Plan Set to Move Forward Pending Funding, Scheduling Issues Drive down Reed Market Road during five o’clock traffic and there is no question that the major thoroughfare is in need of some major improvements.  What was in question at the Bend City Council meeting June 21 is how the city will pay for the much needed updates. City staff and consultants from Parametrix and Otak have been working for a year to come up with both ... [full story]

Governor Ted Kulongoski announced that the Oregon State Police will go online today with a new website which publishes information regarding dangerous sex offenders residing in Oregon. The site was established in accordance with HR 3486 in order to provide information such as name, address, physical descriptions, pictures and conditions of release regarding high risk offenders.    http://sexoffenders.oregon.gov/“This new website http://sexoffenders.oregon.gov/ will give Oregonians information about the most predatory sex offenders in their communities,” said Governor Kulongoski. ... [full story]

Long to celebrate the holidays of yesteryear?  Then grab the kids and head to downtown Bend for the Original Old-Fashioned July 4th Festival in Drake Park. From a pancake breakfast to heart runs to marching in a parade with your pet, there is patriotic fun to be had for everyone. Spark Your Heart Get the old heart pumping with an early morning 5K walk or run at 8:30 a.m. on July 4 at Troy Field.  ... [full story]

Another candidate has thrown his hat into the race for Bend City Council and if this candidate has his way, it won’t be politics as usual.    Mark CapellMark Capell, 46, a forth-generation Bend resident, is running for the seat being vacated by Councilor Dave Malkin, who has chosen not to run for re-election. In Capell’s bid to run for the seat of Councilor Dave Malkin, he will be running against Derek Stevens. Stevens previously announced ... [full story]

The Bend City Police Department has arrested a Bend man suspected of robbing “Blue”, a Westside Bend clothing store, at gunpoint on Tuesday evening, June 27. The suspect, David Sharp, age 20, was also arrested for the burglary of the Oregon Mountain Coffee Company which occurred June 22nd. An investigation is continuing related to the earlier robbery, where an undisclosed amount of property was taken from the store located at 1041 NE 9th Street in Bend. ... [full story]

Creating a hybrid electrical power generator may sound like a task for engineering scholars at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), but in reality it was a project assembled by a group of Summit High School student.   The Summit High School InvenTeam showcased their Hybrid Electrical Generating Unit (HEGU) during the Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams Odyssey at MIT. The HEGU is designed to provide clean electrical power to the next generation of "plug in" hybrid electric vehicles. Photo: Courtesy ... [full story]

“Yarrow” chosen to reflect natural and cultural history of the area Madras Land Development Company yesterday announced that a name has been selected for the new master-planned community it is developing in Madras, Oregon. The name “Yarrow,” which is a native flowering plant, was chosen to reflect the indigenous history of the area. Traditionally used among the Pacific Northwest Native Americans for medicinal purposes, Yarrow has long history as a powerful healing herb. “We wanted to choose ... [full story]

Who cleans up after the Fourth of July fireworks? In Bend, it’s Boy Scouts, doing another “good turn” for their community. Led by scouting’s honor and service society, Order of the Arrow, area Boy Scouts will meet at 9:00 a.m. July 5th, in the east parking lot of Pilot Butte State Park and ascend the Central Oregon landmark. They will then “clean” their way down the hill.  Scouts will receive safety instruction from fireworks experts, then ... [full story]

"The Radio Zone," a live two-hour radio show produced by Bend kids, will air from 2 to 4 p.m., Friday, June 30, on KPOV, Bend Community Radio, 106.7 FM. The Radio Zone is produced by Bend kids at KPOV's Summer Radio Camp. Kids aged 10 to 13 have been working on their own radio program at KPOV's downtown Bend studio all week, and promise a jam packed radio show they have named "The Radio Zone, featuring original radio skits, ... [full story]

An ongoing investigation by the Central Oregon Drug Enforcement Team (CODE) into the sales and distribution of methamphetamine in the Central Oregon area lead to the arrest of three Madras men on Tuesday evening , June 26.    Rufino Noyola-Gomez    Edmundo Garcilazo-Romeo    Emiliano Castillo CuevasEdmundo Garcilazo-Romeo, 28; Rufino Noyola-Gomez, 41; and Emiliano Castillo Cuevas, 46; all of Madras were arrested and jailed at the Jefferson County Jail. Deputies with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, along with the Deschutes ... [full story]

Early Wednesday morning two Oregon men sustained serious injuries to their legs after crashing into a steel pole in Redmond. The driver was cited for Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol, Reckless Driving, and Assault III. According to Officer Lee Gilbert of the Redmond Police Department, both men are believed to have been highly intoxicated at the time of the crash, and at least one open container of beer was discovered in the vehicle.  The ... [full story]

A 27 year old Terrebonne, Oregon man was seriously injured after he slipped on rocks at Cline Falls and fell approximately 25 feet, surfacing in the water below. At about 5 pm Sunday, June 25th, Nicholas James Cole and a friend were attempting to push a log down the Deschutes River and over the falls when the accident occurred. Approximately 20 volunteers of the Mountain Rescue and Swift Water Teams responded along with the Deschutes ... [full story]

Three people were killed Saturday afternoon during a two-vehicle crash on Highway 97 about one mile south of the junction with Highway 58, on a two-lane straight section of roadway. Anne M. McSweeney of Bend, a 44 year old woman who may have recently moved to Bend from Sammamish, Washington, was pronounced deceased at the scene. Preliminary investigation by Oregon State Police troopers indicates on June 24, 2006 at approximately 1:15 p.m., a 1998 Audi ... [full story]