Month: March 2014

Central Oregon Community College will close its disc golf course on the west side of the Bend Campus March 17 due to construction of the new residence hall. The course will remain closed through summer 2015. The college will use the closure time to assess feasibility of re-opening the course after the construction is completed.

It certainly would be more convenient to buy liquor along with eggs and milk, but is it right for Oregon? A political group, “Oregonians for Competition,” is working on an initiative to get privatizing liquor sales on the November ballot. It’s a day Sisters Liquor Store Owner Bob Grooney fears. “It affects the morale of

The Rev. Mike Wilson and his congregation at the Prineville Presbyterian Church held a stuffed teddy bear drive, to assist law enforcement. Over 50 teddy bears were donated during the drive. On Tuesday, Wilson presented the teddy bears to Crook County Sheriff Jim Hensley and Capt. Mike Boyd of the Prineville Police Department at the

Cascade Youth & Family Center facilitates positive change for runaway and homeless teens in Deschutes County. Our program provides emergency shelter and counseling, works to reunite youth with their families, strengthens family relationships, encourages stable living conditions for youth, and supports youth in choosing constructive courses of action, toward education completion and employment. Over 3,500

Camp Fire Central Oregon is excited to announce that its summer camps will be open for registration starting Wednesday, March 19, at 9:00 am. This year, all registration will take place online through Camp Fire Central Oregon’s website. Visit campfireco.org/programs/summer-camps/ to learn more. Community members can choose to participate in three very different but equally

The Internal Revenue Service seeks civic-minded volunteers to serve on the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (TAP), a federal advisory committee that listens to taxpayers, identifies major taxpayer concerns, and makes recommendations for improving IRS services. The TAP provides a forum for taxpayers to raise concerns about IRS service and offer suggestions for improvement. The TAP reports

Fuels specialists with the Prineville Bureau of Land Management intend to begin prescribed burning Wednesday west of Millican Road, about 15 miles south of Prineville. Specialists expect operations to continue for 3 – 5 days as they reduce hazardous fuels and the likelihood of future high intensity wildfires by burning concentrations of previously cut juniper

We experienced technical difficulties with our Android and iOS mobile apps Tuesday morning, but the problem appeared resolved later in the day. The technicians with our Web and mobile provider, Internet Broadcasting, reported by midday that the issues had been resolved. On the Android app, it had appeared most pages other than the “home page”

Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) released the following statement Tuesday in response to Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein’s floor speech on the CIA’s searching of computers used by the Senate Intelligence Committee: “I commend Chairman Feinstein for shining a light on the unprecedented invasion by the CIA into computers used by Senate Intelligence Committee investigators.

Saving Grace will hold its semi-annual volunteer training over the course of three weeks starting Saturday, April 5, through Thursday, April 24. The 40-hour training, which will be held over a series of Tuesday and Thursday evenings and three Saturdays (excepting one Monday), will prepare volunteers to work directly with the individuals Saving Grace serves.

A soothing trickle of water — a sound that residents next to Pilot Butte Canal in Bend love. “You can hear it,” Sue Vernon, who has lived next to a portion of the Pilot Butte canal for over 32 years, said Monday. “Everyone that spent a night with us, they sleep upstairs in the summer,

It’s important for children to live healthy, which is why Healthy Beginnings teamed up withGood Teeth, Great Grins (a collaborative effort between Blue Fish Dental, Deschutes Pediatric Dentistry and Pediatric Dental Associates) for Saturday’s 12th annual Grin and Bear It Run. Healthy Beginnings is a 21 Cares for Kids Partner. The race was a 5K

Volunteers are being sought to participate in the latest weather spotter training on May 8 th in Madras and Prineville, May 27 and 28 in Bend and Warm Springs. Weather spotters trained by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Weather Service (NWS) are key volunteers who assist the meteorologists by providing up-to-date information

The New Year started much as 2013 ended, with Central Oregon unemployment rates on the decline and seasonally adjusted employment on the rise, the Oregon Employment Department reported Monday. Although Crook County still maintains one of the highest levels of unemployment, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped 2.7 percentage points over the past year, to

Is your child ready for kindergarten? In Crook Count,y a big grant is being put into action to make sure the answer is yes. A $75,000 grant was awarded to the school district by the Oregon Community Foundation. The purpose is to ensure that the district can place an emphasis on kindergarten readiness. With test

Four U.S. senators, including Oregon’s Ron Wyden, commended the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Monday for taking a step toward greater electric grid security after FERC directed the North American Electric Reliability Corporation to propose minimum grid reliability standards to strengthen the grid against possible physical attacks. Sens. Wyden, Harry Reid, D-Nev., Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.,

Days after a Malaysian Airlines flight to Beijing vanished off the coast of the South China Sea, the search for wreckage — and answers — is being followed closely by one Bend resident. a long-time airline pilot and instructor who helped U.S. air carriers improve safety after a deadly string of crashes decades ago. Art

Selected among several local outstanding youth, Jennie Pedrick received this year’s Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Oregon’s Youth of the Year title and an $18,500 college scholarship provided by PCC Structurals, Inc. Next month, Jennie will compete against other Boys & Girls Club members for the Oregon Youth of the Year title and a

Temporary signs can restrict sight distance at intersections, interfere with maintenance work and present a safety hazard. With statewide political campaigns just around the corner, the Oregon Department of Transportation is reminding residents about the rules . For example, signs are prohibited on trees, utility poles, fence posts and natural features within highway right of

NeighborImpact is helping to promote reading by handing out 2,500 books to children of Head Start. The books are made available by Toys for Tots, which is distributing 89,000 books across the region. “The goal is pretty simple,” says Kim Snow, Associate Director of Education and Quality with Head Start. “We want to get more