been working in collaboration with the Jefferson County Local Public Safety Coordinating Council on a resolution that will ensure a system-wide approach for ensuring cultural competency training for justice system professionals. The Coalition and LPSCC worked collaboratively to

A man who appeared to be on drugs entered a southeast Prineville home Monday night, then fled when confronted by a resident, police said. He soon was found in another nearby home, washing himself in the bathroom, but struggled with officers and assaulted one during his arrest, prompting use of a Taser, they said. Prineville

Oregon investors have already lost millions of dollars in 2013 in classic high-risk investments involving everything from a gold mine to oil and gas schemes to a struggling Russian ethanol plant. While the details vary, they share a common element: They involved unlicensed promoters selling unregistered investments. In the gold-mining scheme, the state had previously

After considerable review of both the decision to use lethal force against Anwar al-Aulaqi and the rules governing such “targeted killings,” Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Mark Udall (D-Colo.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) have concluded that the use of lethal force against al-Aulaqi – an American — met legal standards. In a letter to Attorney General

Deschutes County Commissioner Tony DeBone was among the 21 graduates of the 2013 County College program who received their certificates at the Association of Oregon Counties (AOC) Annual Conference last week in Lane County. Commissioner DeBone is now one of 57 current county commissioners and county judges in Oregon to have completed the County College

Police and transportation safety officials are prepared for Friday ‘s “Civil War” game day and urge those traveling to or through the Eugene/Springfield area to do the same. Everyone’s game plan should include extra travel time, patience, use of safety restraints, alertness to traffic and road conditions, and having a sober driver behind the wheel

With the season’s first significant snowfall on the near horizon – and any day now – local Central Oregon road condition will be hazardous at times. Please review these 10 simple steps to make your winter driving safer. Note these tips start with the easiest and least costly. The first six cost little or nothing

Hours after PacifiCorp said it doesn’t plan to fix its leaking, 100-year-old hydroelectric dam that formed Bend’s iconic Mirror Pond, two prominent Bend developers said they have acquired an option to buy the land beneath the pond — and hope to give it to whatever entity takes over and preserves the dam. Todd Taylor, president

Prineville 11-year-old Mariah Cannon has made 136 gift boxes for the Operation Christmas Child program. Those boxes will go to kids all over the world, but she didn’t stop there. Now she’s making 150 to 200 boxes for kids right here in Central Oregon. Mariah and her family have always been willing to help those

You might have heard about flipping houses, but what about flipping dogs? It’s a new trend sweeping the nation. Dog-flipping is when someone steals or buys a dog, then turns around and quickly sells them. Although it’s not as common here in Bend, it has happened before. “We had a situation where we adopted a

While authorities have yet to divulge many details about a fatal officer-involved shooting at a northeast Bend home Friday night, Bend police disclosed Sunday a timeline of a theft, guns and drug investigation that led to a pair of raids Friday – one at the home – and the arrests of a Bend woman and

As part of its commitment that no child should go hungry, especially as the holidays approach, Ford Motor Company Fund is donating $77,500 to the Boys and Girls Clubs of Washington, Oregon, northern Idaho, Montana and Alaska. A total of 64 clubs across the five-state region are receiving Ford Fund grants ranging from $1,000 to

A two-part development deal announced Monday between a long-time Bend family and the developers of NorthWest Crossing proposes 50 “cluster development” homesites outside the city, by Shevlin Park, and a possible denser development west of Summit High School if that land is brought into the city. The initial proposal for a former tree farm would

A Bend woman and her family have a mission, to deliver a free decorated Christmas tree to those with physical disabilities and limited means for the Holidays. The inspiration for theChristmas Tree Project of Bendcame from wanting to help those with ALS, (Lou Gehrig’s Disease),and others with physical disabilities after having lost her husband to

Paulina Springs Books in Redmond, 422 SW 6 th Street, and Sisters, 252 W Hood Avenue, is hosting the 18 th Annual Angel Tree Book Drive now till December 24. Books purchased for the Angel Tree are given to children participating in SMART, Start Making A Reader Today at Tumalo Community School, Terrebonne Community School,

The Redmond Toy and Food Drive will officially begin this Saturday with the Starlight Parade through downtown Redmond. This year’s drive will once again be hosted by Redmond Fire & Rescue and the Salvation Army. Donations from organizations, businesses and individuals are used to provide toys, canned food, and a Christmas dinner for those in

For many, Thanksgiving is a time-honored tradition of giving thanks with friends and relatives. As an inspirational start to the giving season, American Red Cross will be open for blood donations. In conjunction with Thanksgiving, presenting donors from Wednesday, November 27 through Sunday, December 1 will receive a short-sleeved, American Red Cross t-shirt and presenting

Bend-La Pine Schools seeks interested volunteers to apply for an opening on the district’s Budget Committee. The selected applicant will complete the duration of an open, three-year, unexpired term. The term expires on June 30, 2016. The Budget Committee works with the School Board to review and approve the budget for each school year. Budget