Month: August 2012

Crux Fermentation Project held a fund-raiser for the four-legged Bend Police members Sunday. The event was the Police K-9 Unit Barbecue, where all…

Mop-up work continued Sunday on a 2-day-old 120-acre wildfire that broke out Friday evening off China Hat Road about eight miles southeast of Bend.…

Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies will be taking part in the Oregon Safety Belt Overtime Campaign later this month. It is a statewide…

Authorities are looking for anyone with information about a brushfire that broke out early Sunday morning along China Hat Road on Bend’s south…

Redmond police issued 23 citations and six warnings during their third of four scheduled pedestrian safety operations, held Thursday at the…

A Bend man wanted for firing several shotgun blasts toward two pedestrians in northwest Bend early Friday flagged down a passing motorist near Benham…

More than 1,100 people came out to grab free clothes, and home goods at the 10th annual Central Oregon Great GiveAway Saturday. The event allowed…

Jason Conger held a grassroots event Saturday, starting at Jewell Elementary School in Bend. Many volunteers, and even other Republican candidates…

The Obama Administration announced Friday that “it won’t allow infrastructure funds to sit idle as a result of stalled earmark projects…

CJ, the Las Vegas chimp that made headlines after two recent escapes, arrived Friday at Chimps Inc., the Tumalo chimp sanctuary that will be her new…

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., met with OSU-Cascades officials and several energy industry employers Friday, a discussion that focused on the importance of…

The Waterfalls 2 Fire burning on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation was less active Wednesday, but the still-growing forest fire prompted some road,…

Fire danger in Central Oregon has prompted fire officials to restrict certain activities on lands managed by the Prineville District Bureau of Land…

Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber issued a rare statewide state of emergency Thursday evening to offer National Guard help to battle wildfires burning…

An audit released by the state of Oregon shows in 2011 the state overpaid $41 millions in jobless benefits. The audit released this week found that a…

The Bureau of Land Management Prineville District Office announced the public comment period on the Trout Creek Rock Climbing Area Access and Trail…

Sheriffs’ deputies in Jefferson County are looking for a Portland man they say led them on a chase early Thursday morning. Det. Starla Green…

An Oregon State Police SWAT unit peacefully talked a Central Oregon fugitive out of a rural Newberg home Wednesday afternoon, one day after he…

Training to become a Certified Ombudsman Volunteer will be held beginning September 11 in the Bend area. This is a State of Oregon volunteer program…

With the effect on gas prices of last week’s fire at the Chevron Oil refinery in California already being felt by Oregonians at the pump, Sen.…