Month: May 2014

Don and Betty Gaeden of Central Point kept their winning $4.1 million in Oregon’s Game Megabucks? ticket a secret for more than a month before claiming their prize this week. “After we found out, we just went on like nothing had happened,” said Don Gaeden during the winner claim process. “We wanted to make sure

A school district crew fixing a leaking water line accidentally cut into a natural gas line Tuesday afternoon, causing a leak that prompted evacuation of Marshall High School in northeast Bend and closure of surrounding streets, officials said. Bend-La Pine Schools officials said the line was accidentally hit around 2:15 p.m. by a crew working

Given favorable weather conditions, fuels specialists plan to conduct a 43-acre prescribed fire along Skyliners Road near the Skyliner community, about 7 miles west of Bend, on Wednesday. This prescribed burn falls within the boundary of the Greater Bend Community Wildfire Protection Plan and the objective is to reduce hazardous fuels within the wildland urban

Eight Oregon arts organizations, including the High Desert Museum in Bend, will receive $69,342 in funds from The Ford Family Foundation’s Art Acquisition Program, the Oregon Arts Commission announced Tuesday . The Art Acquisition Fund, managed by the Arts Commission, helps visual arts institutions with publicly accessible collections acquire seminal works by Oregon visual artists.

BBT Architects is pleased to announce they have awarded their annual scholarship to Abigail Black, a senior at Summit High School. Abigail plans to attend Colorado State in Fort Collins this coming fall, to pursue a degree in environmental engineering. In addition to maintaining a 4.0 GPA, Abigail is a competitive rock climber at the

When we spoke with Ryan DeYoung’s father Monday evening he was still a little shaken up and tired because he couldn’t sleep. With his 21-year old son missing at mount bachelor for a day, all Bruce DeYoung could do was wait by the phone for news — good or…. “It was horrible,” Bruce DeYoung said.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Rescuers believe they’ve located a climber on Mount Hood who was seen falling about 1,000 feet by other climbers on Oregon’s tallest peak. The Hood River County Sheriff’s Office says the climber appeared to be alone when he fell at about 8 a.m. Tuesday. Other climbers lost sight of the person

The Deschutes County Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) seeks an applicant to fill one Sisters-area position. Composed of nine voting members, BPAC’s mission is to promote and encourage safe bicycling and walking as a significant means of transportation in Deschutes County. The Deschutes County Board of Commissioners will approve this at-large vacancy. BPAC is

OR7, a wolf originally from northeast Oregon, may have found a mate in southwest Oregon’s Cascade Mountains. In early May, remote cameras on the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest captured several images of what appears to be a black female wolf in the same area where OR7 is currently located. The images were found by wildlife

At this time of year, Deschutes County urges residents to be on the lookout for Orange Hawkweed, a rapidly spreading noxious weed found mainly in residential areas throughout the County. Orange Hawkweed is a perennial weed that can be identified by bright orange colored flowers clustered on top of a leafless stem (see photo below).

TrackTown USA and the Oregon Sports Authority are proud to announce the inaugural season of the Run TrackTown Youth League, a series of seven all-comer track meets to be held across the state this summer. Top finishers will advance to the Run TrackTown Youth League Championship meet on July 26 at Hayward Field, as part

Organic yogurt maker Stonyfield is extending its voluntary recall of YoBaby Peach/Pear yogurt in 4 oz. 6-pack cups with the code date June 05 2014 (UPC 052159701161) sold in Oregon and other states. The recall now includes an additional 1,344 6-packs shipped to 271 more stores, mostly Safeway and Fred Meyer stores, in the following

A La Pine man faces animal neglect and other charges after two horses and a dog were seized from his property in a weekend raid, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said. Deputies served a search warrant around 2:30 p.m. Saturday at an unidentified address in the La Pine area, said Lt. Deron McMaster. A case was

More than 100 searchers, many of them volunteers, worked long hours from the ground and the air late Sunday and Monday to find a 21-year-old Bend skier lost on the slopes of Mt. Bachelor. But it was a Bend man out on a morning “fatbike” ride who first spotted and followed the ski tracks, then

The upper John Day River will open to spring Chinook fishing this Saturday, under temporary rules announced Monday by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. The river will be open from the Longview Ranch’s Johnson Creek Division bridge (located approximately 200 feet upstream from the mouth of the North Fork John Day River) upstream

If weather conditions allow, fuel specialists plan to conduct two prescribed fires beginning Wednesday on the Sisters Ranger District, officials said Monday, About 70 acres are planned to be burned adjacent to Black Butte Ranch and mile southwest of Highway 20 in the Glaze Meadow area. And about 33 acres could be burned three miles

Registration for Central Oregon Community College’s Community Learning summer classes begins at 9 a.m. on Monday, May 19. More than 150 classes, including 17 youth camps, will be offered this summer. The summer schedule includes new and popular favorite noncredit offerings to enrich and expand learning. Classes in photography, computers, fitness, business, cooking, gardening, recreation

The Central Oregon Visitors Association is thrilled to announce it has been honored with a 2014 MAGGIE Award for its 2013 Official Visitors Guide. The MAGGIEs are presented each year by the Western Publishing Association, who for more than 60 years has awarded businesses and individuals for work deemed “Best in the West” in a

This past weekend marked the final days at Knott Landfill and the Westside Collection Site to dispose of yard debris in an effort to prepare your home for wildfire season with defensible space. Over the last nine days, Bend area residents brought 20,447 cubic yards of flammable yard waste to Knott Landfill, and the Westside

Eight siblings who grew up on the west side of Bend returned to the High Desert Sunday to give their soon-to-be 80-year-old mother a Mother’s Day gift she will never forget. “I’ve got the most wonderful family in the whole wide world, and I can’t even express what it means to me,” Brick Logan said.