Month: November 2014

The successful recruitment of BasX Solutions to Redmond – a story that goes back two decades – was recognized by the Oregon Economic Development Association as the “Business Development Story of the Year” at an awards luncheon during OEDA’s Annual Conference in Eugene on Oct. 27. The award, according to OEDA, recognizes the efforts of

Average retail gasoline prices in Oregon have fallen 6.9 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.14 a gallon as of Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 1,307 gas outlets in Oregon. That compares with the national average that has fallen 3.9 cents per gallon in the la st week to $2.99/g, according

Bend Memorial Clinic and The Center have partnered to expand walk-in orthopedic care on weekends and holidays. Beginning Saturday, November 8, NOWcare will be available at BMC’s Eastside Urgent Care on weekends and holidays. NOWcare at The Center will close on weekends, but continue to operate weekdays from 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. “Partnering with NOWcare will

According to new research from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, more than one in five (21 percent) of fatal crashes involve driver fatigue. These results help confirm what safety experts have long suspected: drowsy driving is much more prevalent than official statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration currently indicate. As daylight saving

Expect flaggers and some minor congestion Monday around the intersection of NW Fifth Street and Portland Avenue on Bend’s Westside as a natural gas line project continues. A Cascade Natural Gas crew will be installing a two-inch steel gas main as part of Phase III of the Bend Pipeline Replacement Project. For more information as

A 45-year-old La Pine man was arrested and jailed for a time Saturday on felony hit-and-run charges, accused of striking and killing a 44-year-old La Pine woman on Highway 97 Friday evening, then running from the scene, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said. Investigators arrested Jerry Steven Hannu on a Class B felony charge of failure

Lots of kids play at being a real, rootin’ tootin’ shootin’ cowboy. Some just never outgrow it — and don’t really have to. Twice a month, the Horse Ridge Pistoleros meet up at the Central Oregon Shooting Sports Association, 24 miles east of Bend. Affiliated with the Single Action Shooting Society, the group competes against

MKW Auto Sales of La Pine is hosting its first annual coat drive for youngsters, called “Warm Coats for Warm Hearts.” Their goal is an estimated 300 coats as a donation to La Pine Elementary and High Schools, “for the sole purpose of bringing a little warmth into someone’s life this Holiday Season.” They are

A 22-year-old La Pine man was arrested on DUII, felony hit-and-run and other charges Friday evening after he sped away from a rear-end crash on Highway 97 with three younger siblings inside, all of whom jumped or got out of the car before it crashed, Oregon State Police said. Despite all of that, no injuries

Central Oregon drug agents on Friday revealed details of a major marijuana-grow raid a month ago on a northwest Redmond property that led to two arrests and the seizure of nearly 60 pot plants, many over 11 feet tall. Investigators said a personal-use medical marijuana grow site was being used as a cover for a