Month: May 2016

A Bend High School senior had a prom to remember Saturday night. Samantha Jackson,18, has an intellectual disability, but that is not stopping her from feeling like a warrior princess. “She mentioned she had never (gone) to been to a high school dance, so I told her, ‘Prom is just right around the corner,’” Jeannie

A Prineville man seriously injured when he crashed his motorcycle on the Powell Butte Highway east of Bend Saturday night was cited at the hospital on DUII and reckless driving charges, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said. Deputies and Bend Fire medics were dispatched around 5:30 p.m. to the reported crash on the Powell Butte Highway

On Saturday, American Red Cross volunteers canvassed neighborhoods in Bend and installed 160 free smoke alarms in 51 homes that needed them. Volunteers also provided fire safety and earthquake safety education to residents. Twenty volunteers, including leaders from Bend Fire and Rescue helped with installation and education efforts. Central Oregon Disaster Restoration presented the Red

The Crook County Sheriff’s Office is joining other law enforcement agencies across the state in a statewide safety belt and child car seat traffic enforcement “blitz’ from May 16-29. In addition to looking for proper safety belt use and child car seat use, deputies will also be on the alert for persons exceeding the speed

A 36-acre multi-use park in the works for Bend’s northeast side. Rockridge Park, on the corner of 18 th Street and Egypt Drive, will feature a disc golf course and youth bike trail. But another feature is stirring up mixed feelings in one segment of the community. It will also have a 10,000-square-foot skate park.

A tumultuous chapter ended in Sisters on Thursday, resulting in the resignation of city manager Andrew Gorayeb. “It was a surprise, I think, to everybody,” said Sisters resident Pat Reinhart. Several employee complaints were filed against Gorayeb that resulted in disciplinary action. “He had decided not to accept that discipline,” City Councilor Andrea Blum said

Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum and Secretary of State Jeanne Atkins announced Friday a settlement against a fraudulent company, “Oregon State Compliance,” that sent Oregon businesses a fake invoice. The phony invoice was made to look like it was from the State of Oregon. The invoice claimed it was for a labor law poster, but