Month: April 2015

Saving Grace will hold its semi-annual volunteer training over the course of three weeks starting this Saturday, 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 is

Senator Jeff Merkley is holding three Town Halls across Central Oregon this week, gathering input from local residents as well as honoring a local non-profit doing recognizable work in the community, Heart of Oregon Corps. Both Heart of Oregon staff and the young people in Heart of Oregon job skills training and education programs will

The Deschutes Land Trust announced today the start of its 2015 Walk + Hike series. From April-November Land Trust volunteer naturalists lead more than 110 free walks, hikes, and bike rides at various Land Trust-protected lands. Participants can explore birds, wildflowers, or geology while hiking along Whychus Creek or in the forests of the Metolius

Central Oregon Partnerships for Youth (COPY), a program of the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, is offering a class to prepare volunteers to become mentors for children with an incarcerated parent. After initial training and comprehensive background checks, volunteers are matched with a child in Bend, Redmond, Sisters or La Pine that share similar interests and

The covered bridge on Bowery Lane, north of Bend, has been hit by a vehicle and is structurally compromised. The Deschutes County Road Department is assisting the neighborhood with closure of the road until such time that the private bridge can be evaluated and repaired. Secondary access to the neighborhood is available via Rogers Road

ODOT is accepting comments on proposed changes to the rules governing the transportation by rail of hazardous materials, with several public hearings scheduled around the state, including one May 6 in Bend, the agency said Monday. And anyone can review the materials online and submit comments. Responses are due May 12 , and the final

Bend 2030 and the American Institute of Architects presented a Housing Solutions Showcase in downtown Bend on Friday. Architects displayed ideas to show what more density and other solutions to our housing availability and affordability issues can look like. Seth Anderson, director of the AIA’s Southwestern Oregon chapter, created a multi-living structure for senior living.

A 31-year-old Bend man was arrested Saturday, one day after his ex-girlfriend went to police and said he’d raped and assaulted her and held her against her will in her home at various times during the past month, officers said. The 35-year-old alleged victim went to the Bend Police Department Friday to report being the

This summer, 20 teen Paralympians will head north to Toronto in August to represent the red, white and blue in the 2015 Parapan American Games. One of those teens lives right here on the High Desert. Casandra Shaffer has been working toward this moment for quite some time now. At just 15 years old, she’s

Oregon Democrats, who currently hold a majority of votes in the Legislature, have their finger on the trigger of Senate Bill 941, to expand background checks on gun purchases. As always, the topic is rife with controversy, and the measure has drawn strong opposition, as well as support. “I’m opposed to it — I’m totally

A former Deschutes County Jail inmate who last month received a $105,000 settlement for a 2011 altercation talked with NewsChannel 21 Thursday about what happened. So did a jail official, who defended use of “a reasonable amount of force.” It’s all on tape, but Bend resident Michael Cason and a jail administrator tell very different

5 Fusion and Sushi Bar is pleased to announce that a culinary scholarship is available for current and future students at Cascade Culinary Institute in the amount of $4,000 for the 2015-2016 school year. These funds were raised by 5 Fusion and Sushi Bar during a series of James Beard Foundation benefit dinners last summer.

A former Eugene police officer was sentence to seven years in prison by a Bend judge Thursday after pleading guilty to 21 charges involving child pornography and invasion of privacy, the latter for several disturbing incidents involving cameras hidden in bathrooms to record fellow officers and teens. Jeffrey Wade Argo, 41, was visibly upset during

The Mt. Bachelor Rotary Club of Bend has awarded $14,634.17 from its 7th annual Casino Night and Texas Hold ‘em Poker Tournament to the Family Kitchen. “We at Family Kitchen are so grateful for the support we receive all year from the Mt Bachelor Rotary Club,” said Donna Burklo, Family Kitchen’s development and marketing director.

The Oregon State Police is now hiring Recruit Troopers! A career as an Oregon State Police (OSP) Trooper is challenging and rewarding. OSP Troopers provide Premier Public Safety Services to the citizenry of Oregon and we hire the best people to do it. If you’ve ever thought about being a Trooper now is the time

Bend Fire & Rescue will be conducting a live fire training exercise on Monday, burning a structure donated to the department for training. The purpose of this exercise is to provide the most realistic training environment for our firefighters by using a structure scheduled to be demolished and burning it in carefully controlled phases during

Fire managers on the Ochoco National Forest plan to take advantage of expected snow over the weekend to ignite hand piles next week along Forest Service Road 22 leading to Walton Lake. The hand pile unit is roughly 100 acres, located about 25 miles east of Prineville along a five-mile stretch of road beginning at

State Rep. Knute Buehler, R-Bend, said Thursday he has launched a coalition for the Mirror Pond Project, working to build support for a recently developed vision for the waterway as he seeks to secure $5 million in state lottery bonds to help fund it. In the announcement, Buehler said several community organizations have already joined

Oregon’s export trade moderated in the latest numbers and the state posted one of the slowest year-over-year growth rates since November 2013, according to a Beacon Economics analysis of foreign trade data released Thursday by the U.S. Commerce Department. Oregon is still leading the nation, however, as overall U.S. exports continue to decline. The value