Month: June 2014

The Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries on Friday announced the winners of the 2013 Mined Land Reclamation Awards. Among the 2013 winners are a state-of-the-art gold mining operation on a historic mining settlement in Baker County, an operator that continually goes above and beyond to reclaim land for agricultural use, and a quarry

Bend Fire Department and public lands managers issued familiar, timely reminders Friday: Fireworks need to be very carefully used in town, and are prohibited in the woods. Campfires also need special caution to make sure they are “dead out,” they added. Here’s a trio of news releases focusing on the issue, first from the Bend

Please come visit the Bend Firefighters Foundations at the Bite of Bend booth located at Bond and Oregon this Saturday from 10am – 10pm and Sunday 10am – 6pm. We will have our original fire engine on display! The Bend Firefighters Foundation has been chosen as he official Beneficiary of the Bite of Bend. The

Bend Spay and Neuter Project will offer discounted microchips on Saturday June 28 th in anticipation of the 4 th of July holiday. Microchips will be offered at a cost of $15 each from 10am to 2pm at this walk in clinic located at 910 SE Wilson ste. B-1 near the corner of 9 th

The Oregon Parenting Education Collaborative, a multiyear grant program partnership among four of Oregon’s largest foundations (The Oregon Community Foundation, The Ford Family Foundation, Meyer Memorial Trust and The Collins Foundation) and Oregon State University awarded more than $1.6 million in grants to organizations around the state to support the delivery of high-quality parenting education

There have been 19 deaths from motorcycle accidents in Oregon since the beginning of 2014, more than twice the number of fatalities to this point last year, according to ODOT. However, the numbers don’t tell the whole story. “We really wanted to believe that last year was the trend that was being set for motorcycle

NeighborImpact, a 21 Care’s For Kids partner, said Thursday it still has 79 spots available for the Head Start program on the High Desert. But the program is needs-based, so many low-income families don’t qualify, as they don’t fall below the federally set poverty line. “I was very shocked and upset, because I was so

Cars whizzing by — it’s a familiar sound for Dan Waldrop who lives off Powell Butte Highway east of Bend, just feet away from the busy intersection where Neff Road becomes Alfalfa Market Road. “If you watch it, you’ll survive through it, but some people don’t know about it, and they’re coming up south —

The Fourth of July is a popular holiday for many Oregonians and others around our country. Families and friends travel locally and long distances to gather and celebrate our nation’s birthday with parades, parties, and fireworks. The Oregon State Police, Oregon Department of Transportation and law enforcement partners statewide urge all travelers during the Fourth

The Oregon Department of Agriculture said Friday is takingadded steps to protect bees and other pollinators from exposure tospecific pesticide products following multiple incidents of bee deaths thissummer. Inadopting a temporary rule, ODA is prohibiting the use of pesticideproducts containing the active ingredients dinotefuran and imidacloprid onlinden trees or other species of Tilia. The rule

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 Producer. This position will be responsible for producing our top rated newscasts. We are looking for a Journalist with the ability to be pro-active in connecting with the

Five years ago, the City of Bend launched a new committee that has since become the hub of a strategic and well-coordinated effort to bring business to Bend and keep it here. It’s called the Bend Economic Development Advisory Board (BEDAB)—a 13-member team made up of business owners and the city’s key economic development partners.

Barbara Hudin’s art is simply captivating, creative and widely complex. Her medium is metal, inks, pigments and wood all in a very unique style which she describes as experimental printmaking and encaustic painting. In encaustic painting, Hudin collects pigments that are ground and mixed with molten dammar resin, beeswax and other waxes to create a

There is something so satisfying about a home cooked meal but cooking does not come natural to some and for some time is just so limited. New on the Bend foodie scene is Laura West. Laura is a personal chef and healthy eating coach who will come to your kitchen and simply prepare an amazing

It seems like homes on the High Desert can’t be built fast enough. “You look around and you see building everywhere,” Cascade Sotheby’s International Realty spokeswoman Debbie Tebbs said Friday. And with less than 2 percent of inventory available , the line to purchase or rent can be pretty long. “I don’t know how it

With Winter rearing it’s snowy head earlier than expected this year, the Senior Editor of Orbitz has created a list of five unexpected winter destinations as mentioned in The Wall Street Journal. Bend is in good company in this getaway snapshot with Okemo Mountain in Ludlow Vermont, Crest Butte, Colorado, Canmore, Bow Valley, Alberta, Utah’s

Loved your visit to Bend? Heard that Bend is a great place to live and work? Thinking about bringing your business or your business idea to Central Oregon? Welcome to the City of Bend! Bend’s most successful businesses and business owners are people just like you. Check out this video to hear what Bend’s business

A 60-year-old Bend woman was critically injured Wednesday morning when her SUV crossed the center line of Hwy. 20W just east of Sisters and struck the rear of a truck that flipped onto its side, Oregon State Police said. Firefighters freed Jill Beaman from the wreckage of her 2004 Honda Element and she was flown

The City of Bend has begun a new and more intensive process to adopt a new Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) and General Plan that complies with state law and represents the values of citizens of Bend. The City of Bend is forming three Technical Advisory Committees (TACs) to provide input regarding the Bend Urban Growth

Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Mark Udall, D-Colo., and Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., pressed the Obama administration Thursday for additional transparency on U.S. drone policy, including its interpretations of when it can take lethal action outside of declared war zones and against Americans. The senators — all members of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence — also