Jokinen To Enter Guilty Plea To 2013 Death

BEND, OR — The man accused of the August 2013 murder of a Sisters-area woman is scheduled to plea guilty and be sentenced Wednesday afternoon.  Investigators said Joshua Leo Jokinen, 31, Pendleton, used a shovel to kill Carolyn Grace Burdick Last Year at her Cloverdale home.  An autopsy reveled Burdick, 78, died of blunt force trauma.  Jokinen was later arrested in Madras, after he called authorities to turn himself in.

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4th Annual Wildlife Baby Shower

Join Think Wild at Oregon Spirit Distillers in Bend on May 19 from 3-6 PM to help your local wildlife hospital raise funds & supplies to care for injured and orphaned native wildlife in need this baby

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Beaver Walk & Beaver Believers Screening

Beaver Natural History Walk & Restoration Site Tour, 4-5 pm Followed by a screening of The Beaver Believers and Q &A Hosted by Maureen Thompson, Beaver Works Program Manager and Kolleen Miller, Education Director for The Upper