Month: January 2015

The national average for regular unleaded has fallen for a record 103 days while Oregon’s average has declined for 42 days in a row, AAA Oregon/Idaho reported Tuesday. “For the week, the national average dips another eight cents to $2.19 a gallon. Oregon’s average skids a dime to $2.45 a gallon. Both averages are at

New Oregon radon data out Tuesday show many regions of the state at moderate risk of high radon levels, with several pockets of high-risk areas around the Willamette Valley and in eastern and southern Oregon. The Bend area is found to have low to moderate risk. But people can take steps to reduce their exposure

With all the buzz about Central Oregon’s craft brew scene, it’s only natural that Bend’s High Desert Museum would create an exhibit on the subject, and it opens next week. Brewing Culture: The Craft of Beer opens with an exhibit preview party on January 16 at 6:30 p.m. and will be on display through Memorial

U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell issued a Secretarial Order Tuesday calling for a comprehensive science-based strategy to address the more frequent and intense wildfires that are damaging vital sagebrush landscapes and productive rangelands, particularly in the Great Basin region of Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Oregon and California. Here’s the rest of the Interior Department’s news release.

A voluntary recall of caramel and candy apples that could have Listeria has been expanded to include ones distributed by Kroger in several states, including Oregon, the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday. Here’s the news release issued by the Missouri-based manufacturer, Happy Apples. Out of an abundance of caution and concern for consumer safety,

The Hospital De La Familia Foundation is a charitable foundation based out of San Francisco. Every other year, it sends a Bend medical team to its hospital in Guatemala. The group is made up of 45 people, doctors, technicians and nurses who leave on Thursday. Medical care in Guatemala is much different than the U.S.

A Madras-area farmer was killed Sunday afternoon when several hay bales fell onto him as he was apparently moving them, Jefferson County Sheriff Jim Adkins said. Harvey Ludwig Stickler, 76, apparently was moving some 80- to 90-pound bales of alfalfa hay when a large number fell, pinning him against his tractor and most likely suffocating

A Bend man experiencing chest pains near Swampy Lakes Sno-Park west of Bend over the weekend prompted a call-up of Deschutes County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue snowmobile teams and an AirLink helicopter that flew him to the hospital, officials said. Shortly before 4 p.m. Saturday, county dispatchers got a call about a skier having a

Deschutes County District Attorney-Elect John Hummel took office Monday morning, settling into his new office and the new role that he’s spent most of his career on the opposite side of. “It absolutely is unusual for a defense attorney to jump to being a district attorney,” Hummel said Friday. Also unusual: the location Hummel chose

Jefferson County fire officials were looking Monday for the cause of a late-night fire north of Madras that destroyed a hay shed, several vehicles and a large amount of hay, with losses estimated at $450,000. The fire was reported around 11:45 p.m. Sunday at 8400 NE Quaale Road, about 12 miles northeast of Madras west

The fourth finalist for the position of president at Central Oregon Community College is Dr. Jerrilee Mosier, the chancellor of Ivy Tech Community College Northeast in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the school announced Monday. The COCC Board of Directors met in December and announced the names of three of the finalists; Mosier had asked for additional

The River’s Edge Golf Course is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever drove a vehicle onto and caused “substantial” damage to the greens and fairways Friday night or early Saturday, Bend police said Monday. Police were called in to investigate the criminal mischief case on Saturday at

Police responding to a reported dispute in northeast Bend early Sunday spotted an SUV whose driver sped away and crashed into the St. Francis of Assisi School playground, damaging some equipment, then backed into a patrol car before being taken into custody, officers said. Police responded shortly after 2 a.m. to the reported dispute between

For the second year in a row, High Desert Chamber Music has been awarded grants from the Autzen Foundation, in the amount of $2,500 and the Deschutes Cultural Coalition, in the amount of $1,000. The Autzen Foundation funds programs focusing on arts, culture, and social services, primarily in the State of Oregon. The Deschutes Cultural

The State Historic Preservation Office is offering grants for work on historic properties and for archaeology projects. The annual grants fund up to $20,000 in matching funds for preservation projects. The Preserving Oregon Grant can fund preservation of historic buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Work may include non-maintenance preservation like window

TCF (The Center Foundation) has released applications for its annual college scholarship program that recognizes the achievements of Central Oregon’s top high school juniors. The $1,500 college scholarships will be available to outstanding high school juniors who excel in academics, school extracurricular activities, leadership, and who are involved in community service. The scholarship program is

Cascade Angels Fund 2014, LLC has increased its financial position in the first and second place winners of the Bend Venture Conference launch stage competition. This week, the Fund announced an additional $42,000 investment in Poached Jobs and an additional $48,000 investment in Amplion Research, pushing the overall BVC investment to $1,063,300. “As a major

A Bend man who refused to pull over for police early Saturday led officers on a slow-speed chase through the northeast side of town, including the parking lot and landscaping at Bend High School and a nearby church, officers said. The driver, later identified as Colton Todd Staples, 32, eventually stopped, got out and was

On the first Sunday of every month, the Bend Senior Center hosts the Notables Swing Band for an afternoon dancing and entertainment, bringing the sounds and fun of the past alive — and not just for seniors, either. Gloria Doherti says she goes to the Senior Center every Thursday for dancing, but this was her

A 13-year-old Prineville boy was in stable condition at a Bend hospital Saturday night, one day after accidentally shooting himself in the leg at the family’s northeast Prineville home, police said. Around 1:45 p.m. Friday, the teen called 911 to report that he had suffered a self-inflicted, accidental gunshot wound at a home on Northeast