Month: April 2014

The Bend Little League honored one of their own Friday night at their season-opening ceremony at Vince Genna Stadium. Jason Heffner had the dugouts named after him. Several years ago, Heffner had a vision to build baseball diamonds for the growing Little League in Bend. “Baseball around here in the winter is tough,” Heffner said.

Police found no one at the scene of a rollover SUV crash on NW Galveston Avenue early Friday morning, but said witnesses and evidence led them to arrest the driver at a nearby home on DUII and other charges. Officers responded shortly after 2 a.m. to Galveston near NW 14 th Street on the reported

A grease fire on a stove Friday evening caused about $35,000 damage to a southwest Redmond home, but police wielding fire extinguishers kept it from being even worse, fire officials said. The fire was reportedly shortly before 6 p.m. at 1619 SW Obsidian Avenue No. 21, said Redmond Fire Marshal Traci Cooper. Redmond police kept

Thirteen-year-old Mary Olney was feeling apprehensive about leaving Jefferson County Middle School, but as she toured the new Warm Springs K-8 Academy on Friday, the worry melted away. “I can see myself going here now,” Olney said. She was just one of more than 100 students, school officials, parents and community members who came out

Three canine teams, two from Crook County and one from Deschutes County went to Oso to help find victims of the Oso landslide. Washington Emergency Management contacted their Oregon counterparts, asking for search and rescue cadaver dogs. A day and a half after receiving the call, Central Oregon mobilized their teams. The tree teams made

MILAN (AP) — Spanish Vuelta champion Chris Horner of Bend, Ore. has been hospitalized with a punctured lung, four broken ribs and cuts on his head following a training accident in northern Italy. The Lampre team says details of the accident involving the 42-year-old American rider “are still to be evaluated, however it seems that

Bend-La Pine Schools Assistant Superintendent of Secondary Programs Vicki Van Buren met with Bend Senior High School staff Friday to announce the name of the school’s next principal, Chris Reese. “Chris is definitely ready for this leadership position and has already been thinking about how to leverage the good work already in place into continuous

Many Jefferson County parents are worried that more than 100 children who fell ill this week could have something to do with an herbicide spray warning sign by a soccer field. The sign showed up one day before the wave of illness, which included vomiting by many, But as it turned out, the spraying didn’t

Four backcountry skiers from Washington state became lost in the Three Sisters Wilderness Thursday afternoon, prompting a call-out of Deschutes County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue to help them reach safety, a deputy said Friday. Deschutes County 911 dispatchers received a call around 3:10 p.m. from the group, who were part of a larger group skiing

Recently, Braden Bell, a Bend High School Senior won an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point. Now, Tim Gorman of Mountain View High is joining Braden. Gorman said, “I am extremely honored by the opportunity that has been presented to me.” Tim’s mother Susan says, “We are very proud of him.

In the world of the Web, where we keep so much of our lives, it’s comforting knowing our most personal information is protected. Unless, of course, it’s not. “It’s the gold lock that turned out to be not so golden,” Redmond Computers owner Michael McGee said Thursday. McGee said his phone has been ringing off

Bend police spent close to three hours searching late Thursday before finding a 14-year-old girl who is mentally challenged and failed to return to her northeast Bend home after school. Shannia, whose last name was withheld, was found at a friend’s home about 8:15 p.m., said Lt. Ken Mannix. Police were dispatched around 5:20 p.m.

A pursuit of an alleged drunk driver who struck a pole and speed limit sign on the south end of Redmond appeared to be over when she pulled over on Highway 97 Wednesday evening – but then she started backing down the highway in reverse, prompting an officer to use his patrol car to stop

Celebrating 20 years of focusing on children,Healthy Beginnings honored one of their valued volunteers, naming Kerry Zenich Volunteer of the Year. The presentation took place during the program’s annual Volunteer Appreciation luncheon held Thursday at Aspen Hall in Bend. Guest speaker was News Channel 21’s morning anchor (and program Board Member), Renee Nelson. Renee spoke

Nearly 50 Oregon cities and numerous counties have adopted temporary moratoriums barring medical marijuana dispensaries until next year, when lawmakers again take up the issue. But more than a dozen cities have voted not to do so – and Jefferson County joined them, in a split vote Wednesday. Lawmakers gave local governments until May 1

Deschutes County Community Development Department staff are holding community workshops in May to hear your input about agricultural lands. The county is interested in understanding public, stakeholder, and landowner opinions about the opportunities and challenges facing Exclusive Farm Use (EFU) designated lands. By participating at any one of the six public meetings listed below, residents

Youth 16 to 18 years old can now apply for eight weeks of summer employment with the Central Oregon Youth Conservation Corps. Heart of Oregon Corps is recruiting for the education and work program, which provides natural resource employment for conservation projects on the Ochoco and Deschutes National Forests. Nearly 100 applicants will be selected

An alarming number of Americans have no savings to fall back on if they lost a job or faced a significant financial hurdle, according to a consumer finance survey by NeighborWorks America. 29 percent of Americans would be unable to repair a vehicle, pay medical bills, or offset the loss of a job. The people

An Idaho man riding in a semi-truck was seriously injured early Thursday morning in a rollover crash on Oregon Hwy. 58 about a mile west of the Willamette Pass Ski area, according to Oregon State Police, who investigated the crash and cited the driver. Around 1:15 a.m., an International truck pulling a semi-trailer loaded with

Mark Quinlan, executive director for Bend Area Habitat for Humanity, announced Thursday that the organization has officially launched a three-year $600,000 capital campaign to help pay for the property acquisition and facility renovation necessary to accommodate the move of its ReStore, home improvement resale center, to the former Backstrom Builders site located on north Third