Prineville bridge projects move forward By Rachael Scarborough King / The BulletinPublished: June 29. 2007 5:00AM PSTAfter more than a year of construction, work to replace the Crooked River Bridge at the entrance to downtown Prineville should wrap up in August, according to the Oregon Department of Transportation.The $3.1 million project is in its “very final stages,” ODOT Region 4 Bridge Inspector Michael Pulzone said. He added that...
Latest census shows whopping growth - in Bend and beyond By Rachael Scarborough King / The BulletinPublished: June 28. 2007 5:00AM PSTCentral Oregon cities continue to grow at a breakneck pace compared to the rest of the state — no matter who’s doing the counting.Population estimates made public today by the U.S. Census Bureau estimate Bend’s population at 71,892.But that’s low compared to estimates released in March by...
Trying to avoid credit pitfalls Area schools consider teaching personal finance class to teens By Rachael Scarborough King The BulletinPublished: June 27. 2007 5:00AM PSTRecent high school graduates across Central Oregon are still celebrating their newfound independence a few weeks after local graduation ceremonies. But along with their mortarboards, the teenagers may have tossed their financial security up in the air.Students as young as 16 are seeing multiple...
Crook to send dead animals to Washington By Rachael Scarborough King / The BulletinPublished: June 26. 2007 5:00AM PSTCrook County officials say they have come up with a solution for disposing of the 90,000 pounds of animal carcasses and byproducts being dropped off at the county landfill each month.The County Court has approved a plan to begin trucking the waste to a rendering plant in Tacoma, Wash., in...
Pressure builds for Prineville city manager to step down By Rachael Scarborough King / The BulletinPublished: June 24. 2007 5:00AM PSTPRINEVILLE — A petition calling for Prineville City Manager Robb Corbett to resign has garnered hundreds of signatures, and the document’s authors have formally presented it to the Prineville City Council.The petition stems from a controversy several months ago surrounding the elimination of former Public Works Director Jim...
Hoofin' it in for Prineville's big weekend By Rachael Scarborough King / The BulletinPublished: June 21. 2007 5:00AM PSTPRINEVILLE — Throngs of onlookers lined the streets of downtown Prineville on Wednesday afternoon hoping to catch a glimpse of the town’s cowboy past.At about 5:30 p.m., the drone of traffic on Third and Main streets briefly gave way to the rumble of cattle and whistles from their horse-mounted handlers.The...
Two magazines find a home in Prineville By Rachael Scarborough King / The BulletinPublished: June 18. 2007 5:00AM PSTThe city of Prineville has acquired another signifier of a growing population, as two new publications have set up shop in town.Prineville, a glossy magazine from Cascades East publishers, and Oregon en español, a Spanish-language monthly owned by a different group, are both in the works. Oregon en español, which...
Crook's sheriff hears citizens' concerns By Rachael Scarborough King / The BulletinPublished: June 15. 2007 5:00AM PSTPRINEVILLE — About 30 people turned out for a Crook County Sheriff’s Office town hall meeting Thursday night, but there was little discussion of Sheriff Rodd Clark’s ongoing legal woes.The meeting, which took place at the Juniper Canyon Fire Hall south of Prineville, was the fourth and final town hall this week....
Iraq vet brings the war home for Madras 7th-graders Spc. Crowley says he's proud of military's work By Rachael Scarborough King / The BulletinPublished: June 14. 2007 5:00AM PSTMADRAS — Standing in front of a seventh-grade social studies class at Jefferson County Middle School on Wednesday, Spc. Bryan Crowley, of the Oregon Army National Guard, held up a piece of shrapnel he brought back from Iraq.“I’ll let you...
Prineville again eyes sewer costs City looks at raising fees to support its infrastructure By Rachael Scarborough King / The BulletinPublished: June 12. 2007 5:00AM PSTPRINEVILLE — With the population of Prineville expanding at a rate that few city officials expected at the beginning of this decade, city leaders often say that one of their major goals is staying on top of infrastructure needs.Now, just a few years...