Month: October 2014

The Bend City Council has adopted a final decision affirming a hearings officer’s decision toapprove Oregon State University – Cascades’ site plan application for a four-year undergraduate campus on a 10-acre parcel it owns in southwest Bend. Formal notice to the appellants, the Truth in Site Coalition, will begin a three-week window during which opponents

Temperatures are dropping in Central Oregon. This means it’s time to think about sprinkler safety and how to prevent those slips, trips and falls caused by excessive water on our sidewalks and streets. Each year motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians get surprised by wet or icy sidewalks and streets. These surprises may result in accidents that

The Oregon Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation hosted its Annual Hall of Fame Gala at the Tualatin Country Club on Saturday to honor the Lions history and outstanding work in communities all around the state. The OLSHF Hall of Fame was established to honor, memorialize, and encourage outstanding leadership and service on behalf of the

NewsChannel 21’s engineers said they need to conduct some emergency maintenance on our station-to-transmitter link. We will have a short outage starting at noon, lasting about five to 10 minutes and will only affect over-the-air broadcasts.

The city of Bend is seeking applicants who want to serve on a community task force to tackle the thorny issues surrounding a surge in homes converted to lucrative vacation rentals, especially in some older neighborhoods close to the downtown core. Here’s the full text of a city announcement Thursday on the move, discussed with

Deschutes Brewery announced Thursday that its craft beers will be available in Washington D.C. and northern Virginia starting the week of October 27 th. The Bend-based brewery will partner with Premium Distributors of Virginia and Premium Distributors of Washington DC, both part of the Reyes Beverage Group. Stacy Denbow, expansion manager for the brewery, said,

The Cascade Cycling Classic was on the brink of death, after Bend Memorial Clinic decided not to renew its contract as the title sponsor for the race. However, the country’s longest-running professional stage race is back on, thanks to a local health insurance company. Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon is the new title sponsor for

Flu season is here, have you received your flu shot yet? It’s not too late! The last community flu shot clinic supporting Healthy Beginnings will be Friday, October 24 th , 12 noon – 6pm at Newport Ave. Market in Bend. Flu shots will be provided for adults and children over the age of 9

It was one of the most controversial cases in recent Deschutes County history. And now, a Bend man who went to prison for over six years in a deadly street race and was released in 2010 is back behind bars, arrested on charges that include drunk and reckless driving and giving false information to a

Central Oregon is home to three new additions– identical triplets! Their older brothers, 6-year-old Ashton and 4-year-old Austin, are just boys being boys at the family’s Redmond home. But now, their brotherly duties have tripled. “Surprise, surprise! In more ways than three,” their dad, Brian Marcum, said Wednesday. Mason, Hunter and Jaxson, born July 29th,

A Redmond log truck driver was killed early Wednesday when his rig left a spur road and crashed into a ravine on the Ochoco National Forest east of Prineville, dumping its load of logs onto the truck, Crook County sheriff’s deputies said. Deputies and Crook County Fire and Rescue medics were dispatched around 3:30 a.m.

Midstate Electric Cooperative suffered an overnight outage of its entire 18,400-member system early Wednesday when its 230-kilovolt Bonneville Power Administration transmission line failed, officials said. Some lost power for up to six hours due to related issues. The outage began around 2:15 a.m. and the lines were restored within two hours, though some still were

A truck driver was cited Tuesday after an investigation into a minor-injury rollover truck crash on Highway 126 west of Prineville that tied up traffic for hours, Oregon State Police said. According to Sergeant Keith Taylor, shortly before 2 p.m., a Kenworth truck pulling a semi-trailer loaded with mint root stems driven by J. Monroe

The rain was a sweet sound on the slopes of Mt. Bachelor Tuesday — but the snowfall that arrived by early Wednesday, the first measurable snow on the mountain, was even more welcome. “Summer has hung on a really long time, which has been great for some,” said Drew Jackson, the ski-snowboard resort’s marketing and

They say cats have nine lives, but Diablo the black lab may have used up one of his Tuesday when fire struck his family’s La Pine mobile home, leaving the dog choking on smoke and hiding under a bed. But fortunately, a neighbor with a garden hose helped knock down the flames – and firefighters

Mid Oregon Credit Union was honored at the recent Northwest Credit Union Association annual convention for their impactful outreach efforts with “Pay it Forward.” Mid Oregon Credit Union received the First Place Dora Maxwell Award, a regional award that will move to the Credit Union National Association (CUNA) Awards competition, where it will be judged

Forty years after the Equal Rights Amendment was introduced at the federal level, the Oregon Constitution still does not specifically protect women from discrimination. Now, the ERA is on Oregon’s November ballot as Measure 89. “Forty years after my high school graduation, it was shocking to me that there was not written representation in our

A driver on Paulina Lake Road Tuesday morning found a 29-year-old La Pine man who apparently walked of a mile after his car left the road on a curve and crashed upside-down. He later died of his injuries Tuesday at a Bend hospital, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said. Around 7:22 a.m., a Hoodoo campgrounds worker

Deschutes County is warning that some residents report receiving emails which include a claim that the recipient is to appear in court. The emails include an attachment, purported to be a court notice. These emails are a scam, they said, so please disregard and delete the email — and do not open the attachment. Experts

The Bend-La Pine Schools Board of Directors selected Stuart Young to represent Zone 4 in south Deschutes County during a meeting Tuesday evening. Young has a long background in education, having served as a superintendent in Creswell as well as at schools in Thailand, Japan and Bangladesh. “We are looking forward to having Stuart join