Month: June 2014

Housing Works announced Friday the funding of a second phase of Eastlake Village, meaning 40 more units of affordable housing will be coming in about a year to the complex near NE 27th Street and Highway 20. The development will take place on a 2.64-acre parcel to the east (across Belleuvue Drive) from Phase 1,

Authorities said they are looking for the cause of a fire early Saturday morning that destroyed an unoccupied double-wide manufactured home in La Pine. La Pine Rural Fire District crews responded shortly before 3 a.m. to a reported smoke investigation in the area of Deedon Road and Rainbow Drive, said Capt. Gary Young. Before they

Andrew Post is many things. He is a Prineville native, a veteran, a father, a carpenter and more. One thing he was not: A high school graduate. Until Friday night. “I was born in Prineville, Oregon, but I grew up in Vietnam,” Post said. Instead of going to high school his senior year, Post enlisted

FootGolf is the newest, novel sporting trend to hit the High Desert. It’s like regular golf, but with a soccer ball and a cup 21 inches in diameter. Friday was the inaugural event at Awbrey Glen Golf Club. Two months ago, the course discovered FootGolf on a YouTube video. Fast-forward to Friday, and it’s the

Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling to not weigh in on Oregon’s same-sex marriage debate, a check with the Deschutes County Clerk’s office finds the transition going without a hitch. According to Clerk Nancy Blankenship,, the only difference you’ll find on the marriage application are replacement of the terms “Bride and Groom,” which are

Central Oregon World War II veterans headed to Salem on Friday to attend the dedication of the state’s new WWII memorial. But first they got a great send-off, all the way from Bend through Sisters, on the 70th anniversary of the momentous D-Day invasion. On a warm, blue-sky Friday, cheering residents lined the path of

Week one in a Bend man’s murder trial wrapped up Friday with defense attorneys zeroing in on the victim’s sexuality Luke Wirkkala, 33, is standing trial after he shot and killed his house guest, 31-year-old David Ryder, after a night of Super Bowl partying in February 2013. Court documents reveal both men had been drinking

The Oregon Army National Guard’s 234th Engineer Company, 1249th Engineer Battalion, is set to deploy about 180 citizen-soldiers to Kuwait in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. A mobilization ceremony is scheduled for Sunday at 10 a.m. at the Salem Pavilion, located at the Oregon State Fairgrounds, 2330 17th St. NE, Salem. The public is invited

The Bicycle Re-source of Bend is the recipient of a $5,000 grant from four funds of The Oregon Community Foundation for training volunteers and community youth in the maintenance and repair of bicycles donated to needy individuals in the community. The four funds of The Oregon Community Foundation are:Henry J. Casey Fund ($1,500)Robert W. Chandler

TCF (The Center Foundation) is pleased to announce the winners of the first annual Mr. Central Oregon high school pageant held at Bend Senior High School Auditorium on May 27th. Josh Germain of Mt. View High School won the coveted Mr. Central Oregon crown and a $500 scholarship. Ridgeview High School senior Zach Dyck took

Sisters Folk Festival Inc. was one of two Central Oregon organizations to receive a Studio to School grant from the Oregon Community Foundation. Studio to School is a multi-year grant program to support collaborative projects between schools and community arts organizations. Grantees will design and deliver sustainable arts education opportunities that have the potential for

Redmond’s Yew Avenue roundabout public art installation has been postponed from June 11th to the fall so that the students who are fabricating the sculpture have the time to finish it and participate in the installation. The City of Redmond has been partnering with the Redmond Proficiency Academy, Redmond High School and Ridgeview High School

Central Oregon law enforcement agencies participated in a 14-day traffic enforcement blitz dedicated to night time/daytime safety belt usage and prohibition of minors in open pickup beds from May 19 through June 1. Local participating agencies included the Bend Police Department, Crook County Sheriff’s Office, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, Oregon State Police, Prineville Police Department,

The roundabout at Newport Avenue and College Way on Bend’s Westside will be closed for up to a week starting at 6 a.m. on Sunday, June 15th, as part of the city’s 2014 Street Preservation and Maintenance Program. Heavy traffic loads have deteriorated the roundabout. The city will rebuild and strengthen the roundabout with a

After 2 1/2 days of testimony, a Crook County Circuit Court jury late Wednesday found a California man guilty of animal neglect in a case resulting from a raids on a Powell Butte ranch in 2009. A jury deliberated for about two hours before finding Robert Gruntz, 69, guilty on 10 of the 11 counts

Drying conditions have prompted the Oregon Department of Forestry’s Central Oregon District to declare the start of wildfire season effective next Monday morning, nearly a week earlier than last year and three weeks earlier than what is traditionally considered normal. The current warm, dry weather led District Forester George Ponte to make the call on

A motorcycle-car crash on Highway 97 near Lava Butte south of Bend last month killed a Portland woman and injuring two men. The driver of the motorcycle says he believes it was not an accident but a deadly case of road rage. “This was not an accident,” Phillip Branum said Thursday. “It was murder. That

A 37-year-old Redmond woman was arrested and her children placed with relatives after she gave marijuana-laced brownies to her child and another Brown Education Center student, one of whom ended up going to the hospital due to her reaction to the drug, police said Thursday. Redmond police responded around 12:30 p.m. Monday to Edwin Brown

The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department will temporarily close a small section of trail at Pilot Butte State Park for repairs. The closure affects the paved connection between the nature trail and the summit road trail. The dates of repair work are June 9th through approximately June 18th. The trailhead at the eastside parking lot

John Hammack, a Sisters Rodeo cowboy and logger raised in Sisters, will be honored by the Sisters Rodeo with a Bareback Riding buckle in his name as a permanent memorial. Hammack died in a fire west of Sisters on August 1, 2013, when a burning snag broke and fell on him. As a firefighter, his