Month: February 2013

Several Oregon lawmakers have proposed a bill that would require high school students to take college classes to graduate. On Friday, Redmond school…

Mark Waters of Bend is a former competitive shooting sports champion who has been looking at both sides of the gun control debate since it got heated…

A Bend man accused of fatally shooting a house guest earlier this week was formally arraigned on a murder charge Friday and a judge ordered he remain…

The Deschutes County Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) seeks nominations of businesses that make the extra effort to keep their…

Take it from Mike Olayos: Living in a tight space doesn’t mean it’s easy or cheap to heat. “It was probably in the wintertime…

We could be minutes, hours, even years away from one of the largest earthquakes to strike off the Oregon coast. State officials and mayors across the…

There’s no doubt Bend High School 10th-grader Nick Simonich loves basketball. At practice, he weaves up and down the court, confidently…

Perhaps it started with Columbine. Virginia Tech made us more nervous. The memories came flooding back with Chardon High School. Then terrified us by…

The Bend Park & Recreation District Board of Directors is currently seeking candidates to fill a vacant board position until June 30. It is…

Secretary of State Kate Brown warned Oregon companies on Thursday to be on the alert for a mailing that deceptively looks like it is from the Oregon…

In this day and age, it’s less and less likely you talk to everyone you pass by on the street, maybe even your next-door neighbor. In light of…

Leave it to new Bend Mayor Jim Clinton, perhaps the record-holder on the losing end of 6-1 votes in his years on the city council, to wrap up the new…

The sounds of students inside the Jungers Culinary Center at Central Oregon Community College preparing a meal is nothing new. From the sounds of a…

According to Inside EV, sales for plug-in electric vehicles hit an all-time high in December. But EV drivers encounter one big roadblock in their…

Bend city councilors decided Wednesday night not to send a proposed 2 percent room tax hike to voters in May because hotel operators appear almost…

As is the custom, Central Oregon lawmakers will introduce quite a few bills this session. The Dalles Representative John Huffman is already tackling…

The Deschutes County Board of Commissioners announced Wednesday that the recruitment for Deschutes County Administrator is now open. The Prothman…

Gov. John Kitzhaber laid out his higher education plan this week, and it includes $16 million for OSU-Cascades expansion into a four-year university.…

A federal judge sentenced Sisters resident Randall Blair Johnson on Tuesday to 41 months in federal prison and ordered him to pay $260,536 in…

Sisters, Oregon, nestled at the foot of the Cascades, iconic for its western theme. If you want to take in the latest Hollywood blockbuster…