Month: October 2015

Each year, Redmond Fire and Rescue opens its doors to provide a safe place for families to enjoy Halloween. When Halloween falls on a weekend, the Redmond Fire Department changes the hours of the event to take advantage of the daylight hours and warmer temperatures. When: Saturday, October 31, 2015 Time: 11:00 a.m. – 4:00

Three hours of police surveillance of suspicious activity in the area of two Bend businesses early Monday led to a pair of traffic stops and the arrest of two men on charges they stole a pickup in a parking lot and tires and radiators from a nearby auto repair shop’s fenced yard. Around midnight, an

Marshall High School students and a staff member witnessed two people walking by the school, one with a rifle Monday afternoon, prompting a 20-minute lockout at the northeast Bend school while police searched the area and investigated, authorities said. Police responded around 1:45 p.m. to the school at 1291 Northeast Fifth Street on a report

A 79-year-old Terrebonne woman escaped serious injury Monday morning when her SUV hit a deer trying to cross Highway 20 west of Sisters and it crashed head-first through the windshield, Oregon State Police reported. OSP troopers and emergency personnel responded around 7:30 a.m. to the collision on Highway 20 about three miles west of Sisters,

Smith Rock is known for its mountain climbing community, but those who walk high on the slackline are being left hanging by vandals. Chad Slavin works as a butcher at Primal Cuts in Bend. He lives outdoors, and has no car, but literally pays to enjoy slacklining. Slacklining and highlinng are similar to tightrope walking.

At a surprise assembly Monday morning, Heather Anderson, a fourth-grade teacher from Bend’s Juniper Elementary School was named Oregon’s 2016 Teacher of the Year. Oregon Deputy Superintendent Salam Noor was joined by Bend-La Pine Superintendent Shay Mikalson in honoring Heather for her leadership, high expectations and commitment to Oregon’s students. She told the cheering audience

According to the Pew Research Center, about 60 percent of American’s have smartphones, and about 70 percent are using some kind of social media. “For my age group, it’s a lot about how we stay in touch with our family and friends,” said Heather Helmy, the mother of a Bend High student. Teens and tweens

Geologists said Friday they will be adding seismometers this weekend as they closely monitor a swarm of dozens of small earthquakes over the past 24 hours in the Ringo Butte area, south of Wickiup Reservoir and about 14 miles southwest of La Pine in northern Klamath County. “An earthquake swarm fired off” Thursday in the

The Oregon Liquor Control Commission has released temporary rules that will regulate the state’s recreational marijuana businesses for much of next year. The new temporary rules will be in effect starting Jan. 1 until June 28 of next year, when permanent rules are expected to be in place. “I think the rules were a great

The Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council and the High Desert Food & FarmAlliance are pleased to announce the recent award of nearly $200,000 in grant funding from the Oregon Department of Agriculture’s Specialty Crop Block Grant and USDA’s Local Food Promotion Program to support the local food system and farmers. These grant projects will improve the

Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., announced Monday his support for a major mental health reform bill moving through the House. The Helping Families in Mental Crisis Act (H.R. 2646) aims to reform the nation’s mental healthcare system to deliver better treatment to patients and families before they commit acts of violence against themselves or others. “Too

Due to the weekend’s rainfall, fire managers on the Ochoco National Forest said Monday they have canceled plans for prescribed burning near Spears Meadow and near Black Canyon Wilderness. They said they will resume burning hand piles along Forest Road 22 near Walton Lake instead. Firefighters were able to accomplish about 600 acres of prescribed

Deschutes County commissioners will receive public input Wednesday on a proposed exception to state land use requirements that would allow, but not require, sewer systems in rural areas outside of La Pine. The proposed exception to Goal 11 of state land-use laws is intended to protect groundwater in southern Deschutes County, officials said Monday. The

The Central Oregon Ducks, the University of Oregon Alumni Chapter for Central Oregon, has appointed a new board and will again be active in the Central Oregon area. The chapter’s goals are to connect with alumni, outreach to local high school students, create networking opportunities and to build a scholarship fund for local students attending

A Chiloquin woman was killed and a toddler and 17-year-old Bend girl were seriously injured Sunday afternoon in a two-car collision on state Highway 62 south of Crater Lake, Oregon State Police said. Around 4:12 p.m., troopers and and emergency personnel responded to the reported collision at the Highway 62 junction with Highway 422 in

Nearly a year after heavy snow and rain collapsed the roof over much of Woodgrain Millwork’s Prineville factory, the Idaho company announced Friday it will close the mill’s remaining operations and lay off the 55 workers still employed there, starting three days after Christmas. The Dislocated Workers Unit of the state’s Office of Community College

A Salem man escaped injury but was cited for careless driving after a crash Sunday afternoon on state Highway 22 west of Santiam Junction, Oregon State Police reported. Troopers responded around 3:15 p.m. to the single-vehicle crash near milepost 75, five miles west of the junction said OSP Lt. Bill Fugate. OSP said Blake White,

Two visitors who began hiking up Broken Top late Friday afternoon became lost after darkness fell and called for help Friday night, prompting a successful overnight rescue operation, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said. Sheriff’s dispatchers received a call around 9:40 p.m. from Nikki Nguyen, 20, of Happy Valley, Oregon,, saying she and her friend, Hoang

Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum filed a lawsuit Thursday against General Nutrition Corporation, GNC, accusing it of selling nutritional and dietary supplements containing the illegal ingredients picamilon and BMPEA. The lawsuit alleges that the company violated the Oregon Unlawful Trade Practices Act by misrepresenting certain products as lawful dietary supplements when they are actually unapproved

Oregon’s K-9 handlers, specifically canine cadaver dog trainers, are working to change the state’s anatomical gift law. They say there are holes that need mending so they can do their work. Their business involves working with law enforcement, potentially saving lost lives and bringing the deceased home. “You need to practice weekly,” said Lori Blackburn,