Month: May 2012

If you thought the Pole Pedal Paddle was over, it wasn’t — hundreds of kids Sunday participated in the Kids Mini-Pole Pedal Paddle event.…

Ten Sisters High School students will be going to China this summer for two weeks — but to get there, they have to raise a lot of money. On…

A teen party in the woods west of Bend ? complete with a bonfire and, reportedly, alcohol ? went awry late Saturday night when it was broken up and…

U.S. Nordic Ski Team member Kris Freeman out-dueled defending champion Andrew Boone in a tough back-and-forth battle Saturday to capture the elite…

The 36th annual U.S. Bank Pole Pedal Paddle. While many just simplify the event’s name to PPP. There’s three other “P” words…

It takes hundreds of volunteers to put together the US Bank Pole Pedal Paddle every year. Without them, it just wouldn’t be possible. There are…

Due to budget cuts, Bend police said Friday that they no longer will respond to most crashes in private parking lots. A Bend man said he’s…

SkyWest Airlines, which operates United Express and Delta Connection flights out of Redmond Airport, said Thursday it was told this week that United…

Fifteen-year-old Summit freshman Madison Odiorne admits her first time competing for a state title wasn’t all smooth sailing. “From the…

Oregon is known for going green and efforts to create new ways of renewable energy. An experimental project on the side of the Newberry Volcano…

High school students from Cascade Academy of Central Oregon became teachers on Wednesday, when they helped a group of seniors learn about technology.…

It starts with just one person giving up his time. “I am known as the first volunteer of Habitat for Humanity International,? Clive Rainey said…

Results of a recent study out of Johns Hopkins University out Thursday found alarming numbers of “chronically absent” students in grades…

Gov. John Kitzhaber paid a visit to Bend Thursday, stopping by the Breedlove Guitars factory and NeighborImpact’s affordable housing complex,…

Startling new numbers released by the state of Oregon shows obesity among adults is on the rise — and a program for Bend-area children is…

Oregon Secretary of State Kate Brown has won the Democratic primary, easily Defeating Paul Damian Wells. With 56 percent of precincts tallied Tuesday…

The Bethlehem Inn announced Wednesday it was able to raise more than $80,000 last week during its annual “Spotlight on Homelessness”…

A rare intra-party challenge to an incumbent Central Oregon state lawmaker was very successful, Wednesday’s close-to-final primary election…

A Clackamas County sheriff’s spokesman says a 20-month-old girl found unresponsive in her family’s swimming pool in Damascus has died.…

Former Republican state lawmaker Tim Knopp easily defeated incumbent Sen. Chris Telfer in an expensive, closely watched primary contest. Final…