Month: March 2015

Construction crews are breaking ground on the Old Mill area’s newest addition. A 35,000-square-foot grocery chain called Market of Choice will be constructed on a parcel of land between Colorado and Arizona avenues south of downtown Bend. Developers also will put in two small commercial buildings for retail, restaurants and offices. The site, between downtown

A 2004 Mountain View High School graduate and Bend native is serving with the U.S. Navy’s Strike Fighter Squadron Fourteen, also known as the “Tophatters” at Naval Air Station Lemoore in Central California. Petty Officer 2nd Class Shane Funchess is an aviation electrician’s mate with the squadron, which the Navy designates as VFA-14, and works

The Mt. Bachelor Sports Education Foundation is proud to announce that Emily Hyde, who cross-country ski races for MBSEF, won the U20 National Championship Skate Sprint Race on Monday at the 2015 XC Junior Nationals at the Auburn Ski Club Training Center in Northern California. Emily has trained with MBSEF since 2005 starting in the

The City of Redmond Transportation Division will be closing SW Glacier near 28 th Street on Thursday, March 12, from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. The closure is required to accommodate repairs to the canal crossing and street at that location. Barricades, detour routes and flaggers will be in place to maintain and control traffic.

Saving Grace will hold its semi-annual volunteer training over the course of three weeks starting Saturday, April 11, through Thursday, April 30. The 40-hour training, which will be held over a series of Tuesday and Thursday evenings and three Saturdays, will prepare volunteers to work directly with the individuals Saving Grace serves. The training fee

Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., delivered the following statement Tuesday at a Finance Committee hearing on tax reform, urging efforts to simplify the nation’s labyrinth of tax regulatons: If we opened up the hearing room curtains and looked outside, we’d see that the gloom of winter has finally lifted. But instead of

Pet Evacuation Team, a local 501(C)(3) nonprofit, is assisting Klamath Large Animal Division (Klamath Falls Humane Society), which is at full capacity, and the Lake Co. Sheriff’s Dept. with 7 thin, neglected horses that are being seized. The horses will go into foster care at some of the P.E.T. volunteers’ properties, but will need extra

The Center’s orthopedic physicians will begin seeing patients at a new clinic located inside the Bend Memorial Clinic Old Mill District Clinic beginning Wednesday, April 15. The Center and BMC are expanding their existing partnership that has BMC Urgent Care offering NOWcare walk-in orthopedic care on evenings and weekends. The Center’s new orthopedic clinic at

Given favorable weather conditions, Deschutes National Forest fuel specialists on the Sisters Ranger District plan to conduct a prescribed burn west of Sisters starting as early as Tuesday. The prescribed fire area is three miles west of Sisters and mile north of the Cold Springs Campground. The 160-acre “SAFR” unit is also about two miles

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore. announced Monday night the release of Portlander Carrie Russell from a Japanese detention center. “I’m thrilled that common sense has won the day and that Carrie is being released to her family,” Wyden said. “I want to thank Ambassador (Caroline) Kennedy and her staff for working closely with our office and

Aside from a few small patches of snow slowly melting in the sun and some pieces of ice on the lake, it looks a lot like summer at Elk Lake, southwest of Bend. “Normally (at this time of year), the lake would obviously be frozen over and we’d have about three feet of snow on

The City of Bend Arts, Beautification & Culture Commission is accepting nominations for the ABC Awards. This award honors individuals, organizations and businesses that have made significant contributions to the City’s arts, culture, natural environment or public spaces in the year 2014. Award winners are honored at a reception at City Hall held in May.

Each year, the Central and Eastern Oregon chapter of the American Red Cross honors local heroes for their bravery, their knowledge of life-saving skills like CPR and their willingness to help others. On March 18, nine heroes will be recognized in a variety of categories at the annual event. “We’ll gather to tell the stories

The Desert Orthopedics Great Nordeen Nordic Race, will take place this Saturday. Because of low snowpack, the course will start and finish at the Oval. It will utilize Dutchman’s flat, Century Drive and the Mt. Bachelor trails. The skiing at the mountain has been amazing and although the race can’t drop down lower like Nordeen

Oregon Growth Board and Cascade Angels Fund 2015, LLC (“Cascade Angels Fund 2015” or the “Fund”) have come to an agreement for a potential $100,000 investment. Cascade Angels Fund 2015 is the second year-round fund based in Central Oregon managed by Harrelson Group. The Fund is committed to helping build Oregon’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. Cascade Angels

After surging in December, Oregon’s export growth cooled somewhat in January but still posted strong gains over the same time last year, according to Beacon Economics ‘ analysis of foreign trade data newly released by the U.S. Commerce Department. Oregon exporters shipped $1.67 billion worth of goods in January, an 8.9% increase over January 2014

An abandoned fish hatchery site near Camp Sherman could find new life providing youth fishing opportunities under a plan being proposed by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. The agency will discuss its plans to create a small fishing pond on the 15-acre property it owns on Spring Creek at a public meeting on

The Redmond Police Department conducted enhanced DUII patrols immediately after the Super Bowl on February 1 and during the rest of February. Several dozen traffic stops were conducted by the additional patrols, no DUII arrests were made by the officers on the ODOT grant-funded overtime shifts. RPD patrol officers did make a total of 15

A free personal document shredding, food drive and prescription drug disposal event will take place at the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office main office at 63333 W. Highway 20, Bend, Oregon, on Saturday, March 14 th from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. There is no cost to the public for up to 4 medium boxes of

NeighborImpact needs your help to fill the Oregon Capitol with 20,000 socks this Wednesday . The campaign is an effort by the Oregon Housing Alliance to raise awareness for the 20,000 children and others that were homeless at one time or another over the past 12 months. Central Oregon’s portion of that effort is 1,360