Month: September 2014

The Deschutes County Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) seeks applicants to fill two at-large positions. Composed of 13 voting members, BPAC’s mission is to promote and encourage safe bicycling and walking as a significant means of transportation in Deschutes County. The Deschutes County Board of Commissioners will approve applicants to the two positions. Members

The Central Oregon Fire Chiefs Association announced Monday that burn season will open this week across Deschutes, Crook and Jefferson counties — except in cities where burning is not permitted. The fire chiefs from all firefighting agencies, including municipal and rural fire departments, the US Forest Service, the BLM and Oregon Department of Forestry have

Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., joined by California Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer, pressed the Department of Transportation on Monday to require that first responders be notified before trains carrying 20 or more carloads of crude oil, ethanol or other flammable liquids travel through their communities. In 15 pages of comments submitted

The recently approved computer science degree at Oregon State University – Cascades has gained its first full-time faculty member, computer scientist Marc Rubin. The designated lead of the degree program, Rubin will help guide the program’s vision and growth, including its extension to freshman and sophomore course offerings beginning in 2015. He will also teach

The Veterans Day Parade of Bend is seeking veterans, schools, bands, businesses and individuals for the Tuesday, Nov. 11 parade, which will be at 11 a.m. in downtown Bend. Participants must register at a planning meeting Oct. 6 or Oct. 27, the last chance for officials to accept new parade entrants. Both meetings will begin

A missing visitor to Bend with Asperger syndrome, the subject of a search by Bend police and Deschutes County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue late Sunday night, ended with him turning up in good condition at a Broken Top residence Monday morning, officers said. Sgt. Tom Pine said a Broken Top resident reported finding Michael LeCoump

Oregon State Police said Monday they had made contact with a Georgia woman reported missing by family members en route to the Crater Lake area and confirmed she was safe and in no need of assistance. Earlier Monday, troopers had asked for the public’s help after being contacted by the husband of Andria C. Terrell,

Technical problems have prevented us from airing our rebroadcast of NewsChannel 21 at Sunrise on Fox Central Oregon this morning. We apologize for the inconvenience, and expect to once again have our 7-9 a.m. Fox rebroadcast back on the air Tuesday morning.

Last Wednesday night, 160 women flooded into the Oxford Hotel in downtown Bend to make history as the charter members of 100+ Women Who Care of Central Oregon. In just under an hour, the group raised $14,200 for the Bethlehem Inn, a homeless shelter in Bend. “We were overwhelmed by the generosity of the women

Cascade NaturalGas construction crews will continuereplacing gas lines to Bend’s Westsideresidentsthis week, officials said. They’recurrentlyworking inthe alley between NW State St. & NW Congress, moving towardthe intersection with Idaho Avenue. Crews will then move across Idaho Ave and continue replacing and reconnecting gas services in this alley. CNG crews should cross Kansas Ave around the

State Rep. and Republican gubernatorial candidate Dennis Richardson pitched an ambitious project at Saturday’s debate hosted by the League of Oregon Cities — a cross-state freeway, from the Port of Coos Bay eastward to Burns and Ontario.. “One long-term proposal that I will be making as governor to promote exports and revitalize the coastal and

Authorities say passengers were ordered off a Redmond-bound plane in Los Angeles and a bomb squad was called over a piece of luggage with wires sticking out — which as it turned out belonged to a crew from a reality television show. Los Angeles Airport Police Sgt. Karla Ortiz says passengers were boarding the plane

At 37 weeks pregnant, Traci Benjamin and her husband, Norm, found out their second son would be born with a rare genetic disorder, osteogenisis imperfecta, otherwise known as brittle bone disease. Today, Tyrus is 15 months old, and his bones are fragile. “I mean, I don’t know how many times in a day we worry

In honor of September, Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, a local non-profit organization, Candlelighters For Children With Cancer of Central Oregon, has taken social media to a new level to raise awareness for local families affected by childhood cancer. A Facebook Scavenger Hunt. That’s right! A Scavenger Hunt that requires a ‘Selfie’ uploaded to Facebook to

Long before they offered kind words about each other (by request) at the close of their hour-long debate in Sunriver on Friday, Gov. John Kitzhaber and Republican challenger Dennis Richardson clashed on some issues and agreed on others, but the testiest point came when the governor stoutly denied paying women less for equal jobs in

Oregon has the fifth-highest rate of melanoma in the country,and the High Desert has some of the highest rates of skin cancer in the state, according to the American Cancer Society. In Deschutes and Jefferson counties, about 35 per 100,000 residents will be diagnosed with skin cancer. There are a few reasons Central Oregon has

Enterovirus D68 is spreading quickly across the nation. On Friday, the Centers for Disease Control confirmed 277 cases in 40 states, but Oregon is still not part of that list. Experts say they are very confident that the virus is already present in Oregon but they are still awaiting the test results from the CDC,

A 76-year-old Junction City man was critically injured Thursday afternoon when his pickup truck left Highway 126 south of Santiam Pass and crashed into lava rocks, Oregon State Police said Friday. Clifford Leroy Murr was flown to St. Charles Bend after the single-vehicle crash, reported shortly before 4 p.m. Thursday on Highway 126 south of

Last year, one person was killed and three people were injured in hunting incidents in Oregon. The hunters involved made some of the common mistakes that cause hunting incidents. They failed to properly identify their target, mistaking a person for game. They didn’t follow safe procedures and unload their firearm before crossing difficult terrain. With

During a visit Friday to Redmond Fire and Rescue, Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., announced he’s introduced legislation to preserve emergency care in rural Oregon by ensuring that rural ambulance service providers are fairly paid for their services. He said the Medicare Ambulance Access, Fraud Prevention, and Reform Act of 2014 (H.R. 5460) would end the