Month: August 2012

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The Northwest Interagency Coordination Center’s Predictive Services unit is keeping a close eye on the rapid and troubling weather developments…

A small human-caused brushfire broke out in southeast Bend Tuesday afternoon in a grove of juniper trees that neighbors say is frequented as a…

Oregon State Treasurer Ted Wheeler (D-Portland) will join Deschutes County Commissioner Alan Unger and other elected officials and community leaders…

A 70-year-old Prineville man was arrested Tuesday on 11 rape, sodomy and sex abuse charges involving a single female victim, police said Tuesday. A…

With the start of the school fast approaching, Deschutes County Health Services is reminding parents to make sure their children have the…

Avoid time-consuming and costly mistakes by learning from someone who’s “been there, done that.” Continuing in September, SCORE…

The Cloverdale Rural Fire Protection District has placed into service two new Quick Response Vehicles / brush trucks for emergency response. These…

The Central Oregon Youth Conservation Crew awards picnic is set for August 16th from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Shevlin Park in Bend. This award…

Oregon’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 8.7 percent in July from 8.5 percent in June, the Oregon Employment Department reported…

Community volunteers are invited to join members of the Pacific Northwest Kiwanis District Convention in planting shrubs and grasses at Kiwanis Park…

The jackpot for Wednesday’s Powerball drawing has been increased to $320 million and ranks as the third highest Powerball jackpot of all time,…

Burnout operations again lit the night sky in southern Lake County on Monday from a week-old wildfire that has burned nearly 44,000 acres about 22…

A home in Jack Pine Village, eight miles south of La Pine, reportedly exploded and burst into flames Monday night, and the fire destroyed the house…

The search for a 52-year-old Portland man near Mt. Jefferson will resume Tuesday morning, five days after Ronald Ohm went missing. Marion County…

Oregon-based Consumer Cellular, the number one rated cell phone service provider in the U.S. and the exclusive wireless provider for AARP members,…

The Prineville Police Department recently obtained a microchip scanner that will be used to identify stray dogs or dogs that are otherwise reported…

Last week, it was reported that seven Republican Oregon House members went to a topless bar together. Republican House Leader Kevin Cameron stepped…

The caretaker of a chimpanzee that escaped an enclosure behind a Las Vegas home for a second time in four weeks says the animal will be moved this…

Oregon DMV Headquarters and all local DMV field offices will be closed Friday, Aug. 17. The closure is the fifth of 10 statewide mandatory unpaid…