Month: January 2013

Freezing rain prompted 2-hour delays in the start of school in the Jefferson County 509J School District, as well as at Warm Springs and in the…

Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., reacted positively after the House passed a bill to lift the country’s debt ceiling and added a provision that if a…

A Beaverton man in need of a kidney held up a sign on a street corner this week, asking for a donor. It’s attracted lots of attention, even…

A Bend woman who fainted while hiking on the Dry Canyon Trailhead about 20 miles east of Bend Wednesday afternoon was rescued and taken to the…

For the eighth year in a row, Central Oregon volunteers will go out in droves Thursday, counting the region’s homeless population. Carts filled…

An inmate from Deer Ridge Correctional Institution near Madras died unexpectedly Monday afternoon at a local hospital, prison officials said…

Deschutes County is amending its Comprehensive Plan to formally recognize an area-specific plan titled, Newberry Country: A Plan for Southern…

Public health officials at Deschutes County Health Services are reminding parents to make sure their children’s shots are up to date, and…

Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore.,, issued the following statement upon Wednesday’s House passage of the “No Budget, No Pay” plan: “In…

Got Baby stuff? Soroptimist International of Bend is holding its 8th Annual Community Baby Shower, a collection of essential baby items for local…

Central Oregon’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rates were essentially unchanged for Crook and Jefferson counties in December, while…

Deschutes County District Attorney Patrick Flaherty announced Wednesday that Sarah Foreman has accepted an appointment as a deputy DA in his office.…

It’s an issue of passion, and of morals — and Tuesday, 40 years after the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Roe vs. Wade,…

An AMBER Alert was canceled about an hour after it was activated in Oregon Wednesday morning after the reported kidnapping of a 5-year old boy by a…

Whether you’re biking by, jogging along it or just taking in the wildlife it attracts, Bend’s Mirror Pond makes an impression. “I…

The new year is bringing some of the first impacts of the new health care reform law, a year ahead of its implementation, and business owners…

A Bend man wanted on a warrant refused to pull over for police Monday night and led officers on an on-and-off chase, running red lights and a stop…

While temperatures may have been below freezing much of last week, the warmth of an entire community was felt on Monday, January 14 th , when over 60…

The Mirror Pond Steering Committee said Tuesday it has begun a program that will result in a preferred course of action to address silt build-up in…

The 21 th Annual Gala at The Riverhouse, the annual fundraiser produced by The Riverhouse Hotel and the Central Oregon Visitors Association, raised…