Month: May 2014

One of two men who hitched a ride on a freight train traveling through Bend suffered non-life-threatening injuries early Thursday when his leg got tangled in the train car’s coupling as they tried to jump off, authorities said. The unidentified man was unable to free himself for about 10 minutes. Once his leg was freed,

City of Bend utility crews plan temporary repair work soon at the city’s water intake facility, next to the Tumalo Falls parking area, having found cracking in the wall of a nearly 90-year-old steel pipe, officials said Wednesday. The work is scheduled to begin within the next week and last up to a few days.

Sex offenders live across Oregon — online, they all live in one place, managed by Oregon State Police. Law enforcement has access to information on our state’s nearly 27,000 registered sex offenders. You have access to less than 4 percent. But that’s changing. “There will be a larger number of offenders posted to the Website,”

According to its Economic and Fiscal Impact Study released Wednesday, Facebook’s Prineville data center has had a substantial impact on the Central Oregon economy — over half a billion dollars worth. The social network giant said Facebook has over the past five years added 651 jobs in Central Oregon. And it says construction and operations

Visit Bend’s board of directors announced Wednesday the launch of the Bend Cultural Tourism Fund, a grant program dedicated to enhancing the local economy and cultivating the city’s cultural tourism attractions. In addition to announcing the launch of the program, Visit Bend named the grant administrator and confirmed the appointments of the 13 commissioners who

Birdies 4 Babies, a Central Oregon fundraiser supporting the mission and work of MountainStar Family Relief Nursery, is celebrating its 10 th anniversary this golf season. Jen Rusk, MountainStar’s Development Director, says, “This amazingly successful grassroots golfing fundraiser was initiated—and continues to be championed by— community golfers themselves on behalf of MountainStar’s child abuse prevention

With the Memorial Day weekend around the corner, national forests are gearing up for the start to the traditional Northwest recreation season. A wide range of activities awaits in Oregon and Washington’s 16 national forests, Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area and Crooked River National Grassland: Camping, hiking, biking, horseback riding, fishing, caving, bird watching

The Riverhouse is excited to announce that we have been honored as a 2014 Fido’s Favorite Award Winner by the pet-friendly travel website BringFido.com. Annually, BringFido.com recognizes hotels, inns and bed & breakfasts who receive superior pet-friendliness ratings from BringFido.com. Fewer than 5% of all pet friendly accommodation receives this distinction. BringFido.com is the world’s

Some of you may remember that C-SPAN recently visited numerous locations around Bend and interviewed a variety of Central Oregonians to capture the history of Bend for American History TV. The public is invited to watch the stories for free as part of Deschutes County Historic Preservation Month. The 60-minute screening will show at the

The public may visit many federal recreation day-use sites on two Saturdays in June without paying a fee. The fee waivers are in recognition of National Trails Day June 7 and National Get Outdoors Day June 14. These are two of four such fee-free days and two weekends offered by the Pacific Northwest Region of

The House on Wednesday passed a bill co-sponsored by Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., he said would hold senior-level Veterans Administration managers accountable for the agency’s progress, or lack thereof. Walden issued the following statement after the vote on the VA Management Accountability Act: “Americans are correctly outraged by the growing scandal at the VA. As

A small brushfire that broke out east of Black Butte was quickly tackled by crews with several agencies Wednesday afternoon, officials said. The fire was reported around 2:10 p.m. on U.S. Forest Service land off Forest Road 500, near the Zimmerman gravel pit, said Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire Chief Roger Johnson. “It sounds like they’ve got

It’s been a heated race between Deschutes County District Attorney Patrick Flaherty and challenger John Hummel, with plenty of charges and counter-charges over the past several months. But in the end, in voters’ eyes, it wasn’t even close. It was thought to possibly be a tight race, but when the first numbers were released around

Deschutes County District Attorney Patrick Flaherty, clearly hurt by costly battles in his tumultuous first term in office, was soundly defeated by challenger John Hummel in ballot counting finished early Wednesday, holding to a stunning 60 to 40 percent victory margin in the High Desert’s hottest May primary race. Updated results around 2:40 a.m. showed

Fuel specialists have postponed a prescribed fire that was planned for Wednesday adjacent to Black Butte Ranch in the Glaze Meadow area. The approximately 70 acre burn was postponed due to a revised forecast by the National Weather Service predicting high winds in the area for the afternoon. The burn has not yet been rescheduled.

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Salmon and Trout Enhancement Program Advisory Committee will meet in LaPine on Monday, June 2. The committee will meet from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Midstate Electric Cooperative, Community Meeting Room, 16755 Finley Butte Road LaPine, Oregon 97739. The agenda is available at http://www.dfw.state.or.us/fish/STEP/STAC.asp and includes

Eastern Oregon ranchers are embracing an opportunity to further conservation for the greater sage-grouse while working together with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Harney Soil and Water Conservation District, officials said. Th e Service and the SWCD were entering Wednesday into a Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances (CCAA) as part of ongoing efforts

St. Charles Health System has received the Get With The Guidelines ® –Heart Failure Gold-Plus Quality Achievement Award for implementing specific quality improvement measures outlined by the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Foundation secondary prevention guidelines for heart failure patients. Get With The Guidelines–Heart Failure is a quality improvement program that helps hospital teams

After Monday’s ruling to strike down Oregon’s ban on same-sex marriage, we met the first couple to apply for a license in Deschutes County. That couple is planning a small wedding, but that’s not necessarily the case for all same-sex couples. NewsChannel 21 talked to various wedding vendors, photographers and florists, but many did not

All over Bend neighborhoods, the typical Neighborhood Watch signs stand, warning criminals to go away. But what about the ones who are already there? “I’m just completely blown away,” Bend grandparent Amy Bibeau said recently. Bibeau wasn’t aware a predatory sex offender lives just a few homes away from her. “It’s scary — it’s very