Month: July 2011

For some, there’s nothing better than a sunny day and a round of golf with some friends. It’s even better when you can grab your clubs…

There is no finish line till we have a cure — that’s the battle cry of hundreds of Central Oregonians walking in the annual “Relay…

It finally feels like summer time on the High Desert, and it seems everyone agrees, as hundreds flock to float the Deschutes River in Bend. So far,…

It was a hot but quiet Saturday evening in the Ponderosa Cascade neighborhood southeast of Sisters, when all of a sudden — boom! ?We were…

The months-long dispute between Deschutes County District Attorney Patrick Flaherty and other county officials intensified this week as two lawyers…

Bend South Little League made some impressive local youth baseball history Saturday morning — and they did it in their own backyard. In…

Back in February, when the Bowman Museum in Prineville was getting ready for construction on their expansion, they stumbled upon two time capsules…

A drug deal near a southeast Bend Chinese restaurant Friday afternoon led to a traffic stop, the arrest of four Bend residents, a raid on a Deschutes…

Even well-equipped hikers can get lost — but that can make the search effort a lot easier, as Crook County Sheriff?s Search and Rescue crews…

A fire burning on the Hay Creek Ranch property — private, unprotected rangeland about 15 miles east of Madras — has blackened an…

The U.S. Postal Service announced this week its decision to close nearly 3,700 offices nationwide in a cost-saving move. Eight of the locations are…

A two-car crash on Highway 20 west of Bend Wednesday afternoon sent three women to the hospital, one of whom was ticketed for pulling out in front of…

A Bend man was hospitalized and cited for drunk driving early Wednesday after his car left Highway 20 near the foot of Pilot Butte and sheared off a…

She may be small, but she wants to help in a very big way. After following Patriot’s recovery, 9-year-old Kira Neilsen of Bend grabbed her…

Central Oregon’s economy is about to get a boost. Facebook officials announced the expansion of their already enormous Prineville Data Center…

A 23-year-old Warm Springs man appeared in a Portland federal courtroom Wednesday, accused of second-degree murder in the drive-by shooting of…

While Bend firefighters battled a wind-whipped blaze beside the Bend Parkway, Redmond fire crews tackled three illegal burns that spread fast in…

In May, Bend voters spoke loud and clear, passing a road bond. More than 60 percent of the $30 million are are slated to fix Reed Market Road. But…

President Obama, in his Monday evening speech, tried to convince Americans that his answer to the mounting deficit is better for the nation as a…

It’s one step closer to the Little League World Series, and the trip to Williamsport, Pa., runs right through Bend — bringing some big…