Month: October 2014

Oregonians are being urged this fall and winterto purchase local firewood, or at least make sure firewood from outside thePacific Northwest has met the requirement of being heat treated and labeled aspest-free. The precautionis necessary because of the threat of invasivespecies being introduced to Oregon through firewood. Oregon consumers should lookfor two types of firewood

One Bend duck hunter accidentally shot another in the leg on Sunday as they climbed over a downed tree during an outing along the Deschutes River near Sunriver, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said. Deschutes County 911 dispatchers received a report around 11:30 a.m. of the accidental shooting, said sheriff’s Sgt. Dan Bilyeu. Deputies were joined

The Deschutes National Forest in partnership with Discover Your Forest is hosting a Volunteer Recruitment Event in early November to find volunteers interested in becoming Interpretive Snowshoe or Rangers for programs at Mt. Bachelor and to find candidates interested in other volunteer positions such as Fundraising, Event Coordination, Administrative, Photo Research and Organization, and Visitor

Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum and Secretary of State Kate Brown announced a settlement Monday that will protect Oregon businesses from a deceptive mailing that appears to be from the state — but isn’t. Under the settlement filed in Marion County Circuit Court, Annual Business Services, a company operating out of Florida, will immediately stop

Youth climbers from the Bend Endurance Academy climbing team received top places at this past weekend’s USA Climbing American Bouldering Series climbing competition held at the Bend Rock Gym. The event was well attended with over 100 competitors of all ages from across the Northwest. “The sport has definitely grown and is becoming more popular

High school students in Central Oregon have been invited by our local posts of The American Legion to compete in the annual American Legion High School Oratorical Scholarship competition. The invitation to enter this year’s event was extended today by District 5 Oratorical Committee Chairman Lara Chan. The contest for community-wide students has been arranged

The weekend welcomed many changes in the weather, and the chilly temperatures mean the seasons are changing quickly! Although we had a mix of weather in the lower elevations, up in the mountains was a whole different story on Sunday. With mostly cloudy skies and fresh snow, it was glove, scarf and hat weather up

It’s been quite an eventful few days of weather on the High Desert — first dense fog, then high winds sending trees and power lines snapping. Sunday brought nine inches of snow at Mt. Bachelor, snow at the mountain passes and a freeze warning for the region for early Monday. The National Weather Service issued

Expect flaggers and some minor congestion Monday, around the intersection of NW 5 th & Roanoke, on Bend’s Westside. A Cascade Natural Gas crew will be installing a 2″steel gas main, as part of Phase III of the Bend Pipeline Replacement Project. For more information as to when pipeline crews will be working on your

A G r ants Pass woman suffered non-life-threatening injuries Saturday when high winds sent a 40-foot pine tree smashing onto her car on Highway 230 in southeast Douglas County, narrowly missing the windshield, Oregon State Police said Acco r ding to Senio r T r oope r Joe Smith, shortly before 11 a.m., a ca

A Deschutes County prosecutor at the center of a public battle to have a life-saving liver transplant covered by county-provided insurance was recovering Saturday from a long, difficult transplant operation at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, family members said. “We are so blessed that Dan received a liver yesterday (Friday),” Dan Reesor’s sister, Sharon

A procession of more than 100 log trucks and other rigs traveled north from Redmond Saturday, parading to a celebration of life event in Prineville in honor of a Redmond log truck driver killed in a recent crash on the Ochoco National Forest east of Prineville. Dawn Williams, the mother of Daniel Williams,said last Sunday

A missing, endangered 14-year-old Bend girl reported as a runaway Thursday was found Saturday by a retired police officer and his wife, lying in a field near a northeast Bend intersection, officers said. The retired officer and his wife were traveling in the area shortly before noon when they noticed the teen, Shannia Kay-Marie Martinez,

A mushroom picker found human remains off state Highway 138 in Klamath County Thursday, and authorities said they believe they are those of a man missing for about two years. The mushroom picker reported his findings to Klamath County 911 shortly after 6 p.m. Thursday, said Administrative Sgt. Darren Frank. Deputies responded and confirmed the

As part of the upcoming Veterans Day celebrations in Central Oregon, the city of La Pine will honor WWII Army Veteran Robert E. “Bob” Shotwell at La Pine High School on Monday, November 10 beginning at 10:00 am. La Pine High School is located at 51633 Coach Rd. Bob Shotwell served as a Combat Amphibious

Dense fog pushed into the High Desert late Friday, cloaking the area’s roads in murky skies and forcing a dozen flight cancellations into or out of Redmond Airport. “The clear skies around sunset today allowed temperatures to quickly cool off,” said NewsChannel 21 meteorologist Travis Knudsen. “The combination (of) a quick cool-down and the high

As part of ongoing construction at Pine Nursery Park, a new off-leash area designated specifically for small dogs is now open in the Bob Wenger Memorial Off-Leash Area, the Bend Park and Rec District said Friday. Fully fenced, the approximately 17,500-square-foot space features both turf and natural areas and is located at the off-leash area’s

Biologists and volunteers came together Friday morning to make a splash and save lives. “The fish would perish if we didn’t get them out,” said Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife District Fish Biologist Brett Hodgson. The goal of the outing was to avoid last year’s disaster, when thousands of fish died in a side

A 41-year-old Redmond man arrested on charges of sexually abusing a young girl had been a Bend Police Department volunteer mail courier for nearly three years, but officials said Friday they have no reason to believe he had contact with children in that role. “His duties included transporting our mail on Monday mornings,” Bend police

The Central Oregon Visitors Association announced Friday it will be leaving Bend and open a state-of-the-art Central Oregon Visitor Information Center in the Village at Sunriver in December. In a news release announcing its plans, COVA said it will continue to represent all visitor attractions, communities, businesses and Chamber of Commerce/Visitor Association partners from around