Month: February 2014

The Downtown Bend Business Association announced Monday the results of a charity fundraising effort held during the Christmas season. Over 40 businesses partnered to help raise about $2,000 to assist local organizations working to help those affected by domestic violence. The effort titled “A Christmas of Change” was founded on the idea that a little

Mission accomplished this year for the “Food for February campaign” hosted by Newport Ave. Market during the month of December. The campaign raised an astonishing $12,668.24 from customer donations alone. More inspired than ever, Newport Market owners Rudy Dory and Lauren G.R. Johnson matched funds dollar-for-dollar, totaling $25,336.48. What does this mean to Family Kitchen

Seven martial artists from High Desert Martial Arts here in Bend competed Sunday at the Oregon State Taekwondo Championships held at Portland State University. The top four finishers in each of the competition categories qualify to compete at the 2014 US National Championships to be held in San Jose, CA in July. The competition styles

Tyler Pierce was a man loved by many. “He just made everything fun,” Tyler’s older sister, Kaylea Beach, said Monday. “I mean, in anything that he did, he did it to the fullest.” Described as an outgoing, funny and a stand-up kind of guy, Tyler’s family says the 22-year-old was always there for support, and

After many weeks of waiting, hoping and praying, good news Monday for Hoodoo fans: Weekend snowfall (and the promise of more) is enough that Hoodoo is planning to open for the season on Friday, officials said. “After receiving four unexpected inches of snow over the weekend, Hoodoo can officially announce the opening of their 2013-2014

St. Charles Foundation, the philanthropic arm of St. Charles Health System, announced the election of Rick Jacobson, Dr. John Nunes and Corinne Martinez to its board. All three were elected to three-year terms. Rick Jacobson is the retired president and chief executive officer of NORPAC Foods, an international fruit and vegetable processing and marketing cooperative.

A 31-year-old Prineville man faces first-degree manslaughter charges in a fatal, alcohol-related ATV crash north of town Saturday night that killed another Prineville man, Crook County sheriff’s deputies said. Deputies were dispatched around 10:25 p.m. Saturday to the reported ATV crash on private property at 1519 NE Barnes Butte Road, said Undersheriff John Gautney. They

Preliminary information indicates there were no fatal traffic crashes on Oregon highways during the 2014 Super Bowl weekend between 12:01 a.m., Saturday February 1 , and 5:59 a.m., Monday February 3 . (That would not include the fatal ATV crash that occurred on private property in Crook County.) During the weekend, Oregon State Police troopers

The 2014 Chemult Sled Dog Races, scheduled to be held February 15 & 16, have been cancelled due to lack of snow and no appreciable amounts forecast in the near future. The races had been delayed from a planned Jan. 18-19 date due to the lack of early-season snow. This event has been held for

A dog’s breed can determine how well it follows human commands, according to a new study outlined Monday by Oregon State University. The study, which was published this month in the journal Animal Behaviour, found that dogs bred for predatory traits are better at following some human gestures. “The more we know about the predatory

The newly released U.S. Farm Bill included $8 billion in cuts to the federal food stamp program, having a negative impact Central Oregon’s low-income families and individuals who rely on the program. The food stamp program, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), offers nutrition assistance to millions of eligible low-income families and individuals across the United

Oregon State University – Cascades will hold public meetings for members of the community to review the branch campus’s site plan for the first phase of its expansion. The first phase of the expansion will be located on a 10-acre parcel at the corner of SW Century Ave. and SW Chandler Ave. in Bend. The

Crook County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue is an all-volunteer unit whose responsibility it is to provide Search and Rescue services to people using the back country and recreational areas of Crook County and serve as a supplemental resource for other counties. Examples of missions are lost hikers and hunters, missing snowmobilers and bikers, and water

Toward the end of Groundhog Day, after the critters in Pennsylvania and Portland saw their shadows — promising six (more?) weeks of winter — snowfall returned to the High Desert after a very dry January, delaying some classes and making roads slippery again, causing some slide-offs. The inch or two of snow recorded late Sunday

Epic Aircraft, LLC the Bend-based manufacturer of high-performance, carbon fiber, single-engine turboprop aircraft, announced Friday it plans to hire “over two dozen” new employees in coming weeks to support FAA certification of its Epic E1000 model by mid-2015. “We want to recruit talented, experienced, motivated individuals who are looking for an aviation career – not

Authorities arrested a resident of the Oregon Water Wonderland No. 2 subdivision south of Sunriver Saturday night on charges he fired a shot in the air in an ongoing dispute with neighbors, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said. Jeffrey Allen Lewis, 38, was lodged in the county jail in Bend on charges of unlawful use of

It might be nice outside now, but don’t pack those scarves and mittens away just yet. Mayzie, an African pygmy hedgehog at the Oregon Zoo, saw her shadow Sunday — just like Pennsylvania’s Punxsutawney Phill — indicating six more weeks of winter could be in store. At 10:30 a.m., visitors gathered in the Portland zoo’s

Bend police said Friday night they had made an arrest in connection with the theft of a safe at Sonic Drive-In in northeast Bend early Friday morning — a safe that was found opened, emptied and abandoned north of Madras later in the day. Police confirmed to NewsChannel 21 that 38-year-old James Forrester Clay Jr.

A motorcycle rider’s helmet caught on the side of a tunnel southwest of Prineville Saturday afternoon, causing a crash that sent him to a Bend hospital, Crook County sheriff’s deputies said. William David Rush, 66, of Veneta, Ore., was in fair condition Sunday morning at St. Charles-Bend, a nursing supervisor said. Deputies, Crook County Fire

Oregon State Police on Saturday identified two drivers who were killed and a passenger injured Friday afternoon when a car and pickup collided nearly head-on on Hwy. 20 near Suttle Lake, west of Sisters, Oregon State Police reported. Shortly before 2:30 p.m. Friday, a silver Acura SUV driven by Bruce Sirnio, 61, of Salem, was