Month: December 2012

Fourteen new Oregon laws take effect starting New Year’s Day — everything from new funding for a forestry education center to new laws…

A 17-year-old Redmond resident who refused to leave a southwest Redmond home was arrested on charges he stabbed a 40-year-old Washington state man…

As the holiday season winds down, so does the season of giving. It is a problem for Bend shelters, officials said Monday, as January marks the…

Nine people were killed and at least 26 others injured Sunday morning when a charter bus slid off an icy stretch of Interstate 84 in northeast…

Wanderlust Tours will be celebrating 20 years in the tour guide business next year. And just three weeks ago, they opened up a store in the Fred…

Central Oregon is known for its many sports. So it was hard to choose the top sports stories of the past year. And while this isn’t a…

Two Bend men have been arrested in connection with the theft of four bikes worth more than $11,000 in two recent burglaries at the Eastside…

The last of six people facing charges in a Redmond ATM fraud and theft case was arrested Friday night at a southwest Redmond apartment, police said…

Bend police on Friday released a security-camera image of the masked man who robbed a downtown Bend Home Federal Bank branch late Thursday afternoon,…

There’s no doubt several Central Oregon organizations will be affected if there is no deal reached to avert the fiscal cliff, including CASA,…

Christmas may be over, but it does not feel that way in the Old Mill District in Bend . While kids are still on winter break, the Old Mill is…

Bend artist Bill Hoppe will exhibit Works on Paper in the governor’s office, in the Capitol Building in Salem, through February 21, 2013. Begun…

Oregon Labor and Industries Commissioner Brad Avakian and the state’s Bureau of Labor and Industries are stressing to all employers operating…

Moody’s Investors Service has upgraded St. Charles Health System’s bond rating to A2 with a stable outlook from A3 with a positive…

A Madras woman crossing a downtown street in an unmarked crosswalk was struck by a car and seriously injured Wednesday evening, police said Thursday.…

With much of the nation’s attention on the looming fiscal cliff, there’s another cliff on the horizon we all almost missed. It also will…

It’s no surprise Bend is the place to go to grab a good craft beer. In 2012, the Central Oregon beer scene exploded, from growlers at a gas…

The Center for Car Donations would like to remind the Central Oregon community that there is still time to donate a vehicle before the end of the…

Two Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office marine-patrol deputies and two Search and Rescue personnel were honored this month for rescuing five…

“Out with the old, in with the new” takes on a whole new meaning when the topic is electronic gear. A new national certification program…