Month: April 2016

Central Oregon Council on Aging (COCOA) is pleased to announced the receipt of a Pacific Power Foundation grant of $3,000 in support of senior meals (specifically, congregate meals) in Crook, Deschutes and Jefferson counties. This is the second year in a row that COCOA has received this support from the Pacific Power Foundation. In fiscal

A 48-year-old Bend man remained in critical condition Monday at St. Charles Bend from injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash on Century Drive on April 16. Deschutes County 911 received a report at 7:42 p.m. Saturday, April 16 of a motorcycle crash just west of the Seventh Mountain Resort, said sheriff’s Sgt. Vance Lawrence. Sheriff’s

Did you know that if a fire starts in your home, you may have only two minutes to escape? Home fires are the single greatest disaster threat to individuals and families throughout the country. Through the Home Fire Campaign, the American Red Cross and local partners are helping to reduce the risk of home fire

The $1 million playground at Sam Johnson Park in Redmond was dedicated in October, but without the accessible merry-go-round that was part of the original design. That component will cost an additional $55,000. To stimulate funding for the merry go round, Kiwanis and the City of Redmond have launched a Go-Fund-Me drive at https://www.gofundme.com/Hope-Playground. The

It’s not a common duty, but once in a while, firefighters get to reunite a family, as one Portland crew did Sunday — a worried mama duck and her babies, stuck beneath a storm grate. Firefighters were called out to a report of ducklings trapped in a storm grate near SE 148th Street and Grant

A 27-year-old burglary suspect who a police dog found hiding in the attic of a northwest Redmond home early Saturday apparently got in through the home’s “doggy door,” officers said. Officers responded around 6:25 a.m. to 534 Northwest Eighth Street on a report of a burglary in progress, officers said. The woman who called said

An argument led to gunfire in northwest Bend early Saturday, ending with two men shot in the street. A woman who came upon the scene and tried to comfort the victims recounted the events Sunday. The shooting victims identified as Blake Blevins, 32, of Bend, and California resident Erik Menezes, 31. Darcie Wilson said she

A Bend man was taken to the hospital and arrested by citation on DUII charges after crashing along Cline Falls Road in the Tumalo area Friday night, landing partially in an irrigation canal, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said. Deputies, Oregon State Police and Bend Fire Department medics responded shortly before 9 p.m. to the reported

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Every year, people from all over the world are invited to “Take Back the Night” events, which empower the communities to take action against sexual and domestic violence. Only about a third of sexual-assault victims even report the crime; “the other 68 percent don’t report,” said Trish Meyer, assistant

A 78-year northwest Bend man killed his ill, 76-year-old wife he’d been caring for, and then himself at their home, police learned Thursday night. Police officers and detectives responded just after 8 p.m. to a home at 3145 Northwest Colonial Drive on Awbrey Butte, said Lt. Clint Burleigh. Neighbors had reported seeing newspapers piling up

The possibility of a devastating mega-earthquake in Pacific Northwest has been a topic of conversation lately, thanks in part to the riveting and informative article by Kathryn Shultz in The New Yorker called “The Really Big One.” The article was published in July of last year, and brought widespread attention to the importance of planning

Friday was Earth Day, and it’s all about giving back to Mother Nature. Bend residents of all ages went green and got busy on projects around town. Earth Day officially started in 1970 to encourage people to protect the environment and 46 years later the special day is still alive. Many Central Oregonians helped clean

Deschutes County commissioners will hold two public hearings May 2 on proposed land use regulations to establish the time, place and conditions under which both medical and recreational marijuana may be grown, processed and sold in unincorporated areas of the county. The public hearings are scheduled from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 p.m.

Skyrocketing rent and the lack of affordable housing has been a reoccurring complaint among Bend residents. City officials say there’s been a shortage of land available for housing and other development, but on Thursday, the Urban Growth Boundary Steering Committee adopted a new plan they hope will help address the need for affordable housing. If

A memorial service is planned Monday evening in Bend for NewsChannel 21 friend and colleague Russell Bird, who passed away two weeks ago. The public is invited to join Russell’s family, friends and co-workers at a remembrance ceremony at Journey Church, 70 Northwest Newport Avenue. Doors will open at 7 p.m. and the service begins

A 31-year-old transient who acted suspiciously at St. Charles Bend, pulled a knife and threatened to shoot security staff who pursued him to the hospital’s parking lot Thursday morning was found in the backyard of a northeast Bend home and taken into custody, police said. The man was found to have a knife, they said,

Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-ore., announced Friday that included in the Senate Commerce, Justice and Science Appropriations committee bill is an amendment offered by Merkley to prevent the federal government from interfering with the implementation of state laws on the cultivation of industrial hemp. A total of 27 states now allow farmers to

Mt. Bachelor and its parent company Powdr Corp. announced Thursday they have signed a contract with lift manufacturer Doppelmayr to install a new east side chairlift in time for the 2016-17 holiday season. NewsChannel 21’s A.J. Kato is at a meeting with reporters on today’s big announcement and will have more on Fox @ 4

Beginning Monday,crews from High Desert Aggregate and Paving, Inc. will resume work on Skyliners Road, the city of Bend said Friday. Construction, including completing paving, installing shoulder rock and placing permanent pavement markings, is expected to take a month. Crews will be working on the project during weekdays from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Flaggers

Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., said Thursday the Senate Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining heard from a broad array of conservation, sportsmen and fish and wildlife groups in support of their bill to protect some of the state’s most pristine and environmentally significant areas. The Wyden-Merkley Oregon Wildlands Act would designate