Prineville News

A 55-year-old John Day man died Friday when he lost control of his sport utility vehicle on an icy road, crossed into the oncoming lane and hit a pickup.

The collapse of a Bend real estate development company has resulted in charges against 13 people in what prosecutors say is the largest Oregon fraud case to emerge from the national real estate boom and bust.

A federal grand in Eugene returned indictments Thursday against 13 individuals on a variety of mortgage and loan fraud charges arising out of the collapse of Desert Sun Development , a company previously headquartered in Bend.

"This little guy here, when he was a baby, he would truck off by himself away from his brothers and sisters, so my sisters started calling him trucker," owner Charlotte Oakley, 59, of Redmond, said of her black Labrador retriever.

The experiences of five former students at Mount Bachelor Academy formed the basis of the state's allegations of abuse and neglect at the private school for troubled teens, a recently released investigative report revealed.

The academy's better days ... Many students and parents attest to Mount Bachelor Academy's successes.

When Hunter Hassell of Bend was a fifth-grader at Lava Ridge Elementary, his teacher, Ryan Shaffer, taught the class about the importance of watersheds and clean water.

After receiving voter approval of its $41.58 bond measure to build five new facilities at locations through its district, Central Oregon Community College is taking the first steps to begin the construction processes.

Richard Breneman is arraigned in Crook County Court Monday for the murder of his roommate, 54 year old Voy 'Doug' Powell.

A Prineville education center will close by Dec. 9, costing between 69 and 72 workers their jobs.

Shawn Manning, shot 5 times, expected to survive A former Redmond-area resident is expected to survive after being shot five times Thursday in a mass shooting at a Texas Army base that killed 13 and injured 30.

A former Redmond resident was among those wounded in Thursday's shooting spree that killed 13 and wounded 30 at a Texas Army base.

What: Sherman Alexie at The Nature of Words Details: * Reading and signing with Alexie, Karen Karbo and Matthew Dickman - 7 p.m. Thursday at the Tower Theatre, 835 N.W. Wall St., Bend; tickets are $15, available at the Ticket Mill in the Old Mill District , or the Tower Theatre box office * Sherman Alexie Unplugged - 9 to 11 a.m. Friday at Pinckney ...

The state of Oregon has shut down a boarding school for troubled teens in Central Oregon after allegedly finding a pattern of child abuse and neglect of its students, forcing parents around the country to scramble to bring home their children.

The results are in, and Central Oregon Community College is about to change. A "We really thank everyone for all their effort, it's really been humbling to see how broad the support has been," says Jim Middleton, President of COCC.

Housing Works plans to begin construction in December on an $875,000, six-unit apartment complex in Redmond that will provide permanent housing for homeless adults with mental illness.

AWARDS Economic Development for Central Oregon announced the winners of the 2009 Awards of Excellence, designed to recognize traded-sector employers that have created new jobs, investment and partnership for the betterment of the region.

A Prineville resident was cited yesterday evening by Forest Service Law Enforcement Officers for the illegal falling of ponderosa pine trees from the Ochoco National Forest.

Like many teenagers, the youngster lurking in Linda Stephenson's yard and nursery earlier this week had a weakness for junk food.

Our Pigskin Payoff contest is free to play, and there are three local winners every week.