Month: March 2014

Redmond Proficiency Academy announced today that students interested in attending the charter school during the 2014-15 school year should apply for enrollment by March 15th at 5 p.m. RPA will close its Open Enrollment Period at that time and all subsequent applicants will be placed upon a waiting list. “We are thrilled with the response

On Sunday, March 9th, Bend firefighters competed in the annual Scott Firefighter Stair Climb challenge in Seattle. This event is a fundraiser for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and draws firefighters from around the world to Seattle to climb 69 floors of Seattle’s tallest building, the Columbia Center. They do the climb in all of

A transient wanted for violating probation refused to pull over for Redmond police Sunday afternoon and led them on a brief chase, then stopped and ran but was captured and arrested, officers said. Around 2:45 p.m., police tried to pull over a white 1992 Subaru station wagon being driven by Jason Darby Faherty, 31, in

Please be advised that, contrary to TV programming guides, there will be no ‘NBC Nightly News’ at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, due to the network’s schedules. NBC pre-empts their evening network newscasts on occasion when weekend sporting events extend beyond 6:30 p.m. Eastern time. These decisions often are made too late to appear in on-screen

Bend-La Pine Schools Superintendent Ron Wilkinson announced Friday that Tim Broadbent, currently with the South Lane School District in Cottage Grove, has been selected to become Three Rivers School’s next principal. “I am extremely grateful for this opportunity to lead Three Rivers School and carry on the great work they are doing there,” said Broadbent.

It’s the new frontier — legal medical marijuana dispensaries. And with the recent official state stamp of approval also comes new rules requiring cannabis to be lab-tested. The perfect timing for a Bend chemist who knows the science behind the strains. “It’s kinda like the wild west at this point because it’s so new,” said

Central Oregon lawmakers cheered funding for the OSU-Cascades expansion, but found little else to applaud as the short 2014 session adjourned Friday after passing the state budget. With just 35 days this year, as opposed to 160 days in odd-numbered years, lawmakers didn’t have much time to pass complex bills. “It’s very, very fast,” said

Kristopher Saccurato has been part of the Cloverdale Fire District for about a year, but a part of him will forever be in New York City. “It’s like, if you were in a scene from any type of horror movie, but instead it was real life,” Saccurato said Friday. Saccurato was a first responder on

Prineville police turned to the public for tips Friday in hopes of solving a two-month rash of window-smashing car vandalism, totaling more than a dozen cases so far. In most of the incidents, vehicle windows are being broken, probably by a BB or similar object, said police Capt. Michael Boyd. Most of the targeted vehicles

Seventeen miles up the road from Bend — or, as some might say, the heart of High Desert microbrewing — a new brewery cracked open its doors Thursday. It’s one of the few found in Redmond (so far). “They’ve got their share,” Juniper Brewing co-owner Scott Lesmeister said of Bend. “Redmond needs some.” Bend has

The Central Oregon Community College Board of Directors confirmed Friday that Prineville native Dr. Patrick Lanning is the top candidate in the search for a new president to succeed departing James Middleton. Message from COCC Board Chair Bruce Abernethy: “I am pleased to report that the COCC Board of Directors has selected Dr. Patrick Lanning

An upset Bend motel guest allegedly destroyed the motel’s phone operator board, then led police on a chase Wednesday night. Officers said he crashed his pickup into a parked SUV by a South Third Street pub and ran but was caught with the help of a police dog. Officers were dispatched around 9:40 p.m. to

Blustery doesn’t even begin to describe Thursday’s stormy morning in Bend, as gusts topping 50 mph caused problems ranging from downed trees to a blown-out supermarket window. Trees around Bend were no match for Mother Nature –especially a 100-foot-tall Ponderosa pine in a northwest Bend backyard, near the intersection of 14th Street and Baltimore Avenue.

March 6th, 2013 — fire tore through Trinity Episcopal Church in downtown Bend. It’s a phone call Pastor Roy Green will never forget. “When you’re awakened at 3:00 in the morning, it takes a moment for your head to get together. And then you begin to think, can this be real?” Green said. It was

Despite the lack of a full-sized ice rink in Central Oregon, the sport of hockey in on the rise across the area. Every Sunday, 21 kids ages 8 to 12 lace up their practice skates at the Sunriver rink as part of the Bend Polar Bears youth travel team. Each kid on the team has

“That’s the shock wave as we passed the speed of sound,” NASA astronaut Dr Stanley Love explained Thursday, narrating some out-of-this-world home video to a Prineville gym full of schoolchildren. “You have to cross your arms — otherwise they just stick out like a zombie like my colleague’s here,” he said as the screen showed

Oregon Housing and Community Services Department announced Thursday the statewide expansion of the Rebuilding American Homeownership Assistance Pilot Program, to help more homeowners struggling to stay in their homes. The program is designed to help homeowners with high-interest loans who can’t refinance because they still owe more than their home is worth. The program has

A $25,000 grant from Wells Fargo to Central Oregon Community College will help facilitate business growth and create 12 to 13 jobs in Jefferson and Crook counties. The college will allocate the funds to its Small Business Development Center, which works with local entrepreneurs through its Small Business Portable Assistance Project. The center provides management

The Oregon Tourism Commission, which does business as Travel Oregon, is launching a spring marketing campaign titled “The 7 Wonders of Oregon.” The nearly $3 million program, which runs from March 2 through August 4, features seven iconic natural wonders of Oregon as the focus of destination travel: the Oregon Coast, Mt. Hood, the Columbia

HELP! St. Vincent DePaul in Redmond is providing food for over 20,000 meals for the needy each month. We also provide clothing, rent and utility assistance. Our thrift store supports this effort and is in need of donations of gently used clothing, furniture, books and household items. We gladly pick up your kind donations. Thrift