Month: February 2015

Local youth are invited to participate in the Bend Park and Recreation District’s Youth Lacrosse League held March 30th to May 29th. The league…

Lee and Connie Kearney of Vancouver, Wash., have committed a $500,000 lead gift toward an initiative to develop Oregon State…

Mustangs To The Rescue is pleased to announce that the organization has adopted a one-mile section of Highway 126 between Redmond and Sisters,…

OnPoint Community Credit Union has announced details of the 2015 OnPoint Prize for Excellence in Education. The sixth annual contest will award…

Meyer Memorial Trust announced Monday it will take a hiatus from some of its grantmaking on March 15. Grants already in the pipeline still will…

A 16-year-old Bend youth was arrested on DUII and other charges Saturday night after speeding and crashing his mother’s car on Northeast Neff…

On Tuesday at 6 p.m., the Bend-La Pine School Board will hold a hearing to discuss the proposed Bend International School. The public may attend and…

The Cat Rescue, Adoption & Foster Team (CRAFT), Deschutes County’s only no-kill sanctuary, is in the process of rescuing two large groups…

Every weekend on Mt. Bachelor, a new visitor will often notice a parade of orange and blue. After taking a closer look, they realize it’s a…

A 38-year-old Prineville man was arrested on DUII and other charges Friday night after he refused to pull over for a Crook County sheriff’s…

A sanctuary for chimpanzees rescued from pet and entertainment situations was hit hard by Friday’s windstorm. For Chimps Inc., a nonprofit,…

It was more than 20 hours into Andy Burford’s shift with Central Electric. Twenty hours spent cleaning up the messes caused by more than 50 mph…

Donald M. Kerr, founder of the High Desert Museum, the only institution in the nation dedicated to inspiring stewardship of the natural and cultural…

The NewsChannel 21 Local Alert Weather Team expected high winds Friday, but their sheer force across the High Desert was still shocking. “This…

A massive windstorm ripping through the High Desert ripped a massive Douglas fir tree from its roots Friday morning, right into a home off Awbrey…

Ralphie May is a standup comedian known for getting controversial laughs. He jokes about gender, race and more. His performance Tuesday night at the…

Winds gusting above 50 mph knocked down trees across Central Oregon — and with them, power lines. In Tumalo, a tree crashed through a barn;…

Winds gusting close to hurricane strength (and well above at Mt. Bachelor) raked a large swath of Central Oregon early Friday, knocking down trees…

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., called Friday for an investigation into the possible mistreatment of animals over several decades at a U.S. Department of…

Bend police released security video images Friday from a break-in and burglary at a northeast Bend brake shop in hopes tips from the public can help…