Month: September 2012

Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., announced Tuesday that Malheur Lumber has agreed to remain open past its planned November closure, thanks…

Oregon State Police are investigating a Saturday night disturbance outside of a Crescent restaurant/bar that left a Sunriver man with a non-life…

The Pole Creek Fire burning south of Sisters grew to 4,300 acres Monday, as crews worked on the ground and by the air to try and stop it.…

A fire that reportedly began on the deck destroyed a southwest Bend home Monday afternoon, displacing a family of three, authorities said. The…

If the Bend Community Center closes on Friday as officials said it would, board members say there will be a lot of people going to bed hungry. Many…

Looking out toward the Three Sisters Sunday afternoon, from any direction, you couldn’t help but notice a huge smoke plume, visible for miles…

Fire officials plan to hold a public meeting Monday evening in Sisters to give the public an opportunity to ask questions about and get the latest…

Bend’s Family Kitchen, which serves free meals, is hearing from people who think they are closing — but they are not part of Bend’s…

Redmond police and Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies shut down the Run to the Cascades Motorcycle Rally at the county fairgrounds Saturday…

Two Bend men who decided to go for a run and climb up the Middle Sister Sunday morning almost became trapped by a fast-growing wildfire that broke…

Bend’s Community Center Board President Bruce Abernethy announced Saturday that “due to financial uncertainties and other difficulties…

A 25-year-old Redmond man was killed early Sunday morning when his car left Highway 26 west of Madras and rolled several times, throwing him from the…

A total of 343 firefighters died during the attacks on 9/11. On Saturday, the owner of Big Al’s Firehouse Grill wanted to honor them, as well…

It’s the place everyone in Central Oregon relies on in case of a major emergency, St. Charles Medical Center-Bend. For 2 1/2 months, the nurses…

Little is known about ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s Disease, but volunteers and supporters want to change that with walks around the nation, to raise…

A special side-scan sonar system resumed its search at Lake Billy Chinook Saturday afternoon but did not find the body of a Madras farmer who…

Business owners are asking the city of Bend to reevaluate the rules governing the use of sandwich boards on private sidewalks, after businesses in…

Two of four Bend teen-age boys in a speeding car were injured, one seriously, when the car side-swiped a parked car and struck a home’s porch…

A total of 44 cows died late Thursday night after most were struck by five commercial trucks along Highway 97 about 14 miles north of Madras, Oregon…

There are two basic ways for a local government to view voter rejection of a money request – they don’t want the proposal, or they…