Month: September 2015

From Monday, November 2 nd through Saturday November 14 th (closed Sunday November 8 th ) local residents are encouraged to define their defensible space by taking advantage of the half price yard debris days. Residents can recycle their yard debris at Deschutes Recycling for HALF PRICE – only $2.00 per cubic yard. FireFree encourages

Steve Crowson is a veteran and avid Duck fan. He uses his electricity to blow up a giant Oregon Duck mascot in his lawn and for very little else. “In the summer, it’s not that bad. It’s like 50 bucks a month,” Crowson said. In the winter, it can get pricey So Crowson buys cords

Starting Thursday, anyone in Oregon over the age of 21 with a valid ID can buy recreational marijuana legally. The Legislature decided to let medical marijuana dispensaries sell to recreational marijuana users, in addition to Oregon Medical Marijuana Patient cardholders. “Huge day for us,” Sam Stapleton, the president and founder of Diamond Tree in Bend,

The Redmond Patriots hosted members of a state wide non-profit Monday night who discussed what they consider the dangers of marijuana, especially to young people, as the legal sale of recreational pot is set to begin Thursday. CLEAR Alliance leaders said they are not a political organization, so they say what they’re sharing is not

A Bend K Market cashier spoke out Monday about the confrontation Sunday night that she said triggered anger, not fear. “I was blown away this was legit happening,” Lauralyn Searcy said. “This is happening –, I’m getting robbed right now, and I can’t do anything.” Bend police said 32-year-old Brian Gifford of Klamath Falls used

With Oct. 5 being International World Teachers Day, and in recognition of the key role that educators play in our children’s lives, the personal finance website WalletHub conducted an in-depth analysis of 2015’s Best and Worst States for Teachers — and Oregon is fifth from the bottom. In order to help educators find the best

“Active is an understatement. Oregonians are erupting with imagination…” So starts the new brand anthem for the Oregon Cultural Trust and it’s true. Oregonians constantly revel in their culture, but for eight days in October, it’s a statewide event. Days of Culture 2015 will celebrate the diverse ways Oregonians experience culture with an Oct. 1-8

A bill sponsored by Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, that wouldextend the same federal hiring preference to fathers that is available to mothers of servicemembers killed or permanently and totally disabled in action has cleared the House and is on its way to President Obama’s desk. TheGold Star Fathers Act, which passed

Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., asked Senate leaders Monday to include emergency funding for wildfire suppression in any short-term funding agreement considered this week to keep the federal government running. They also asked for a permanent fix to the way that wildfires are funded so federal agencies can stop raiding fire prevention funds

A shirtless man who demanded a ride from a customer at a northeast Bend coffee stand drive-thru Saturday night soon jumped in the passenger seat, threatened to kill the driver and pressed on the gas pedal with his hand, prompting the driver to jump out of his pickup truck, police said. The carjacker soon crashed

Nearly 20 immigrants from over a dozen countries became new U.S. citizens on Saturday in Redmond. The event was part of the Redmond’s Festival of Cultures. The 17 immigrants, three of whom call Central Oregon home, represented 13 nations in all, officials said. Five people from Mexico become U.S. citizens, two from the Philippines and

An updated version of the Powerball game makes its debut next Sunday , with changes designed to continue delivering big jackpots while increasing other significant prizes in the game. The first drawing with the new features will be Wednesday , Oct. 7, Oregon Lottery officials said Monday Plays will still cost $2 each, and there

The Oregon Recreation Trails Advisory Council (ORTAC) invites trail proponents statewide to expand Oregon’s network of non-motorized, state designated trails by nominating their favorite trails. “ORTAC’s intent is to have a statewide system of trails that showcases Oregon’s exceptional trail experiences in both rural and urban areas,” said Nancy Ream Enabnit, the chair of ORTAC.

A fire broke out behind and spread to a small, 85-year-old northwest Bend home being remodeled as a vacation rental early Sunday, heavily damaging the unoccupied structure, officials said. The cause of the fire was under investigation. Bend firefighters were dispatched around 3:15 a.m. to the structure fire in the area of Northwest Lava Road

OnMonday, hundreds of volunteers from REI stores across the nation will help build a new trail on the Deschutes National Forest’s Bend-Ft. Rock Ranger District in cooperation with Forest Service employees and members of the Central Oregon Trail Alliance. The approximately 4-mile trail, named “Catch and Release,” will add to trail connectivity on the Deschutes

Deschutes County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue mountain rescue teams and two helicopters worked in wind and darkness Friday night to successfully reach and rescue a 45-year-old Salem climber injured in a fall on the North Sister. Deschutes County 911 received a cellphone call around 4:20 p.m. from Gordon Kenyon, who said he had been climbing

Deschutes County Sheriff Shane Nelson said Friday he has put a sheriff’s office supervisor on paid administrative leave pending the results of a multi-agency investigation “related to the accounting of funds from several law enforcement accounts.” In an interview with NewsChannel 21, Nelson said his office is taking this investigation very seriously. “To me, this

A Mountain View High School student says his freedom of speech was violated after school officials told him to wrap up his Mississippi flag because it had a Confederate flag symbol on it. Dacoda Crane and his friends fly the American, Confederate (battle) and Gadsden (Don’t Tread On Me) flags on the back of their

Two men were stopped in a stolen SUV and arrested Thursday night on Highway 31 near the Klamath/Deschutes County line, accused of kidnapping two 17-year-old Prineville girls from the Redmond Walmart parking lot and raping them, Oregon State Police said. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office was contacted around 4:30 p.m. Thursday at their Christmas Valley

Redmond police asked the public for help Friday evening in finding a missing, endangered 17-year-old girl who had not been heard from since earlier in the day. But she later returned home safely. Police took a report of Katelynn M. Cox, who last was seen at school in Redmond around 8:30 a.m. Sgt. Curtis Chambers