Month: August 2014

Online registration for Central Oregon Community College’s fall Community Learning classes has begun. Phone registration will begin Aug. 25. The schedule includes 26 new classes and more than 340 regular noncredit offerings to build job skills, start new hobbies and meet new friends. Classes in computers, recreation and health, business, language, cooking and art are

A 20-year-old Prineville man was flown to St. Charles Bend with life-threatening injuries late Wednesday afternoon after crashing his car off NW O’Neil Highway when he apparently reached to turn the radio down, Crook County sheriff’s deputies said. The man was identified early Thursday as Eduardo Pelayo Lopez. Sheriff’s Sgt. Travis Jurgens said no citations

As part of more than $1.1 million being invested in the Creative Heights initiative in 2014 by The Oregon Community Foundation the High Desert Museum in Bend received a $125,000 grant for the museum to develop interdisciplinary programming that revisits the prolific programs of the Great Depression through literature, music, theater, film and visual arts.

The Deschutes National Forest said Thursday it has reopened a portion of the area closed as a result of the Muskrat Fire near Cultus Lake. The new order reopens Big Cove and Little Cove Campgrounds and the areas on the north shore of Cultus Lake. Six Lakes Trailhead, which was being used as the incident

After two years of fundraising, the St. Charles Foundation has exceeded its $5.7 million campaign goal to help fund the construction of an integrated cancer center in Bend. Foundation representatives will present a check to St. Charles Health System’s board chair, Tom Sayeg, at the cancer center grand opening celebration Thursday night at 5:30 p.m.

The fourth straight day of thunderstorms peppered Central Oregon with about 1,350 lightning strikes and five new fire starts by early Wednesday evening, the Central Oregon Interagency Dispatch Center in Prineville reported. Once again, all of the new fires were tackled by initial-attack crews and kept to less than an acre, officials said. La Pine,

Each year since 2011, Arby’s has teamed up with the No Kid Hungry Share our Strength campaign which is a nationally recognized leader in the fight against childhood hunger. Through the Arby’s Foundation, Arby’s is committed to supporting programs and working to make a leading impact through this campaign. In 2011 Arby’s Foundation pledged to

Oregon State Police on Wednesday identified a 53-year-old bicyclist from Canada was struck from behind by a pickup and seriously injured in a crash on Highway 126 east of Powell Butte late Tuesday afternoon, Oregon State Police reported. They said Frederick Bouwman, 53, of Ontario, Canada, was flown to St. Charles Bend for treatment of

Even longtime Bend residents are noticing something’s a little different up in the sky this year. “I’ve lived in Bend for about 15 years,”Pearl Stark said Wednesday. “Usually the lightning seems further out of town, you see it in the distance, but thunderstorms in town is something new this summer.” The National Weather Service’s Pendleton

Newberry Habitat for Humanity was the beneficiary of a $33,000 donation presented by Sunriver Resort. The funds were raised during The Showcase on Friday August 1st and Saturday August 2nd at Sunriver Resort. “We are very proud to support this worthwhile cause and present Newberry Habitat for Humanity with this donation to further their mission

The newsroom at NewsChannel 21 does not go silent very often. After we learned the news of Robin Williams’ death Monday, it was one of those moments. People all over the world are still in shock over the death of the beloved actor, which was ruled suicide. Williams suffered from severe depression — and he

Road update for those who drive on NE Eighth Street, between Franklin Avenue and Butler Market Road: Starting the week of August 18 and lasting for about two weeks, travelers can expect delays on NE Eighth while the city conducts street preservation and maintenance work. Visit this web link for more details about the upcoming

Family Access Network Foundation announces that Lisa Smith has accepted a position on the Foundation Board. The mission of the Family Access Network is to improve lives by ensuring all children in Deschutes County have access to basic-need services. Lisa Smith is a broker with Harcourts The Garner Group Real Estate. Lisa and her husband

Sisters’ Les Schwab Taylor Tire Center is now hosting the “Tools for School” school supplies drive. Community members can drop off school supplies during regular business hours and help students in need begin the school year well-equipped for a successful year. Les Schwab Taylor Tire Center is located at 600 W. Hood Ave., and open

Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber announced Wednesday the appointment of Randy Miller to fill the vacancy on the Deschutes County Circuit Court created by the retirement of Judge Barbara Haslinger. Haslinger’s retirement was effective June 30 , and Mr. Miller was elected in May to fill the position starting Jan. 1 . The governor’s appointment allows

It was an emotional day at the Jefferson County Courthouse on Tuesday as former Madras High girls’ basketball coach Michael Osborne was sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty to sexual abuse involving a teen-age girl. He pleaded guilty to six of the 25 sexual abuse charges brought against him in Jefferson and

A day of fun at the Prineville Reservoir over the weekend took a turn for the worse when a little boy was bitten by a rattle snake. “It jumped and bit me,” 10-year-old Eithen Hamilton of Prineville said from his hospital bed Monday. Fortunately, he will be okay. But this story hit close to home

There was a rude awakening from Mother Nature Monday night at the Rushton duplex in northeast Bend. “It was storming out, and then we heard a great big loud sound that sounded louder than a gunshot,” said Shannon Rushton. “It’s loud — it’s incredibly loud. It shook all the windows, it shook this whole place.

The Nature Conservancy invites anyone interested in maintaining the Juniper Hills Preserve east of Prineville to participate in an overnight volunteer work party on the weekend of Saturday & Sunday, September 6 th – 7 th . Juniper Hills Preserve is located east of Prineville on the Crooked River in Central Oregon and harbors ancient

The American Red Cross continues to have an urgent need for blood and platelet donations, even as thousands of people answered the urgent call to donate last month. Through the end of July, the Red Cross saw an increase of approximately 7.5 percent in the number of donors coming to give blood, resulting in more