OCHOCO DISTRICT PRINEVILLE RESERVOIR WMA: The western length of the North Side access road was closed Nov. 15. The remainder of the road will close Dec. 1 when all access becomes non-motorized to protect wintering big game.   LATE ANTLERLESS ELK HUNTS: Late hunts opened on Nov. 18 in portions of the Maury and across the entire Ochoco unit and will continue through Nov. 26. Snow accumulations of a foot or more were present at ... [full story]

Opportunities in the region, particularly in the high country, will diminish with colder weather. Streams closed to trout fishing Oct. 31. ANTELOPE FLAT RESERVOIR: Opportunities for 12-14 inch rainbow trout are fair. Illegally introduced bullhead have had a negative impact on trout angling. CLEAR LAKE: No new reports.COLUMBIA RIVER FROM BONNEVILLE RESERVOIR TO JOHN DAY DAM: Bass fishing has been good in the main Columbia and backwaters. Anglers are reporting good catch rates of nice ... [full story]

Taylor Branch, historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author will present “Myths and Miracles from the King Years” at 6 p.m. on Friday, January 19, 2007, at Summit High School in Bend. Tickets go on sale December 1 at Barnes & Noble and The Bulletin, Redmond Chamber of Commerce and Paulina Springs Books in Sisters. General admission is $15.  Earlier this year Branch, Pulitzer-Prize-winning and bestselling author, concluded his exhaustive history of the civil rights movement and Martin ... [full story]

A drug raid in a northeast Bend home Tuesday afternoon turned up about 65 marijuana plants hidden behind false walls and monitored by a sophisticated video surveillance system, ultimately leading to the arrest of the resident.   About 65 marijuana plants were found in a hidden room protected by a sophisticated video surveillance system.  Inset:  Steven Michael Ebbensgarrd.  Photos provided by CODE, DCJ 36-year old Steven Michael Ebbensgarrd of 3238 NE Eddie Court was taken into custody and will face ... [full story]

A 21-year old Bend man was arrested Monday afternoon on drug and weapon charges when detectives witnessed him attempting to sell crystal methamphetamine in the parking lot of Cascade Village Shopping Center in north Bend, said authorities. According to a news release issued by the Central Oregon Drug Enforcement (CODE) team, members of the task force received creditable information during the month of November that Jose Esteban Espinosa Lopez was involved in drug sales.  While ... [full story]

Brian Whitcomb of Bend’s Lost Tracks Golf Club was elected the 35th president of The Professional Golfers’ Association of America Saturday by delegates at the Association’s 90th Annual Meeting in Kiawah Island, South Carolina.  Whitcomb previously served as Secretary of the Association from 2002-2004 and Vice President from 2004-2006. Whitcomb, 51, on November 18 succeeded Roger Warren of Kiawah Island, S.C., who will serve on The Professional Golfers’ Association (PGA) Board of Directors as Honorary ... [full story]