About 13% of people in Deschutes County are at risk of hunger and rely on food pantries to supplement their food purchases. To help them learn to cook and eat healthfully, Oregon State University Extension Service sponsors a volunteer program in nutrition education. Participants share their passion for healthy lifestyles and for helping others as
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Nicki Gregg, a Sisters School Board member for over two years, has stepped down to pursue her lifelong passion at the classroom level, prompting a process to fill the vacancy on an interim basis. Please see her resignation letter below. Superintendent Curt Scholl credits Nicki with many accomplishments and contributions during her tenure. “Nicki played
Continue ReadingThe North Unit Irrigation District canal trail will be closed between NE Purcell Boulevard and Deschutes Market Road beginning Friday, Oct. 18 until July 1, 2020, the city of Bend reported. The 10-month closure is needed to widen the Purcell Boulevard canal bridge and construct a new bridge for the Empire Boulevard extension. The new
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Oregon State University has been awarded $8.8 million to help lead a 3½-year effort to make the volumes of data arising from cancer research more accessible, organized and powerful. Scientists from OSU, Oregon Health & Science University, the University of Chicago, Johns Hopkins University and the University of North Carolina will team up to create
Continue ReadingConservative lawyer George Conway, the husband of White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, has donated to one of President Donald Trump’s Republican rivals: former Illinois Rep. Joe Walsh. Federal Election Commission filings show that Conway donated $5,600 on August 30 to Walsh’s longshot bid to grab the Republican nomination from Trump. Walsh raised about $129,000 between
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-GOOD WEDNESDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… Today will mark the beginning of a chilly, stormy pattern that will stay with us right through the coming weekend. Highs today will be in the low to mid 60’s and southerly winds at 5 -10 mph will get quite gusty in some areas. Rain showers could begin as early as
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Several agencies and irrigation districts are coming together to further a plan for the future of the Deschutes Basin. It’s something that has been in the works for years, and the over 800-page plan hopes to allow for a sustainable future when it comes to water. The Deschutes Basin Board of Control, along with the
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — As he stood amid the thick old-growth forests in the coastal range of Oregon, Dave Wiens was nervous. Before he trained to shoot his first barred owl, he had never fired a gun. He eyed the big female owl, her feathers streaked brown and white, perched on a branch at just
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Bend-La Pine Schools is inviting community members, families, students and staff members to share their voice about supporting student success by taking part in a funding survey. The survey is part of a broader months-long effort called Excellence & Equity Review, which includes listening sessions with more than 30 groups of parents and students. “The
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On Feb. 5, 2020, the Crook County Sheriff’s Office will begin its seventh session of the Citizen’s Academy. Members of the public are encouraged to apply for the 13-week academy and learn more about “your” Sheriff’s Office. Members will learn everything from the history of policing, criminal investigations, use of force, drug teams, and SWAT
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Sending and receiving information digitally is the norm in society today. In most cases, consumers and businesses are diligent about deleting personal information from devices such as phones and computers before disposing of them. But there’s one device that is too easy to forget about – printers, and their hard drives that store some of
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As the leaves turn, winter weather preparation begins. For some homeowners, this means trimming trees and taming overgrown gardens, for others it means cleaning the gutters or painting the house. Many outdoor projects like these can be hazardous if you don’t put safety first. “People often assume they know enough about electricity to keep themselves
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Culver High School’s head football coach, Shea Little, has led the Bulldogs to the best record of any high school football team on the High Desert this season. But his story goes beyond the gridiron. Little used to be a football player back in the day. He was an offensive tackle for Portland State and
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As we head toward winter, Deschutes National Forest rangers are still working to protect our forests from wildfires — at times, by setting them ablaze. A 78-acre prescribed fire as set Tuesday at Shevlin Park, and a public tour was held to let community members learn more about prescribed fires. In an effort to maintain
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(Update: Culver man arrested; police say he falsely claimed gunman trying to steal car) A Culver man who called police Tuesday afternoon to falsely claim a gunman was trying to steal a car from a downtown Redmond tire shop barricaded himself in the business’s office and was arrested after negotiators convinced him to surrender, police
Continue Reading Happy Tuesday evening, everyone! Cloudy skies tonight will help keep temperatures on the warmer side for overnight lows. Temps will bottom out in the upper 30s and lower 40s, which is about 10 degrees above normal for this time of year. Winds will be blustery at times gusting 5 to 10 miles per hour. Tomorrow
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VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — Authorities have found a 75-year-old woman who disappeared Saturday while picking mushrooms east of Vancouver, Washington. The Skamania County Sheriff’s Office says Jung VanAtta was located Tuesday. She was last seen Saturday morning on land about 15 miles northwest of Stevenson. The sheriff’s office says she was found by search and
Continue ReadingA man suspected of slashing three people to death — two in Florida and one in Tennessee — was arrested in Winter Park, Florida, after barricading himself in a house for six hours, shooting at sheriff’s deputies and fighting a K-9 officer that found him hiding under a pool table, authorities said Tuesday. The standoff
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A more than $1.5 billion tax surplus was confirmed by the Oregon Office of Economic Analysis this month, triggering a tax surplus credit, or “kicker,” for the 2018 tax year, state Department of Revenue officials said Tuesday. Instead of kicker checks, the surplus will be returned to taxpayers through a credit on their 2019 state
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Gov. Kate Brown’s Executive Order to enact a temporary ban on the sale of flavored tobacco and cannabis vaping products took effect Tuesday. All retailers must stop selling these products. The Oregon Health Authority urges anyone who uses vaping products to stop immediately. The Oregon Health Authority, Oregon Liquor Control Commission and local public health
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