JERUSALEM -- An EU project will oversee joint training of senior Israeli and Palestinian police officers in Jerusalem in a bid to spur cooperation.The EU team known as EUCOPPS, formed to help Palestinians with policing and security will conduct the conference next month, Haaretz reported.The team leader, Colin Smith, said the main topic would be dealing with traffic violations and accidents, which could renew ties between the two sides, the report said.The EUCOPPS mission has ... [full story]

NEW YORK -- U.S. President George Bush praised Afghanistan's move from a country of "brutal tyranny" to one of hope Wednesday during a meeting with the Afghan president."I appreciate your full understanding that a government that responds to its people is a government that is -- provides hope and opportunities," Bush told Afghan President Hamid Karzai during their side meeting capping the opening of the U.N. General Assembly in New York. Noting the strides Afghanistan ... [full story]

Oregon State Police detectives, with the assistance of Polk County Sheriff's Office and Marion County Medical Examiner, are completing the death investigation of a man found deceased from a self-inflicted gunshot wound Tuesday afternoon at Holman Wayside State Park along Highway 22. On September 25, about 5:45 p.m. a bicyclist found the body of a 56-year old Keizer man in the parking lot of Holman Wayside State Park. Polk County Sheriff's Office and Oregon State ... [full story]

A Milwaukie, Oregon-area man was killed and his wife injured Monday night after their motorcycle collided with a Black Angus cow on Highway 7 about 35 miles southwest of Baker City. The cow was also killed in the crash, Oregon State Police (OSP) reported.   A man was killed and his wife injured when their motorcycle struck a cow in open range territory on Highway 7 about 35 miles southwest of Baker City, Oregon - OSP ... [full story]

A 21-year old man was arrested early Wednesday morning after he allegedly fired several shots outside a residence in north Bend and tried to break into the home after he was asked to leave and was locked outside, police said.   Seth Daniel Burts - DCJ photo According to a news release prepared by Bend Police Sgt. Greg Owens, officers responded to the 63300 block of Lava Crest Street about 1 a.m. when the residents, Martha Fuchs ... [full story]

BEND, Ore. – Russell E. Massine, M.D. FACP has recently joined Bend Memorial Clinic’s Nephrology Department.    Dr. Russell E. Massine, MD. FACP - submitted photo Dr. Massine comes to Bend Memorial Clinic from Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon where he recently finished a Fellowship in Nephrology. Before his Fellowship, Massine practiced Internal Medicine at Keesler Medical Center at Keesler Air Force Base in Mississippi. While living in Mississippi he was an Assistant Professor of ... [full story]

In August, the City of Bend Community Development Department began enforcing the placement of unauthorized signs within public street right of ways. The City has noticed that compliance with the sign code has increased over the past few weeks. Approximately 116 signs have been removed in September; the removals are due to garage sale signs and other signs not associated with properties for sale. In July, the City met with the Realtors Association to discuss ... [full story]

On Monday, a dozen quilters from the Crook County Quilt Guild will visit the St. Charles Regional Cancer Treatment Center to donate hours of their time neatly wrapped in hand-made quilts for cancer patients. This is the fifth year the quilters have created what they call “chemo quilts” for cancer patients in Central Oregon. The idea began, said Marilyn Malloy, president of the guild, when her daughter was undergoing cancer treatment several years ago. “My ... [full story]

BEND, Ore. – Columbia Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation announced Monday that it has filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. This action has resulted from a series of events dating back to 2006 that hampered the Company’s ability to deliver aircraft and disrupted cash flow. These events include an unanticipated and damaging delay in the certification program for the G1000 avionics suite, a freak hail storm that damaged 67 ... [full story]

City of Bend City Manager Andy Anderson has hired Ron Garzini as temporary Project Manager for Juniper Ridge. Garzini brings to the City of Bends twenty-five years of experience in public sector management. He has been a senior level official in five local governments, including the City of Bend, where he served as Interim City Manager from December, 2003 to September, 2004 and from October 1998 to October 2001.Garzini has also worked for Federal and ... [full story]