Month: May 2014

About 35 firefighters, including a Prineville hotshot team, spent much of Memorial Day shoring up the lines around a 40-acre wildfire west of Lake Billy Chinook that broke out late Sunday afternoon, prompting the evacuation of holiday weekend campers in the area. The Trail of Tears Fire, named for the property on which it broke

Concerned about the food and shopping choices people are making that affects their health? If you would enjoy sharing research-based information about healthy eating on a budget then you might enjoy becoming an Oregon State University Nutrition Education Volunteer. Volunteers demonstrate cooking healthy recipes at local food pantries or lead small groups with fun, interactive

The Bend Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) recently honored Ms. Bobbi Sloan of Redmond as their outstanding Teacher of American History for the 2013-2014 school year. Bobbi teaches at Central Christian School in Redmond. The DAR recognizes outstanding history teachers each year at the Chapter Level, as well as State and National levels.

When you think of Tumalo and Sisters, rolling pastures, bright blue skies and grazing horses probably come to mind. You probably don’t think of high-end footwear. Two sisters want to change that. Kelly Beall and Wendy Weems were born and raised on an Oregon ranch. “If you were raised in our house, you had to

An anonymous tip to 911 early Sunday led police to arrest a 20-year-old Bend man on charges he crashed a car into the front of a southeast Bend convenience store, then fled the scene early Saturday, officers said. Police were called shortly before 3 a.m. Saturday to the reported hit-and-run crash at the Quickway Market

Millions of activists around the world march ed against Monsanto Saturday, in what’s become a yearly protest. More than 100 people gathered in Bend at Central Oregon Locavore to call for a boycott of genetically modified organisms. Monsanto manufactures herbicide-resistant seeds. Activists are gathering signatures for Oregon Right to Know’s ballot measure that would foods

An Oregon State Police trooper shot and injured a dog while making an arrest Saturday morning at the scene of a disturbance at a home near Grants Pass, troopers said. The trooper was treated for a minor injury at a local hospital. The dog ran away and was found later that evening, taken to a

Central Oregon Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts joined the Veterans of Foreign Wars on Saturday in placing flags at more than 1,000 grave sites before a planned Memorial Day ceremony. Saturday’s event takes place before Memorial Day at the Deschutes Memorial Chapel and Gardens each year. A Vietnam vet says it’s the Boy Scouts’ way

Horse enthusiasts from across the Pacific Northwest have taken over a ranch in Tumalo. About 150 riders are competing in the Rose City Opener, a national “A”-rated hunter-jumper show that ends Sunday. The owners of Juniper View Ranch host the event. They say it’s a lot of work, but it’s worth it, as horse shows

Trains roll through Central Oregon all the time, a growing number carrying crude oil. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., with first responders from across Central Oregon in Bend on Friday to discuss related safety issues. Fires involving tanker cars are “very explosive — they burn really hot,” Bend Fire Battalion Chief Bill Boos. Recent disasters like

As President Obama and top administration officials vow to investigate a growing scandal emerging from the Department of Veterans Affairs, a Bend veteran is speaking out on the issue that hits too close to home. “It’s sad, like in a disgusting way,” said the man, who didn’t want to be identified, said Friday. “I don’t

The E. coli scare in Portland comes on a long holiday weekend. It’s bad news for Portland, but possibly good news for Bend. Portlanders could be leaving the big city for some of Bend’s fresh air — and clean water. Visit Bend even tweeted about it, saying, #InPortland: Don’t waste time boiling water. Come to

A theft from a car parked at the Motel 6 in Redmond early Thursday led to a man’s arrest later in the day and a raid on a storage unit that turned up a stolen debit card, bike and other items, including personal info for several people, police said. Keith Allen Schmidtke, 37, a transient,

A driver was injured Friday afternoon when his car left the O’Neil Highway just west of Prineville and struck a power pole, then hit a nearby car and pushed it into a house, Oregon State Police reported. The crash occurred just before 4 p.m. on Highway 370 when the unidentified man driving a 1996 Buick

A Lake Oswego man suspected of smashing glass to break into a N. Highway 97 convenience store in Bend early Saturday was captured by Bend police K-9 “Haras” and his partner, found hiding behind a large container nearby, police said. Police were dispatched around 2:15 a.m. on a report of a burglary in progress at

Farm owners and neighbors in Tumalo are wondering what has caused the death of three great horned owls in just a week. “I never named the owl but he was always there,” Bend resident Rachel Nordenhok said Thursday. When she took her horse out on Wednesday evening, she found an owl dead on the ground.

Despite an improving economy, the number of homeless individuals and families is worsening on the High Desert, the results of an annual Central Oregon count showed Thursday. The “Point in Time Count,” conducted Jan. 30th by the Homeless Leadership Coalition, shows homelessness is up in all three counties this year. A total of 2,410 individuals

NPG of Oregon Inc., a cluster of television stations that broadcasts live news on the NBC and FOX affiliates in Bend, Oregon is accepting applications for News Photographer. If you are an experienced videographer who knows how to tell a story with great pictures, sound and editing, we are looking for you. Qualifications include: Proficient

Three children are back home with their parents after they slipped out of the family’s home after going to bed late Thursday night and were found by an Oregon State Police sergeant walking in the dark along Highway 97 south of Terrebonne. With “Missing Children’s Awareness Day” approaching on May 25 , OSP encourages families

THE FAT BIKE REVOLUTION HAS BEGUN! When traveling around Bend you may have noticed people riding a new, strange looking bike. A bike with very large tires not unlike what you might see on a dune buggy. The Fat Bike revolution is here and it’s time that you take a look at these oversized gems.