Month: May 2014

A bald eagle that apparently was struck and seriously injured by a car north of Bend on Saturday was recovering Sunday at a wildlife rehabilitation facility as officials worked to determine the extent of his injuries. Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies responded to a call late Saturday afternoon about the bald eagle found off 61st Street

The 2014 Oregon Library Association’s “Librarian of the Year Award” recently was given to the Deschutes Public Library’s Youth Services Manager Heather McNeil. McNeil received the award at the annual conference luncheon in late April. OLA’s “Librarian of the Year” is awarded to the nominee that demonstrates excellence in library service in his or her

The Oregon Supreme Court is being asked to decide whether Mt. Bachelor’s liability release makes the resort immune to a lawsuit filed by a paralyzed snowboarder. Anyone skiing or snowboarding on the mountain agrees to the release in some way — and plenty of them have opinions about the legal dispute. (So do KTVZ.COM visitors,

The 2014 Spotlight on Homelessness, the Bethlehem Inn’s annual fundraising dinner, raised over $120,000 during the event on Tuesday, May 6. This is a record-breaking amount for the annual dinner. Gwenn Wysling, executive director, called the community’s show of support for the Inn’s program serving the region’s adults and children experiencing homelessness “deeply gratifying,” but

The recent sexual assault allegations involving three University of Oregon basketball players have put a renewed focus on what many experts call a nationwide epidemic. The three players who were investigated but not charged in an alleged sexual assault have been dismissed from the team, school officials announced Friday. The White House and President Barack

The Bend-Mt. Bachelor Rotary Club recently completed a community service project to create a vegetable garden, yard and walking path, known as the “labor walk,” for Grandma’s House, a Bend non-profit providing shelter to homeless and/or abused pregnant and parenting mothers ages 12 to 19. The tasks included clearing the land of debris and weeds,

St. Charles Health System recently reopened outpatient rehabilitation services at the Madras hospital. The clinic provides multidisciplinary rehab services, including physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy for adult and geriatric patients with a variety of diagnoses, including neurologic deficits. “Often these patients need more than one discipline to recover,” said Laurie McCall, manager of

In October, Christal and Aaron Walker of Redmond had to do something no parent should ever have to: say goodbye to their daughter. Avrey was just 10 years old when she lost her battle to leukemia. “We felt their love and we felt their push from the community through our whole journey,” Aaron said Friday.

On Wednesday, Deschutes County Board of Commissioners passed a proclamation declaring Thursday was National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day in Deschutes County. The month of May is recognized by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA) as Mental Health Awareness Month. SAMHSA’s national public awareness effort aims to create support for a comprehensive system

A donation of three non-perishable food items per person gains free entry to the Sunriver Homeowners Aquatic & Recreation Center (SHARC) on Saturday, May 17 and Sunday, May 18. SHARC’s outdoor pools and waterslides will be open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days. SHARC’s multi-use outdoor facility features two waterslides for anyone 48″ and

Teen pregnancies in Oregon and around the nation have hit a historic low. According to a recent study by the Guttmacher Institute, teen pregnancies in Oregon have dropped by almost 50 percent between 1990 and 2010. Oregon has one of the lowest teen pregnancy rates nationwide. On a scale from 1 to 50, with 1

The Redmond School District announced Friday that its Community Learning Center program will end this school year due to the exhaustion of supporting grant funds. In 2009, Redmond School District received a five-year, $1.7 million 21st Century Learning Center grant to begin CLC programs in schools with the most concentrated populations of at-risk students. The

The manhunt for a Linn County man who scaled a fence and escaped from Deer Ridge state prison near Madras five days ago shifted to the escapee’s hometown Friday after several Mill City residents reported seeing him in the area, authorities said. “Several witnesses in the Mill City area have reported seeing escaped inmate Clinton

Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., on Friday urged the Department of Transportation to ensure railroads notify states of all oil shipments moving by train, not just oil from one region of the country, as a DOT emergency order issued earlier this week required. The emergency order announced by the DOT on Wednesday would

The living and the dead: In this instance, it’s not the title of a sci-fi series but a description of our backyards. A look around the property this time of year likely will reveal a mix of flowers in bloom, next to dead grass and the remains of last summer’s annuals. As you begin spring

The Make a Mother’s Day Diaper Drive is an effort to collect diapers for families in need in Deschutes County. Organized by a group of Bend moms, the drive will begin Mother’s Day weekend and run through the end of May. The diapers collected from the drive will benefit organizations and programs that work directly

Taking a fledgling bird, a deer fawn, a seal pup, or other young animal out of the wild often doesn’t help the animal and can lead to its early death, the Oregon Department of Wildlife warned Friday. This is the time of year Oregon’s wildlife rehabilitators and ODFW offices are inundated with calls from people

In a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and nine colleagues called Friday for the FCC to protect net neutrality and reject efforts by big cable companies to extort businesses for the right to provide content at the fastest Internet speeds. Net neutrality – the principle that all Internet

Archie Briggs Road will be closed to through traffic between NW Stoneridge Loop and Mt. Washington Drive from roughly 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., May 19 through May 23 for emergency road work associated with a water line under the street. Local access will be maintained for the duration of the project, city officials said

Two callers in Sunriver reported seeing a cougar in the resort community Thursday afternoon, the second sightings in less than a week, police said. Police received two calls around 3 p.m. about a cougar, last seen south of the Sunriver Stables, close to the Deschutes River, walking north toward the Sunriver Marina. The Cougar was