Month: February 2013

Cell phones are not allowed in the courtroom. But Deschutes County District Attorney Patrick Flaherty says you’d better believe everything you…

Like many shelters, Jefferson County Kennels often operates at, or near capacity, but these last few weeks have been especially rough. “The…

Fuels specialists with the Prineville BLM plan to complete a 300-acre prescribed burning project along Millican Road about 15 miles southwest of…

The Oregon legislature is expecting about 4,000 bills to be introduced in the 2013 session. We know many of them won’t pass or even get a…

The City Club of Central Oregon said Monday it is pleased to announce the appointment of Eli Ashley as the organization’s 2013 Board President.…

St. Charles Health System said Monday it is pleased to welcome Mack Gardner to its Board of Directors as a representative from Madras. Gardner served…

Nativity Lutheran Church has mounted a campaign to raise matching funds for a recent grant to it received for its emergency walk-in food pantry. The…

Valentine’s Day, February 14 th , is Dutch Luv Day, when Central Oregon Dutch Brothers Coffee locations will be offering free 16 oz. drinks in…

A cooking fire caused about $3,000 damage to a northeast Bend apartment Sunday evening – but if residents hadn’t heard the smoke alarm sound,…

Ray’s Food Place in Bend hopes to draw more customers in with a new “growler room inside the store, part of a growing interest in the…

February is considered “Go Red for Women” month, a special month to support women’s heart health. And hundreds were at Mt. Bachelor…

Eyal Goldman is owner of Cathy’s Cleaners in Bend but you can add another occupation to his resume: “angel” pilot. And it’s…

A Bend woman was cited on assault and reckless endangering charges Thursday after a loaded .22-caliber Derringer pistol fell out of her pocket during…

A southwest Washington woman was injured in a crash of her rental snowmobile west of Bend Saturday afternoon and flown to a Bend hospital, Deschutes…

The Deschutes Children’s Forest is considered the first nationally recognized children’s forest program in the Pacific Northwest. On…

The Peterson Rock Garden in Redmond has suffered nearly two decades of neglect.On Saturday, volunteers came out to help spruce it up. It’s the…

A new bill in Salem could mean anyone who owns or uses a drone to capture images of people on the ground would face jail time — and that could…

Bend Pet Express hosted a health fair on Saturda,y with a variety of information on how to keep your pet healthy. Along with a low-cost dental…

Bend firefighters quick doused an attic fire at a southeast Bend home Saturday morning, the third unrelated blaze tackled by crews around Deschutes…

It happened to the Bank of the Cascades three years ago — Central Oregonians were bombarded with automated phone calls and scams asking for…