Month: March 2013

As you begin spring clean-up on your property, experts say it might help to think like a wildfire. If a fire could reason, it would head for the…

Highway 97 was partially blocked about 23 miles north of Madras for several hours Monday after a low-speed non-injury crash involving two semi…

One of the country’s most divisive topics is moving onto one of the biggest stages of debate in America. Starting Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme…

Economic Development for Central Oregon announced late Monday that it has met its obligation to generate $350,000 in pre-paid travel to demonstrate…

The Redmond City Council has proclaimed the week of April 7-13, 2013, as Arbor Week. As our city celebrates Arbor Week, tree plantings in several…

ODOT issued a friendly reminder on Monday: Please remove your studded tires by Sunday. Given the current weather forecasts, ODOT said it does not…

There was, once again, little change in the February seasonally adjusted unemployment rates in Central Oregon, the state Employment Department…

During the months of February and March, the Bend Walmart Supercenter donated over 20 pallets of brand new unsold merchandise to the Deschutes County…

Two drivers received minor injuries Sunday afternoon and one was cited after a two-car traffic crash on Highway 97 about five miles south of…

About four in 10 Oregon households use only wireless phones now, having cancelled their land line telephone service. However, many seniors and people…

Local robotics team High Desert Droids and their alliance partners (Error Code Xero of Wilsonville and Skunkworks of Des Moines, WA) were the…

A chilly Sunday morning didn’t stop hundreds from enjoying some mud and icy water in Sunriver. About 350 participants took part in the first…

Recent reports show women’s gun ownership and participation in shooting sports in on the rise. The New York Times reports women target shooting…

A California truck driver was unhurt Saturday night when he swerved to avoid an animal in the road and his rig overturned along Highway 97 north of…

About 50 Central Oregonians took to the streets of downtown Bend Saturday, demanding gay marriage equality. The group marched along Wall Street,…

About a dozen protesters who gathered in Bend on Saturday were crying out for stricter gun laws, more background checks and bans on assault-style…

Six people were injured, one seriously, Friday afternoon in a multi-vehicle crash in the Salt Creek Tunnel on Highway 58 east of Oakridge, Oregon…

Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said Saturday they need tips from the public to investigate a gunshot found to have been fired through the…

An April 2 sentencing date was set in court Friday for a Redmond man arrested last July on charges he broke into his ex-wife’s home in Bend,…

After three weeks of construction with limited one-lane traffic, starting Monday, Sixth Street in downtown Redmond will be fully closed to traffic…