Gilchrist State Forest expands

While state plans for Gilchrist State Forest call for it to be a timber producer, the more than 100 square miles could also be a new recreational playground. The unanswered question for the forestland east of Gilchrist and 45 miles south of Bend : What ...MORE

Mt. Bachelor opens

The mountain is officially open. Mt. Bachelor ski area officials announced Friday its Sunshine Accelerator lift would run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Weather permitting, Mt. Bachelor officials hope to have the majority of the lifts running by Wednesday, before the Thanksgiving holiday. “This ...MORE

Prep Football

Injured Summit player still contributes

At times this football season, Cam McCormick’s mind has been in two different places. On Friday nights, the Summit senior has been roaming the sidelines at Storm games. There is little doubt he wants to be out there with his team. And if not for ...MORE

Prep volleyball

Bulldogs receive all-state honors

Lynze Schonneker, who led Culver to the Class 2A volleyball state championship final earlier this month, was voted to the 2A all-state first team by coaches in the classification, highlighting a list of four Bulldogs who were selected to all-state teams. Culver’s Jenny Vega, Margie ...MORE

At least 19 dead as siege ends at hotel in Mali

DAKAR, Senegal — Heavily armed gunmen stormed a Radisson Blu Hotel early Friday in Bamako, the capital of the West African nation of Mali, seizing scores of hostages and leaving bodies strewed across the building. The gunmen barreled past the hotel’s light security, using fake ...MORE

Islamic State now recruiting in Russia

BEREKEI, Russia — A handsome, new, white brick house, still lacking windows, sits deserted in the middle of this quiet agricultural village in Dagestan, the homeowner having slipped away midconstruction with his wife and three small children to join the Islamic State. He was not ...MORE

Condos progressing near Old Mill District

Owner: 291 Bluff Investments LLC General Contractor: D.E. Rink Construction Inc. Architect: David E. Waldron and Associates Details: Work is progressing on nine luxury condominiums near the Old Mill District, and the architect on the project estimated the project will be completed by next June. ...MORE

Business People on the Move

• Yvonne Burgess has joined NAI Norris, Beggs & Simpson as a property manager at the Bend office. Burgess has more than 20 years of experience as an attorney. Prior to NAI NBS, Burgess was the principal of her own firm and provided the full spectrum of legal work for businesses. • Sandy Garner has been named a winner of Female Entrepreneur of the Year ...MORE

Editorial: Law enforcement needs tool for smartphone data

Encryption of data on smartphones can blind terrorism investigations. It can also blind the investigations of local law enforcement. Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel told us there was a recent case of a juvenile who overdosed on drugs. Three phones were seized in the ...MORE

Editorial: Complete the review of the Energy Department

Oregon’s Department of Energy in recent years has gotten the kind of publicity no public agency wants. Negative reports on its handling of the late, unlamented Business Energy Tax Credit program and cost overruns in a state energy loan program have made department officials seem ...MORE

Cascade Winds in concert Sunday

Cascade Winds Symphonic Band will hold its fall concert at 2 p.m. Sunday at Summit High School in Bend. Under the direction of Michael Gesme, the band will open the concert with “Appalachian Overture,” by contemporary composer James Barnes. The tunes “Virginia” by Jacob de ...MORE

Movie Times for Saturday, Nov. 21

What’s showing today on screens in Bend, Redmond, Sisters, Madras and Prineville. ...MORE

Vinyl boom reaches Bend

Eric Lubow picked out one of the record sleeves from among the pile resting on a small table. Its title was emblazoned in sky blue and black letters across the top of the colorful, heavyweight cardboard: “Time Out” by the Dave Brubeck Quartet. Lubow reached ...MORE

For Longchamp, entire fashion collection starts with handbags

LOS ANGELES — Long-champ, the traditional French luxury accessories and clothing brand famous for its nylon Le Pliage bags, touched down in Los Angeles recently to celebrate its decade-long relationship with the eccentric fashion designer Jeremy Scott. Over the years, Longchamp has let Scott use ...MORE

Bend hospital saw biggest drop in unpaid care

The amount of care St. Charles Bend provided but wasn’t paid for dropped more than any other hospital in Oregon between 2013 and 2014, according to state data. The roughly 63 percent decline was nearly double the state average. Overall, St. Charles Health System’s four ...MORE

Money

Some Central Oregon kids now getting in-home mental health care

It used to be — and, in some cases, still is — that any time a child was having a mental health crisis, he or she would be taken from his or her home, placed in residential or inpatient care and put through intensive counseling. ...MORE

Bend hiker aims for thru-hiking triple crown

Mary Moynihan has the math all worked out. She will need to average 21.8 miles per day, which comes out to about 12 hours per day. She will need to hike at a speed of 2½ to 3½ mph. And if her math is correct, ...MORE

commentary

Where wolves thrive and prosper

On a frosty morning when the road over the Cascades was blanketed in ice, I made my way to Salem to listen to the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission and testimony for and against the delisting of wolves. There are 81 wolves confirmed in 15 ...MORE