Month: August 2014

One of the biggest acts to ever hit the High Desert, the Dave Matthews Band performed Tuesday night at the Les Schwab Amphitheater. About 8,000 fans packed the venue for the show. After meeting a handful of them, it’s safe to say the band has loyal supporters. Robin Jacobson said with a laugh he’d been

A car stolen in Bend on Monday was spotted in Redmond Tuesday afternoon but the driver refused to pull over, sparking an eight-minute high-speed chase that was discontinued due to traffic. The car soon was found abandoned east of Highway 97, and a Deschutes County sheriff’s K-9 found the fleeing driver, who was arrested, deputies

“When I pulled up this morning, I saw foam blobs here in the street in lines and stripes all the way across the entire field,” said John MacDougall of Bend. Yes, you heard that right: foam blobs. “It looked deliberate, and somebody had spent a large amount of time putting down these stripes of little

Fifty years ago this month, the Economic Opportunity Act was signed into law, giving birth to community action. There are 1,100 such organizations across the country, including 17 in Oregon. NeighborImpact is Central Oregon’s community action agency. Community action organizations help low-income people and families move out of poverty and achieve economic stability through a

Two Warm Springs teens were in improving condition at a Portland hospital on Tuesday but one in Bend was in critical condition, the day after OSP says their car left Highway 26 southeast of Madras and flipped several times. A dog was killed in the crash, which occurred around 3:30 a.m. Monday about eight miles

Oregon State University this fall will begin both a master’s and doctoral degree program in robotics, one of only a few universities in the nation to offer such graduate-level programs, and a recognition of the changing face of global industry. OSU has rapidly expanded its robotics faculty, research programs and course offerings in recent years,

After an extensive nationwide search, Mosaic Medical has named Allison McCormick as Chief Operating Officer for the organization. Mosaic Medical is a non-profit community health care system which includes clinics in Prineville, Bend, Madras and Redmond. McCormick comes to Mosaic Medical with extensive healthcare administrative experience. Most recently she was the Senior Director of the

Four national forests in Oregon will open the 2014 harvest season for Matsutake mushrooms following Labor Day weekend. Matsutake mushroom season opens on Tuesday, September 2, on the Deschutes, Fremont-Winema, Umpqua, and Willamette National Forests. The 2014 season runs September 2 to November 2. The Chemult and Crescent Ranger District offices will open from 6:30

The Deschutes National Forest will be closing Lava River Cave on the Newberry National Volcanic Monument for the season on September 8. The early closure of Lava River Cave will allow for the reconstruction of the aging and narrow stairs systems and boardwalk segments within the cave. The cave will reopen in May of 2015.

You’ve heard the phrase ‘you snooze, you lose.’ Believe it or not, that might be the wrong catchphrase for high school students. “When we got down to it, the concern was well how early do we really have to start?” Sisters High School Principal Joe Hosang said Monday. This year Sisters High is starting 20

A milk truck driver from Idaho was stabbed several times Monday along Interstate 84 in Eastern Oregon by the driver of a stolen car who rammed the rig’s diesel tanks, attacked the trucker in his cab and was arrested at the scene, Oregon State Police reported. Shortly after noon,OSP received a report of a stabbing

About 8,000 people filled the Les Schwab Amphitheater Sunday night to see Jack Johnson, the first of two sold-out concerts at the venue in just 48 hours. Up next: the Dave Matthews Band Tuesday night. It’s one of the biggest names to pass through Bend, and with big names comes even bigger crowds. “Right here,

High Desert Chamber Music announces auditions for Spotlight Chamber Players will be held on September 12-13. This program was developed to provide a high level of chamber music instruction and is offered at no cost to the students selected. This program is devoted exclusively to the study and performance of chamber music skills and techniques.

Fire danger is at critical levels across the state of Oregon. Earlier this month, fire weather forecasters witnessed an anomaly that literally raised a red flag. Practically the entire state had been painted red on meteorological charts indicating a Red Flag Warning from Florence to Ontario, Astoria to Brookings and nearly everywhere in-between. “It’s already

Jefferson County District Attorney Steven Leriche was a big step closer to rescuing a shelved drug and alcohol education summit in Madras on Monday after a $10,000 donation from the Oregon State Sheriff’s Association. Leriche said in a news release that the group’s president, Gary Bettencourt, made the commitment to Jefferson County Sheriff Jim Adkins

If you’re a regular NewsChannel 21 viewer, you probably know the name Stryder Doescher. We’ve shown you the 6-year-old Prineville boy’s health battle through the years. Now the family needs you help. Stryder is having brain surgery October 1 in New York City. To raise money, his family is asking you to partake in ”

The 6.0-magnitude earthquake in Northern California early Sunday shook even earthquake-prone Californians to their core. “Everyone said it’s the scariest thing they’ve ever experienced,” Bend resident Sarah Lauderdale, who has family in the Napa region, said Monday. “My friend’s mother broke her shoulder. There’s lots of damage in the house and outside the house.” “Everyone’s

More than $10,000 worth of merchandise was stolen Sunday from the Vince Genna Stadium Pro Shop in southeast Bend. But police tips to sporting goods stores led to Monday’s arrest of a transient who allegedly tried to “return” some items to one store — which doesn’t carry them. Officers were called around 9:40 a.m. Sunday

Oregon State Police turned to the public for help Monday to identify the suspect and recover a stolen police badge and baton taken from a trooper’s apartment in Government Camp. Some time between August 17th and 20th, someone e ntered an apartment at the Government Camp ODOT compound, located along Highway 26 near Timberline Road,

Whether it’s human nature or just wishful thinking, we tend to relax our guard against wildfire this time of year at the first signs of the seasonal transition. In the heart of summer amid triple-digit temperatures, we almost expect raging b lazes like the Oregon Gulch Fire that consumed 1,000 acres an hour at its