Month: March 2015

A Sisters couple and their three dogs narrowly escaped from their burning home Sunday afternoon when a pan being used to cook French fries ignited on the stove, fire officials said. Jeff and Gina Kendall told Sisters-Camp Sherman Rural Fire District crews the pan caught on fire – and then the kitchen cabinets did, too,

A new study confirms that snowfall in Antarctica will increase significantly as the planet warms, offsetting future sea level rise from other sources – but the effect will not be nearly as strong as many scientists previously anticipated because of other, physical processes. That means that many computer models may be underestimating the amount and

Average retail gasoline prices in Oregon have fallen 1.6 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.87 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 2.4 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.43/g, according

A Bend man wanted on a statewide felony arrest warrant for probation violation escaped a manhunt in Deschutes River Woods after an incident early Sunday evening he apparently was involved in, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said. Around 5 p.m., a deputy responded to the area of Baker Road and Brookswood Boulevard after a call on

Mt. Bachelor hasn’t been gaining a lot of snow lately — a familiar scene around the relatively warm and dry Northwest winter. But as some tantalizing late-season snow fell Sunday came word that the Central Oregon ski resort now has the third-highest mid-mountain snow measurement in the country. That could help, as spring officially arrives

The Deschutes County Health Services Department is in the early stages of establishing a new Bend center for teens and young adults at risk for homelessness and incarceration. Health Services Operations Manager Dave Inbody said Friday the county will create a space where young people can access mental and public health care and other services,

The Sisters School District announced Thursday the expansion of its Interdisciplinary Environmental Expedition program to serve middle school students, beginning this week. The only comprehensive middle and high school-based outdoor education program in the state of Oregon, IEE will now be available to 60 eighth-grade Sisters Middle School students, in addition to Sisters High School

“It’s certainly an unusual year,” Jean Nelson-Dean, public information officer with the Deschutes National Forest, said Friday. But she also said the lack of snow and warm temperatures still don’t indicate an early start to the area’s fire season. “We don’t necessarily anticipate a huge, earlier start to our fire season,” Nelson-Dean said. “What we

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., stood in front of the abandoned Blue Heron paper mill in Oregon City on Friday to highlight legislation he introduced Thursday to crack down on unfair trade practices, level the playing field for American manufacturing companies and help create middle-class jobs. “Just a few years ago, the factory behind me was

A Deschutes County judge agreed Thursday to the release of a Redmond man on bail, but under house arrest, six months after he crashed his SUV on Highway 97 north of Bend, killing his 7-year-old stepdaughter and injuring four other girls. Circuit Judge Stephen Forte set conditions for William Wayne Fix, including that he must

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An Oregon Department of Transportation Maintenance crew will be patching and filling potholes on U.S. Highway 97 between Vandervert Road and State Recreation Road just north of La Pine next week. Both northbound and southbound sides of the highway will be affected. The work will take place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. beginning Monday,

The seventh annual South County Girl’s Summit promises a day of free fun and exciting activities for young women in middle school through high school on Monday, March 25. The goal of the event is to empower young women in South County with activities that are positive in nature, healthy, and are easily available in

Bend is no stranger to “best of” lists of every kind around the country, and it just made another one, in the new issue of “Men’s Journal,” where it comes in at No. 4 among the “10 Best Places to Live Now.” Bend ranks just behind Portland on the list — not the one in

A La Pine resident was cited Wednesday after his two pit bulls escaped from a fenced area, got into a fenced pasture and attacked a horse, causing fatal injuries, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said. The horse’s owner fired a warning shot to halt the attack, but shot and killed one dog when it wouldn’t stop,

Nearly 850 attendees of the recent Central Oregon Community College Foundation’s Taste of the Town and Meal of the Year benefits set a 37-year fundraising record: $383,000 was raised for student scholarships at COCC. This year, 330 students received COCC Foundation scholarships. “This was such an inspiring expression of generosity and will forever change the

The annual Deschutes County Fair & Rodeo parade held in downtown Redmond will not take place this year, officials said Wednesday. Declining participation and attendance in recent years makes holding the parade a very difficult challenge, they said. This week, the Deschutes County Fair Association met to discuss all options for the fading event. Association

A group of parents and teenagers assembled in front of Prineville’s courthouse on Thursday to raise awareness for autism. They also rallied to support John Kriner from Prineville, who was recently arrested, two months after losing his temper at Crook County High. The incident occurred after Kriner’s autistic stepson called him, saying he was locked

It’s not your typical high school class. Bend-La Pine Schools’ Farm to Table program gives students a hands-on chance to learn about sustainable local eating. Mountain View High students raise hogs on the farm. They send them to be slaughtered, and the hogs make their way to Bend High. “I was not expecting it when

Crook County sheriff’s deputies said Thursday they are looking for whoever tied a horse to a tree along Highway 26 east of Prineville and shot it several times. An ODOT worker found the abandoned remains Thursday afternoon. A sheriff’s deputy responded around 2:42 p.m. Thursday to the highway near milepost 40, about 18 miles east