Month: September 2012

Fall Food Drive season is around the corner, and FOX Central Oregon and NeighborImpact’s 21 Cares for Kids partner, News Channel 21 are hosting…

Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum announced Monday that claim forms are going out to more than 23,000 Oregonians who may be eligible for…

Mt. Washington Drive (from Century Drive to Chandler Avenue) is scheduled for asphalt overlay on Tuesday. Road closures will be required to complete…

The Deschutes County Children and Families Commission announced Monday the October release of the non-profit license plate, Keep Kids Safe, the…

St. Charles Bend has received the American College of Cardiology Foundation’s NCDR ACTION Registry–GWTG Platinum Performance Achievement…

A Burns teen is on house arrest, suspected of making threats against a fellow high school student, KGW in Portland reported Monday. The 17-year-old…

The 2012 Oregon Governor’s Volunteer Awards on Friday, Nov. 9, will honor 14 individuals and 12 organizations from throughout the state for…

Deputy Superintendent Rob Saxton announced the performance of Oregon’s 2012 graduates on the SAT college entrance exam Monday and found cause…

Seasonally adjusted unemployment rates saw little change for all three Central Oregon counties in August, the state Employment Department reported…

Bend Park & Recreation District is seeking adult volunteers to come make a splash with adaptive swimming programs for school age children with…

The Redmond community was shocked and saddened to learn Saturday that John Hartford, principal of Elton Gregory Middle School in Redmond, was killed…

Fire destroyed a detached garage in Deschutes River Woods Sunday afternoon and began spreading to the nearby home, but Bend firefighters prevented it…

Dogs of all shapes and sizes showed off their talents at Ponderosa Elementary School on Sunday. It was all part of the Bend Agility Action Dogs…

Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies, including a K-9 unit, and Bend police searched an area just north of town Sunday morning but were unable…

An Oregon Army National Guard Black Hawk helicopter flew into the Crooked River Canyon Saturday morning and plucked a Redmond hiker from a precarious…

As many of us are heading to bed, night crew fire fighters are heading to the fire lines of the Pole Creek Fire. Firefighting is already a difficult…

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality issued an Air Quality Alert for the High Desert on Friday, extending it until 5 p.m. Monday due to…

Two young hikers who became stranded more than 300 feet down the Crooked River Canyon were rescued in a complex, four-hour rope-rescue operation…

Air Force First Lt. Justin J. Wilkens, 26, of Bend died in a plane crash in Djibouti, Africa on Feb. 18, 2012. A funeral for Wilkens was held in Bend…

Strong, fit girls are cool girls! Bend Park and Recreation invites girls ages 10 to 15 years old to join the new Will Power for Girl Power program.…