A La Pine woman was cited for driving under the influence of intoxicants after she lost control of her vehicle on Knott Road in southeast Bend Friday morning, triggering a four-vehicle crash that sent three people to the hospital and closed the highway for one hour and 20 minutes, deputies reported.   Tracy Larkin, 46, was northbound on Knott Road about one-quarter mile south of Rickard Road when she lost control of her 1989 Dodge Caravan at ... [full story]

During a press conference held at City Hall Friday afternoon, Bend City Attorney Jim Forbes announced the City has filed a complaint, case number 07CV0092SF, in the Circuit Court for Deschutes County against Transit Sales International (TSI), a California business corporation. Forbes said the case has been forwarded to the Deschutes County District Attorney’s office and the United States Attorney.   Bend alleges fraud, breach of warranty, consumer protection violations and illegal odometer tampering in its ... [full story]

Two teenage drivers, one who had a provisional driver's license for only one week, were cited for reckless driving after a speed race between the two resulted in a crash on Highway 20 east of Lebanon, troopers reported. Oregon State Police (OSP) from the Albany Area Command office responded to a report of a single-vehicle crash near milepost 17 on Highway 20 in Linn County about 3 p.m. Friday, February 9.  Troopers located a yellow ... [full story]

The Central Oregon Drug Enforcement (CODE) team captured two more suspected meth dealers Thursday night, the fourth and fifth such arrests on Thursday alone -– bringing the total thus far in 2007 to 26. CODE team member Jim Porter, a lieutenant with the Bend Police department, says that this year’s concentrated effort to crackdown on drug sales in Central Oregon has resulted in 14 drug raids; the arrest of 26 suspected dealers; and the seizure ... [full story]

Two men and a woman were arrested in northeast Bend Thursday evening, the latest in an ongoing concentrated effort by drug enforcement detectives to crack down on methamphetamine sales in Central Oregon. During the past month, detectives from the Central Oregon Drug Enforcement (CODE) team received credible information that Rhonda Mae Nicoll Galla, a 46-year old Bend woman residing at 9675 Cheyenne Road, was involved in meth sales in the Bend area, Lt. Jim Porter ... [full story]

Deschutes County deputies have arrested one man, and are asking the public’s assistance in locating a second suspect wanted in connection with an assault and the theft of several marijuana plants from a Deschutes River Woods residence southwest of Bend. On January 26, deputies were called to 19308 Kiowa Road in response to a reported robbery, assault, and burglary, Sgt. Mike Espinoza said.  Deputies learned Robert Anthony Digiacomo, 30, had been robbed, and “numerous” marijuana plants ... [full story]

Q: We love our country house, but are so naive about many things. (We think the working title for the book we should write would be "Survival of the City Slickest.") Our neighbors have been very helpful, but I'm bringing this decorating problem to you. It's about the huge windows in our great room. They go practically from floor to ceiling, cathedral ceiling. At first, we wanted them bare for the view of the lake, ... [full story]