Month: July 2015

In partnership with St. Charles Foundation, St. Charles Madras is continuing its longstanding tradition of providing scholarships to students who currently live in Jefferson County or who have graduated from a Jefferson County high school. The program offers scholarships worth up to $1,500 to undergraduate or continuing education students who are enrolled full time or

A new Leading Edge scholarship fund at Oregon State University – Cascades is available to students entering the campus’s first freshman class this fall. Leading Edge scholarships provide $1,000 each to qualified students to assist with tuition, books and other costs, and recognize the pioneering role of OSU-Cascades’ inaugural freshman class. The scholarship fund, which

New floating restrooms for Lake Billy Chinook are one of the projects approved by the Oregon State Marine Board recently. The board approved several grants for boating access facility improvements in the Eastern region of the state at their last quarterly Board meeting, held on June 23 , in Salem. The agency received 34 applications

The Deschutes National Forest will begin work Friday on expanding the parking area for Phil’s Trailhead, officials said Wednesday. During construction, recreationists will experience some changes in parking and access at different times. Construction is expected to be completed by this fall. Trailhead improvements will include expanding the gravel parking area to accommodate 76 vehicles,

Nearly seven months after a Deschutes County Jail inmate died from a meth overdose behind bars, more details are coming out about the state Department of Justice investigation, discipline to staff and plans to improve inmate safety. A spokeswoman with the DOJ Tuesday told NewsChannel 21 the investigation that began in March is still ongoing,

A Bend marketing firm announced Tuesday plans are in the works for a record-breaking stunt late this fall — a steam-powered rocket flight across the Crooked River Canyon, over Lake Billy Chinook, by a well-known, record-breaking daredevil. Here’s the full news release and some additional information: Intrepid Marketing of Bend is organizing a history-making stunt

Bend 2030 has released the results of a recent online community survey on transportation and said it will urge city councilors Wednesday night to work on a more comprehensive package of transportation solutions before sending any proposed gas tax to voters. The survey, taken by 1,687 Bend residents, was the companion to a statistically valid

Rental vacancies are tight, at just 1 percent here in Central Oregon. But for those looking to grow and-or smoke pot in their rental unit, that number appears closer to zero. “I wouldn’t even allow them to smoke cigarettes in it,” Stacey Staben, a Bend resident, said Tuesday. For most property owners, smoking is already

Police have arrested a second suspect in connection with an assault on a transient early Monday morning at a southwest Redmond intersection, police said. Redmond police, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies and Oregon State Police were dispatched around 4:20 a.m. Monday to the report of a male lying in the roadway at S. Highway 97 and

After 11 months of analysis and community engagement, a new program to manage short-term rental properties in Bend is now in effect, the city announced Tuesday. Owners of short-term rental properties must now submit operating licenseapplications for each short-term rental location, in order to comply with the new city ordinance. The deadline to apply for

Anna and Justin Scribner have long been enamored with all things vintage – clothes, swing dancing, cars and records. In the late 1990s, they spent four years refurbishing a 1958 Shasta Airflyte trailer and discovered their passion for retro RV restoration. In post-recession 2010, Justin, a contractor, was looking for work. That’s when the couple

Tom Elliott and Barbara Scott say their Bend home is unlike any other place in which they’ve lived. In fact, it’s like no other house on earth. Called Desert Rain House, it is poised to be declared the world’s greenest home. The ultimate sustainable abode is designed to generate as much energy as it consumes.

Rep. Greg Walden (R-Hood River) issued the following statement Tuesday after the Obama Administration announced it had reached a nuclear deal with Iran: “The regime in Iran exports terror around the globe, threatens the security of the United States and our ally Israel, and continues to relentlessly pursue the world’s worst weapons. It seems that

Bend Downtown: Art in the Atrium, Franklin Crossing, Watercolor Society of Oregon Aqueous Media Show, Cascade | Sotheby’s Vivian Olsen/ Barbara Slater of the High Desert Art League, City Walls at City Hall Sandy Brooke, Henry Sayre, Desperado Boutique watercolorist Sarah Hansen, Foot Zone, SageBrushers artists: David Kinker, Shandel Gamer, Nate Lund, Karen Bandy Design

The news that a whiskey bar was coming to town made me happy. That glee grew the second I walked into the small space with its wood, metal and brick dcor. I’d finally found a local watering hole that was as comfortable as it was grown-up. Then we actually ate there and I realized that

You know when you start dreaming of grocery sushi that you’ve waited too long. That’s your cue to head to Kanpai Sushi and Sake Bar. For the last 10 years, Kanpai has served up some of the best traditional (with a twist) sushi in town. But let me tell you, traditional at Kanpai doesn’t mean

When American frontiersman Kit Carson led expeditions along the Deschutes River in the early-19th century, he and his group probably ate some of the same fare that is offered in the newly revamped Sunriver Resort restaurant that now bears his name. But I’m pretty sure that it didn’t taste nearly as good as Chef Travis

Sporting a fresh slate grey and black paint scheme and tasteful interior makeover, the award-winning gourmet restaurant Jen’s Garden has completed its transformation to The Cottonwood Caf and is now open in downtown Sisters. After a brilliant ten-year run, Jen’s Garden officially closed at the end of February to be reborn as The Cottonwood Caf,

Oregon’s unemployment rate was 5.5 percent in June, a slight increase from May’s rate of 5.3 percent, the state Employment Department reported Tuesday. The increase was not a surprise, officials said, because one characteristic of Oregon’s labor market following the Great Recession has been small increases in the unemployment rate during the summer months. Unemployment

As summer starts to settle over Central Oregon, we are reminded of warm weather, the beautiful outdoors and all of the summer traditions we have come to know and love. With August around the corner, the Old Mill District will soon come alive with one of the most revered summer traditions Central Oregon has known: