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 is open to boys and girls in 1st through 8th grade and the deadline to register is Sunday, March 1st. The registration fee is $75 for in-district residents and $90 for

Lee and Connie Kearney of Vancouver, Wash., have committed a $500,000 lead gift toward an initiative to develop Oregon State University-Cascades’ new campus as one that exemplifies energy conservation and is positioned for a net zero future, the school announced Monday. “As OSU alumni and Central Oregon homeowners, Connie and I are very committed to

Mustangs To The Rescue is pleased to announce that the organization has adopted a one-mile section of Highway 126 between Redmond and Sisters, through Oregon Department of Transportation’s Adopt a Highway Program. The Adopt a Highway program provides citizens who are concerned about our environment an opportunity to clean up litter along state highways. Mustangs

OnPoint Community Credit Union has announced details of the 2015 OnPoint Prize for Excellence in Education. The sixth annual contest will award nearly $40,000 to deserving public and private K-12 teachers and their schools, including paying the mortgage of two winning teachers for one school year. The 2015 OnPoint Prize for Excellence in Education will

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 continue to be funded, but the foundation will temporarily stop accepting new applications for grants after March 15. The move is one of four steps MMT announced Monday as it

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 Road near Pilot Butte Middle School, police said. The car struck a retaining wall and overturned, but the teen escaped with minor injuries, officers said. Police responded shortly before 11 p.m. to

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 comment on the proposed school, which will be a K-8 public charter school focused on international education. The goals of the school include: Increased academic achievement Reducing the equity

The Cat Rescue, Adoption & Foster Team (CRAFT), Deschutes County’s only no-kill sanctuary, is in the process of rescuing two large groups of cats, 33 in total, in two different locations – one in Redmond, the other in Madras – that were abandoned and at risk of harm. Here’s the rest of CRAFT’s news release,

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 crew of adaptive skiers and/or riders taking part in the mountain experience facilitated by the Oregon Adaptive Sport’s instructors in the blue jackets and volunteers in orange bibs. On

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 deputy and sped off at over 80 mph. He then stopped in the middle of the road, got out and ran through a hay field but fell, deputies said. Around 9:45

A sanctuary for chimpanzees rescued from pet and entertainment situations was hit hard by Friday’s windstorm. For Chimps Inc., a nonprofit, unexpected weather can be damaging in more ways than one. “We definitely saw the power of Mother Nature,” Shayla Scott, a senior caregiver, said Saturday, “Natural events like this occur, were obviously unpredictable, (and

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 winds sweeping through Central Oregon Friday, knocking the power out to thousands of homes. “I was in bed, heard the wind blowing. Figured I was going to be called

Donald M. Kerr, founder of the High Desert Museum, the only institution in the nation dedicated to inspiring stewardship of the natural and cultural resources of this region, died on Wednesday, museum officials announced Saturday. He was 69 years old. Kerr, whose passion for the High Desert and raptors began as a child, opened the

The NewsChannel 21 Local Alert Weather Team expected high winds Friday, but their sheer force across the High Desert was still shocking. “This is the most powerful storm we’ve seen move through the region this winter,” said Chief Meteorologist Bob Shaw. It was a power-packed storm that snapped some trees in half. Others were not

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 Road in northwest Bend. The 100-foot-tall tree crashed through the roof and side of the house, penetrating the dining room and a bedroom. Fortunately, the renters were not home, and

Ralphie May is a standup comedian known for getting controversial laughs. He jokes about gender, race and more. His performance Tuesday night at the Tower Theatre in Bend was sold out. Some people, however, weren’t laughing. They were protesting. “He has a skit he does where he says, ‘Retards are so retarded they don’t even

Winds gusting above 50 mph knocked down trees across Central Oregon — and with them, power lines. In Tumalo, a tree crashed through a barn; fortunately,y the horses were not injured. Trees were on the ground as far as the eye could see, and so were live power lines. Pacific Power asked everyone to keep

Winds gusting close to hurricane strength (and well above at Mt. Bachelor) raked a large swath of Central Oregon early Friday, knocking down trees large and small and causing power outages affecting thousands of residents around the region. Wind gusts reached a peak — for now — of 55 mph around 3:30 a.m. at Bend

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 Agriculture research facility in Nebraska. He sought the probe in a letter to the USDA following a recent report in the New York Times alleging the dangerous and inhumane treatment of animals

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 solve the 2-month-old crime, also offering a Crime Stoppers reward for information that leads to an arrest. The suspect forced his way into Central Oregon Brakes for Less, 1315