August 14, 2012

LOCAL & STATE

• A river of floaters
• At the market
• Awaiting a new use
• Bend room-tax revenue is up
• Board sides with port electricians
• Coalition begins search for director
• Community calendar
• DMV offices to close Friday
• Facebook eyes 3rd data center in Prineville
• Firefighter treated for burns
• Josephine defendants balk court dates
• Legislation proposed to ease licensing laws for hair braiders
• Man arrested in abduction case
• News of record: Deeds
• News of record: Police log
• Officer wounded in shootout still listed as serious
• Redmond scales back plans for medical, professional district
• Tangled laws clog up region’s brewing efforts
• Teen drowns in irrigation canal
• Tourism bureaus’ relations seen to improve
• Trail work closing campsites, lots
• Twice-escaped chimp headed for Tumalo
• Woodburn priest accused of abuse

BUSINESS

• Awaiting a new use
• Bend room-tax revenue is up
• Businesses in U.K. didn’t get big boost from Olympics
• Facebook eyes 3rd data center in Prineville
• Google to lay off 4,000 at Motorola Mobility
• News of record: Deeds
• Oil, gas boom brings scarcity of workers in small towns
• Redmond scales back plans for medical, professional district
• Sears to spin off some stores
• Tourism bureaus’ relations seen to improve
• Vertical integration, Central Oregon-style
• Weaker growth expected for U.S.

SPORTS

• American League roundup
• Beavers with a High Desert background
• Community sports calendar
• Community sports scoreboard
• Comparisons only natural with McIlroy, Woods
• Crews race to finish WSU’s Martin Stadium
• Equestrian
• Football
• Hockey
• London done, so prepare for a circus in Rio
• Major League Baseball
• National League roundup
• Olympics
• On the air
• Peaceful explorations
• Pesky, beloved by Red Sox fans, dies at 92
• Ravens Ngata bulks up to bolster strength
• Roller hockey
• Running
• Scoreboard
• Still on the go for gold
• Tennis
• Vijarro tabbed to play in pro event

OBITS

• Brown introduced frank sex talk to women’s magazines
• Bruce P. Brunoe (Mickey)
• Death notices
• Deaths elsewhere
• Gary David Gerig
• Marc Sherman Wilcox "River man"
• Mary Ellen Buxton
• Matthew Francis Ruettgers

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Bruce P. Brunoe (Mickey)
• Death notices
• Gary David Gerig
• Marc Sherman Wilcox "River man"
• Mary Ellen Buxton
• Matthew Francis Ruettgers

NATION & WORLD

• At Mach 6, a roar into the future
• Australian premier backs refugee plan
• Brown introduced frank sex talk to women’s magazines
• Charting Ryan’s rise, from junior prom king to political star
• Egypt finds itself in one man’s hands — again
• In Egypt, a subdued Ramadan
• Lawsuit targets forest rules
• North Korea pursuing project with China
• 2 officials fired after Guinea protests
• Panel faults authorities in massacre
• Physicists find optimal sand castle recipe
• Rebels say they downed Syrian fighter plane
• Returning to the campaign trail, Obama finds a brand-new rival
• Superfund cleanup plans are stirring up troubled waters
• Today
• Trial looms for pope’s butler in theft case
• Tribes seek more jurisdictional power over non-Indians
• 3 Ugandan copters fail to reach Somalia
• U.S. casino mogul’s frontman investigated

FEATURES

• Close encounters of the romantic kind
• Enjoy your smoothie while being waistline friendly
• Feel-good things for summer
• Finding a solution for even the peskiest landscape problem
• Get your garage in better order
• It’s no beauty, but this buckle delivers on flavor
• Many sides of corn
• Nothing fussy about ferns
• Old hobby gains traction, fans
• Prized produce at the fair
• Use up garden zucchini with this moist bread

ENTERTAINMENT

• Bend photo walk highlights river
• Contact us with your ideas
• Free programs set for nonprofits
• Great Giveaway set for Saturday
• Local movie times
• NBC’s ‘The Voice’ gets a format twist

OPINION

• Listen to health care workers
• Tangled laws clog up region’s brewing efforts
• U.S. odds of hosting Summer Olympics are dwindling

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• DMV offices to close Friday