Month: February 2013

Construction is set to begin this spring in downtown Bend to add bike lanes and make a stretch of road more safe for pedestrians, cyclists and…

Illegal immigrants are one step closer to paying in-state tuition at Oregon colleges. A controversial “tuition equality” bill cleared a…

Leave a gas station these days, and with your fuller tank comes a lighter wallet. Gas prices on the High Desert have climbed steadily the last 32…

At The Growler Guys Fill Station on Bend’s east side, beer is not all that’s on tap. “We never intended to sell ciders or…

If you’re looking for a job, the city of Bend may be hiring. It plans to add a handful of people to deal with rising demand in building…

Two Warm Springs residents were taken to a Madras hospital, then to one in Bend Tuesday after their car left Highway 26 and crashed about eight miles…

Central Oregon’s economy is on the rebound after being hit hard by the 2008 housing bubble burst, which spawned economic hardship for people…

Based on the latest surveillance and tracking data of influenza cases in Central Oregon and the state, St. Charles Health System said Tuesday it has…

The Prineville Bureau of Land Management is currently developing an Environmental Assessment to analyze requests to renew grazing permits and leases…

Any given map of Oregon is dotted with places that tell stories of the past. Places that continue to live on, not only in memory but in reality, can…

New life could be coming to the Madras Airport, as a Hillsboro company says they want to bring seven more big air tankers to Central Oregon, to fight…

The filibuster — it’s a strategy used in Washington to prevent a vote, and Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley said in Bend Monday he wants to…

A traffic stop in southeast Bend Sunday evening led to the arrest of the driver and passenger on drug charges and a search that found a large, sealed…

A local nonprofit teamed up with Bend firefighters on Monday to stress the importance of life-saving training and technology — and their…

OSU-Cascades Vice President Becky Johnson said Monday the college is right on track to expanding into a full, four-year university. Before a meeting…

Virginia Reddick, longtime United Senior Citizens of Bend leader, passed away on Thursday, February 14 at St. Charles-Bend. Her son, March Reddick of…

The Humane Society of Central Oregon’s Pup Crawl has been a howling good time for all participants. The Pup Crawl continues this week at three…

After wrestling with some big controversies recently, Bend city councilors take up a couple of upbeat matters this week – a generally positive…

Calling for stricter standards and greater oversight, Reps. Gene Whisnant (R – Sunriver) and Vic Gilliam (R-Silverton) voted no Monday on HB 2787,…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A man shot by police in a parking lot at a Portland hospital after he wouldn’t put down his gun may have been a patient…