Month: December 2012

Crook County sheriff’s deputies said Friday they are seeking tips from the public in hopes of recovering a 1,000-gallon diesel fuel tank and…

Across the country from the chaos in Connecticut, many here in the Northwest took to Facebook to express their shock disbelief Friday morning. One…

Bend-La Pine Schools Superintendent Ron Wilkinson offered his “deepest sympathies following Friday’s Connecticut school shooting rampage,…

Shock, sorrow and condemnation extended from Massachusetts to Oregon and across the nation in the wake of Friday’s horrific school shooting in…

Bend Fire Chief Larry Huhn will retire in April 2013 with 30 years of service to the community. The process to find a new chief is scheduled to begin…

KIDS in the GAME and BendBroadband have teamed up this holiday season to bring more children in Madras access to positive youth sports programs. KIDS…

The dedicated volunteers at Equine Outreach (www.EquineOutreach.com) have a PSA announcement for the Bend community: When you donate your car to…

Central Oregon drug agents arrested a Washington state man and two Bend residents Thursday as they broke up alleged heroin sales out of a northeast…

Schools and other government agencies rarely go public to refute rumors, especially of violence, in order not to end up spreading those rumors and…

Plans to bundle up under a warm blanket with a cup of hot cocoa, far away from city light pollution, to watch a dazzling meteor shower, may be…

It’s the second, similar tragedy to hit the Redmond School District in less than a year. On Tuesday, police arrested a campus monitor at…

A Madras man suspected of being a major methamphetamine dealer was arrested Wednesday afternoon at a Madras gas station, followed by a search of his…

What if lawmakers don’t reach a compromise by the end of the year and the U.S. Goes over the fiscal cliff? Bend financial analyst Bill…

Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum issued the Department of Justice’s 20 Worst Charities list Thursday, an annual review of organizations…

A Deschutes County jury acquitted a La Pine man Thursday of attempted murder charges, finding he did not try to kill an Oregon State Police trooper…

A 26-year-old Springfield woman who grew up on the High Desert died in a Willamette Valley car crash late last week, leaving behind her 17-month-old…

U.S. Paralympics, a division of the U.S. Olympic Committee, and Oregon Adaptive Sports have partnered to create Paralympic Sport Central Oregon.…

Bend Garbage & Recycling, Cascade Disposal and High Country Disposal will be closed on Christmas Day & New Year’s Day. Their Tuesday…

The U. S. Small Business Administration said Thursday it offering low-interest working capital federal loans to small businesses economically…

Central Oregon Community College’s Board of Directors accepted the resignation of John Overbay Wednesday night, effective Feb. 1. “John…