Month: October 2014

A 48-year-old La Pine man who crashed his speeding dirt bike into a tree Monday evening was in serious condition Tuesday at St. Charles Bend, a hospital spokeswoman said. Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies and La Pine fire medics responded shortly before 7 p.m. to the reported injury motorcycle crash on Jackpine Road, said Sgt. Ty

Fuels specialists on the Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District are planning a prescribed burn as early as Tuesday, one mile north of Kelsey Butte near the junction of Forest Roads 1810 and 1814. If conditions remain favorable, the 86-acre burn, located about five miles southeast of the High Desert Museum, will be completed in one day,

The Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District on the Deschutes National Forest is temporarily closing sections of the Sun-Lava paved path to chip and remove wood piles this week. Woody debris from the construction of the path in addition to a buildup of firewood slash will be removed by Forest Service personnel and equipment through Friday. The

St. Charles Bend began a major remodel Monday that hospital officials say will extend the lifespan of the 39-year-old facility while improving privacy and comfort for patients, families and caregivers. As part of the $27.7 million project — known as the Bend tower remodel — patient rooms on the third and fourth floors of the

More than a week after their daughter was killed in what police call a drunk-driving crash, the grieving family of Redmond 7-year-old Phoenix Price is speaking out, saying the tragedy was no accident that killed a little girl so full of life. “There’s a lot of anger,” said Phoenix’s father, Joshua Price. “We want justice

In an innovative move sure to please film-loving parents, BendFilm is partnering with Bend Montessori this year to offer high quality, professional, communal child care during two evenings of the festival. Parents can purchase a babysitting ticket online when they purchase film tickets. The child care ticket price will make it hard for parents to

One of two girls still in Portland hospitals had improved from critical to serious condition Monday. over a week after a drunk-driving crash on Highway 97 south of Redmond that killed a 7-year-old girl and left the girl’s stepfather in jail facing manslaughter and other charges. Phoenix Price, 7, died at the scene and as

Register now for the Great Oregon Shakeout, the largest earthquake drill in history and join thousands of Oregonians in making earthquake safety a priority. The ShakeOut is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 16 at 10:16 a.m, when residents around the state will “drop, cover, and hold on” for one minute. “Participating in the ShakeOut is an

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said Monday it will conduct a fish rescue and relocation operation on the Upper Deschutes River at Lava Island Falls the week of October 20. Fishery biologists from ODFW, along with staff and volunteers from several governmental, conservation and fishing organizations, will try to save stranded fish by

Fuels specialists began burning about 180 acres near Wickiup Reservoir on Saturday and the smoke apparently streamed north into populated areas of the High Desert early Sunday, causing “unhealthy” pollution levels, according to a DEQ air quality monitoring station. Four separate units were planned to be burned adjacent to the Hanner Park, Wild River and

Bend-La Pine Schools is honoring its nationally recognized school lunch program during the week of Oct. 13-17, which is National School Lunch Week. In conjunction the district is offering new menu items from local sources and hosting a fun coloring contest, with winners receiving pumpkins. “This is a fun way to celebrate all the work

In 2009, Dr. Marinus Koning of Bend visited Ethiopia and saw the how many underserved people needed health care. To help, Koning founded the Reach Another Foundation, a nonprofit organization that provides better health care services in sub-Saharan Africa. Last week, the foundation announced the launch of a five-year fundraising drive to raise enough money

Look for flaggers starting Monday on Northwest Fifth Street, near Portland Avenue, in Bend as Cascade NaturalGas construction crews will be installing a new 2-inch gas main. Congestion should slow traffic for the next few days. Also this week, paving crews will start working at NE Second and Woodland, working south on Second to Wilson.

With the cooperation of the Prineville Police Department and Crook County District Attorney, the Crook County Sheriff’s Office and Prineville police recently completed their annual sex offender address verification effort. Officers attempted to physically verify the registration compliance of all sex Offenders known to reside in the city of Prineville, the county and within the

Police said they are still trying to figure out why a 32-year-old Spokane, Washington man was in a northwest Bend neighborhood early Saturday, shining a flashlight at homes, yelling and screaming and damaging fences. Officers said he resisted arrest and was carrying a concealed handgun and several loaded magazines. Police responded around 4:10 a.m. to

An Oregon State Police trraffic stop Friday afternoon along Highway 97 north of Madras led to the arrest of a California man after a trooper found about 20 pounds of liquid methamphetamine concealed in his rental car, troopers said. Shortly before 4 p.m. Friday, an OSP senior trooper stopped a rented 2013 Hyundai Elantra displaying

A 40-year-old man convicted at age 15 of raping and murdering a high school classmate in Beaverton is due for parole later this month and has been assigned a parole officer in Deschutes County. Conrad Engweiler is set to be released from state prison in less than two weeks. The Bend Bulletin reports (http://bit.ly/1vkLYXA )

The Redmond School District announced Friday that the Heart of Oregon Corps YouthBuild and Stewardship programs will be transitioning operations out of the Edwin Brown Education Center facility this fall. Both programs have been housed on the Edwin Brown campus for five years. Due to growing needs of the district and limitation of space for

Every Oregon high school student would have access to at least three college courses at no cost to the student under recommendations unanimously approved by a special state committee this week. The recommendations from the Accelerated Learning Committee will be drafted into legislation for consideration by the state Legislature during the 2015 session. The committee

St. Charles Madras has seen many changes over the years, but now they are about to undergo their biggest yet: a $16 million expansion that will add 26,000 square feet to the hospital. “It was built in 1967,” Jeanie Gentry, CEO of St. Charles Madras and Prineville’s Pioneer Memorial Hospital, said Friday. “Our operating room