Month: August 2016

One year and counting! On Monday, August 21 , 2017, Oregon is on the center line for a total solar eclipse , and several cities around the state will experience maximum totality. How can you watch the eclipse ? One option: Join the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry at the Oregon State Fairgrounds in

The Deschutes National Forest announced Sunday it will reopen Forest Road 40 and Forest Road 45 (River Summit Road) on Monday at 8 a.m. due to continued progress on the Sheridan Fire southwest of Sunriver that as of Sunday was 80 percent contained. Besson Day Use Area will also reopen. Roadside hazards related to firefighting

Deschutes County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue volunteers came to the aid Saturday of a Bend woman who fell off a log and suffered an injury while hiking in the Tumalo Falls area. Deschutes County 911 dispatchers got a broken cell call around 11:15 a.m. from a hiker in the area in regards to Alida Turner,

A fire spotted Friday night on the southaeast flank of Pine Mountain grew to more than 250 acres overnight, despite cooler temperatures and firefighting efforts. It already prompted evacuation of an observatory and campground on the peak, about 30 miles southeast of Bend. The East Butte Lookout spotted the Pine Mountain Fire around 8:30 p.m.

Two possibly serious-injury crashes occurred about a half-hour apart in the Bend area Friday evening, bringing medics and police to both scenes and tying up commuter traffic. The first crash occurred just before 6 p.m. in the southbound lanes of Highway 97 near Ponderosa Street south of Bend and apparently involved three vehicles. Deschutes County

Arts Central, the umbrella non-profit organization for Art Station, VanGo and Artists in Schools programs, announced Friday it will close after nearly 40 years of providing arts education and advocacy services in Deschutes, Crook and Jefferson counties. All Arts Station programming will close effective Friday, officials said . The group’s board of directors made the

Four people were arrested or cited Thursday in a sting operation targeting prostitution at several Bend hotels, with police saying one 19-year-old woman had been a victim of sex trafficking since she was 13. Bend police, assisted by Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies, Redmond and Sunriver police and Oregon State Police, conducted the “proactive operation targeting

Thanks to a new Prineville Police Department smartphone app., its new Facebook page and an alert citizen, Redding California police have captured a fugitive wanted in Prineville for three years on sex abuse charges. Less than a week ago, Prineville PD released their new phone app and Facebook page, which included a “Most Wanted” section,

The Prineville Police Department is joining other Oregon Law Enforcement agencies in a statewide safety belt and child car seat traffic enforcement “blitz’ from August 22 nd through September 4 th . This enhanced enforcement is provided through overtime funding from the Oregon Department of Transportation and the USDOT’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. This

The City of Bend said Friday it “continues to make extensive progress in creating a more accessible and connected community,” and offered an update on recent and upcoming projects to fill in more gaps in sidewalk connectivity and curb ramps. Over the past three years, more than 1,000 curb ramps and several miles of sidewalk

The Lookout Mountain Ranger District of the Ochoco National Forest plans to begin stream restoration work along a one-mile section of McKay Creek starting in early September. The McKay Creek Large Wood and Floodplain Restoration Project will improve spawning habitat for steelhead and redband trout by reconnecting the channel to its historic floodplain and adding

Two women who reached the summit of South Sister called for help late Wednesday afternoon when they began feeling ill, prompting an all-night rescue effort by Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue. Around 4:30 p.m., SAR was dispatched to a report of two hikers who had reached the summit of South Sister, but were

The Shepherd’s House shelter in Bend said this week that need is outpacing the demand for clothing for homeless men in extra-large sizes, including blue jeans, shirts and underwear. “Donations seem to be slightly less this summer, but the demand continues, and so we are finding that we only have a few items in smaller

With fire season reaching its peak hot August days and extremely dry fuels, the Bend Fire Department, Deschutes County Rural Fire Protection District #2, Deschutes and Ochoco national forests, Prineville BLM and the Oregon Department of Forestry are sending a unified message: EVERY wildfire puts our firefighters, visitors, residents and properties in danger. There are

The Withers Fire north of Paisley grew to 3,422 acres on Thursday but is now 40 percent contained, the South Central Oregon Fire Management Partnership reported late in the day. A Level 2 evacuation for seven homes along Mill Street has been lifted; however, the Level 1 pre-evacuation alert for Paisley and the Level 3

The community is invited to tour a 27,000-square-foot cardboard mock-up of the new critical care unit planned for the St. Charles Bend campus on Tuesday and Wednesday, Aug. 30 and 31. The replica will be made entirely out of cardboard and is being constructed to provide St. Charles caregivers and the community the chance to

The Ochoco National Forest plans to temporarily close access to Whitetail Pit and a short spur road that accesses it during this fall and winter while crews treat a Medusahead rye infestation with herbicide. Whitetail is used as a material source for landscape rock by permit holders and it’s also occasionally used by recreational target

Edwin Lara, a former Central Oregon Community College campus safety officer, is accused of killing Kaylee Sawyer on campus in July. Some COCC students said Wednesday they are now uncomfortable asking a campus safety officer for help after the news that Sawyer, 23, was sexually assaulted and killed at the school last month, alleging by

Starting off the school year right means kids (and parents) need a nourishing breakfast. Oats and cereal are easy, nutritious foods that are always requested at NeighborImpact, and their cereal shelves are getting low. In order to stock the shelves and distribute these much needed products across Central Oregon, NeighborImpact is putting out a “Call

A Terrebonne woman injured in a fall off a log bridge on the Green Lakes Trail west of Bend called for help Tuesday evening, prompting a Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue effort that took much of the night to complete. Deschutes County 911 dispatchers received a call shortly before 7 p.m. from Suzanne