Month: February 2013

It’s the day of love, and while many spent Valentine’s Day celebrating with flowers and chocolate, others here in Central Oregon rallied…

Love is in the air on Valentine’s Day, but why should you go all out for your partner just one day out of the year? You shouldn’t, says…

A Redmond fugitive who had threatened police and his parole officer refused to pull over Thursday morning, sparking an on-and-off chase from…

Oregon State Police said Thursday it recently received grant funding from the Oregon Department of Transportation for overtime enforcement on…

Now available for purchase at the Central Oregon Visitors Association, the 2013 Central Oregon Golf Trail Players Card is back at an even more…

Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Rand Paul, R-Ky., Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., today introduced legislation…

Every year, the federal government spends billions of dollars funding research into science, technology, energy, medicine and more. This research…

It’s a day based around love, romance and chocolate. A day when couples are supposed to tell each other how much they mean to one another. For…

A Prineville man pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court to possessing a firearm and ammunition after being convicted in an Oregon court of domestic…

Bend police wanted a way to track crime, and possibly even stop it before it occurs. So they recently created a new position and hired a crimes…

Thousands of dollars were raised over the holiday season in downtown Bend through a community effort called A Christmas of Change. ACOC is an annual…

A new, yet not so new measure for Deschutes County voters will be on the May ballot. A property tax which helps pay for the 911 dispatch center will…

The Bend WinterFest starts this Friday, an event that attracts more than 30,000 people. One of the more popular events: ice carving. And a Bend man…

Bend police Sgt. Scott Vincent has roamed the halls of Summit High School for just four months, but he’s become a familiar face, armed with a…

Secretary of State Kate Brown today unveiled the online version of the 2013-2014 Oregon Blue Book, the state’s official almanac. “The…

A Bend man urges you to be prepared if you ever plan on heading into the backcountry, and he should know: Recently, he helped dig out a man trapped…

A rise in salmonella illnesses in 2012 linked to chicken in Oregon and Washington is a reminder that all poultry products carry the risk of…

Dredge out the silt, or pull out the century-old dam and let Mirror Pond return to a more natural-flowing Deschutes River? Those are two of the…

A new CNN/ORC poll just released shows 53 percent of Americans who watched the President Obama’s speech gave him a thumbs up. Central…

Deschutes National Forest Supervisor John Allen said Wednesday he has signed a decision on the Mt. Bachelor Ski Area Improvement Project. The…