Month: September 2014

Members of the public are invited to attend the Franklin’s Corner Community Garden ribbon-cutting celebration at 5:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 23rd. Franklin’s Corner is the first community garden constructed on a city-owned lot. Franklin’s Corner, at NE Franklin Avenue and NE Ninth Street, is entirely organic, uses water-conservation techniques and offers a community gathering

Opponents of a planned Westside campus for OSU-Cascades filed an appeal Monday of a recent city hearings officer’s decision approving the site plan for the 10.4-acre location and urged city councilors to hear the appeal, rather than let a state land-use appeals board make the ruling. Councilors are scheduled to decide whether to hear the

A darkening cloud builds over the NFL as the league is hit with a second blow in just a week. This time, Vikings running back Adrian Peterson was arrested for child abuse — accused of beating his 4-year-old son with a tree branch. Peterson has made his career in offense, but the allegations are putting

A 26-year-old La Pine woman was arrested over the weekend on charges she slashed a man’s throat Saturday evening. NewsChannel 21’s Samantha O’Connor spoke with the recovering victim Monday to hear his side of the story. Heather Lee Chapman was booked into Deschutes County Jail in Bend on charges of attempted murder. Her bail was

The Riverhouse presented a $4,000 check to The Every Kid Fund on Monday, raised from the 30th Annual Riverhouse Invitational Golf Tournament held at River’s Edge Golf Course. Corporate sponsors partnered with The Riverhouse, including Combined Communications, Food Service of America, Boyd Coffee, Cascades Lakes Brewing, Eberhard’s, Robberson Ford and US Bank. The Every Kid

Motorists can expect short delays during the week of October 6 along a seven-mile stretch of Forest Road 42, connecting the Ochoco Ranger Station to Big Summit Prairie. Workers will be resurfacing the asphalt and filling in potholes. Traffic control measures will be in place and one lane of traffic will remain open during the

Students attending NeighborImpact Head Start in Deschutes and Crook counties were back in class Monday, and teachers have an important goal in mind: Build on last year’s impressive gains in student achievement. Of the 433 3- and 4-year-olds attending class last year, well over 90 percent either met or exceeded standards in areas such as

Two out-of-area physician executives have joined St. Charles Health System’s board of directors. Dr. Steven Gordon is system vice president of care transformation for PeaceHealth in Vancouver, Wash., where he has worked since 2007. His primary responsibility is to lead initiatives aimed at improving care for individuals and populations through models supported by technology, patient

Cascade Natural Gas Corp. announced Monday it has filed a Purchased Gas Adjustment (PGA) with the Oregon Public Utility Commission to reflect the increase in the cost of natural gas over the past year. It said the request means an approximately 1 percent increase for Cascade customers in Oregon. “Last winter was very cold, which

BendFilm Festival tickets and passes are now available for the public to purchase. Full Film Passes are $150, Full Festival Passes are $250 and tickets for individual films and screenings are $11. To view a complete lineup of independent films and purchase tickets or passes, visit www.bendfilm.org or call (541) 388-3378. Tickets for the upcoming

Amid conflicting reports about the need for vitamin E and how much is enough, a new analysis published Monday suggests that adequate levels of this essential micronutrient are especially critical for the very young, the elderly, and women who are or may become pregnant. A lifelong proper intake of vitamin E is also important, researchers

A 26-year-old La Pine woman was arrested on attempted murder and assault charges Saturday night, accused of slashing a 52-year-old La Pine man’s throat with a knife, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said Sunday. Deputies were dispatched around 6 p.m. Saturday to a reported assault at a home on Riverland Avenue, said sheriff’s Sgt. Try Rupert.

The Deschutes Public Library in downtown Bend on Sunday hosted two authors who are touring the state as part of the Oregon Book Awards authors tour. Visiting 8-10 different cities around the state, it was Elena Passarello’s and Kari Luna’s first time in Bend. The Book Awards are judged by out-of-state judges from around the

Have you wondered how much that antique or family heirloom is worth? The Assistance League of Bend hosted a ‘Kollectible or Keepsake?’ expert appraisal event Sunday at the Deschutes Country Fairgrounds. For $40 a ticket, your item could be assessed by a panelist of expert appraisers from around the country. The Assistance League of Bend

Phase 3 of the Cascade Natural Gas PipelineReplacementProject in Bend moves west this week:acrew willbeworkingin the alley between NW Broadway St. & NW Congress St., at the intersection with NW Louisiana Ave. They will be working south replacing gas services.If you park vehicles in that alley, please see they’re out of the alley the day

On Saturday, Bend Spay and Neuter Project participated in the annual Project Connect Central Oregon event. A total of 47 cats and dogs were spayed or neutered and vaccinated for free on site at the event. Although this was the fifth year of participation for Bend Spay and Neuter Project, this is the first year

A Bend equine veterinary clinic says it has diagnosed a case of equine West Nile virus in a horse from the Jefferson County town of Culver, the third so far in Oregon this year. In a posting to its Facebook page, Bend Equine Medical Center said the owners of the horse had not yet been

Orange cone after orange cone along Reed Market Road are making southeast Bend drivers see red. “I have to get west from here, and it’s a pain,” one driver said Friday. It’s a pain that grew this week after Reed Market was reduced to one lane, and there are more detours in place. “Even if

A 65-year-old Bend man crashed his pickup into a tree along Hwy. 126W in Lane County Friday afternoon, and his 87-year-old mother died after being taken to a Springfield hospital, Oregon State Police reported. According to OSP Sgt. Casey Codding, around 3:30 p.m., a Toyota pickup driven by William L. Calhoun was on the highway

Leanna Leyes has heard the clich. ‘You’ve joined a club no parent wants to be in.’ All the same, she says it sometimes feels that way as she meets other parents who have lost a child. Her son, Zack, killed himself last February 7th, on the Bend High School campus. “We knew that first night