Month: July 2012

Between Bend and Sisters, there’s a road named Fryrear. And when Fryrear ends Holmes Road begins. There’s not much in the area: just farm…

A Canadian motorcyclist was flown to a Bend hospital with serious injuries Tuesday after his motorcycle struck a deer on Hwy. 26E northeast of…

Forecasters have called the drought affecting much of the nation the worst since 1956. Most of the parched areas are in the Midwest, but Oregonians…

Two Bend women accuse Thomas Bray of raping them, and Tuesday afternoon, his trial on nearly two dozen sexual assault charges began. Cameras were not…

Late in the evening of July 13th, the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a found horse in the Millican Valley area east…

Oregon’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 8.5 percent in June, essentially unchanged from 8.4 percent in May, despite job gains in…

While crews have contained a nearly 1,700-acre wildfire north of Madras, another that also began Sunday on private land farther north has now grown…

A state safety grant of almost $10,000 has been awarded for enforcement, education, and outreach in Bend to: • Raise awareness of safe pedestrian,…

The Riverhouse presented a $3,500 check Tuesday to The Every Kid Fund, raised from the 28th annual Riverhouse Invitational Golf Tournament held at…

Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber declared a state of emergency Tuesday in response to recent fires in Harney and Malheur counties. More than 750,000 acres…

Early this year, Sony Computer Entertainment America released their latest handheld game console, the Playstation Vita. Over 1.2 million units were…

The Crook County Fair will be held August 8-11th, in Prineville. The Premium Book is now available in hard copy. The premium book is also available…

Central Oregon Council On Aging announced Monday that the Teen Elder Computer Help (TECH) Program has been recognized by the National Association of…

ODOT is advising motorists to be watchful for cyclists across Central Oregon as the 33rd Annual Cascade Cycling Classic takes to regional highways…

Over 150 doctors, caregivers, volunteers, past and present Board members, business people, and other community members joined Hospice of Redmond on…

This political season, more Central Oregon candidates will be using social media to get their message out, and one political campaign has hired…

On Monday, after learning of a structure-fire that destroyed a home located in northwest Bend, deputies of the Deschutes County Sheriff’s…

Ron Reuter, an associate professor in the natural resources program at Oregon State University – Cascades was recently named OSU’s 2012…

The Bend Police Department is are proud to announce that Bend Police Officer Kecia Weaver is the recipient of the 2012 Ken Davis Unsung Hero Award.…

St. Charles Medical Center in Bend is safer than most hospitals in the country, according to a new study by Consumer Reports magazine. It scored 59…