Month: September 2012

In order to better reflect the focus of the energy degree program and to meet the standards of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and…

Surgical Associates of the Cascades will become employed by St. Charles Medical Group on Jan. 1. The group includes Drs. Jack Hartley, John Land and…

The Deschutes County Family Preservation and Support Initiative recently honored Circuit Judge Michael Sullivan with the Raise Me Up Lifetime Service…

A 12-year-old child playing with matches sparked a northeast Prineville garage fire that caused $12,000 in damage Tuesday night, a Crook County Fire…

Economic Development for Central Oregon announce Wednesday the hiring of Russell Deboodt to head up economic development efforts for the…

Oregon’s Wildland Urban Interface Patrol program received an award this week recognizing the program for its work to reduce the incidence of…

Staying effective and healthy in difficult economic times continues to be a challenge for many nonprofits across Central Oregon. To support the…

According to Shane Munoz’s mother, Kathy Gilliam, the 33-year-old was shot in the stomach on June 24th. Munoz died where he was shot, in…

Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore, testified Wednesday before the Water and Power Subcommittee of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee in…

At its September meeting, Meyer Memorial Trust’s board of trustees made two grants totaling $125,500 to family services organizations in…

Barbecue ashes put in a plastic garbage can sparked a fire that heavily damaged one Eagle Crest home and spread to another after a propane tank…

You don’t even have to leave Bend before the effects of the Pole Creek Fire near Sisters are apparent. A sign on the north side of town warned…

NPG of Oregon Inc., a cluster of television stations that includes NBC, FOX, The CW, and Telemundo affiliates in Bend, Oregon, is accepting…

The Pole Creek fire continues to burn 5 miles southwest of Sisters. The blaze has now consumed 17,500 acres but by Tuesday night was 20 percent…

Wildfires can have devastating consequences on our forests, but what about the impacts on our economy? For the firefighting companies who were…

The Bend-Ft. Rock Ranger District of the Deschutes National Forest issued its final decision Tuesday on the development of a new sno-park at Kapka…

The first week of October will see hundreds of cultural events occurring throughout Oregon, including Bend, Sisters and Moro. A historic talk at the…

Parking in the Centennial Parking Garage in Downtown Bend will be limited next week due to maintenance work. The garage will be closed from the 2nd…

The Sisters Area Chamber of Commerce wants to assure people that Sisters is open for business despite the Pole Creek Fire currently burning southwest…

“We can’t afford to have a careless fire now,” says Tom Fields , fire prevention coordinator for the Oregon Department of Forestry.…