Month: April 2013

Child abuse affects more Oregon children than autism, juvenile diabetes and all forms of childhood cancer combined, according to a report released…

Prineville soon will get a brand-new hospital to replace its 1950s-era Pioneer Memorial Hospital, if the hospital board, community members and the…

A 9-year-old Bend boy, riding his bike without a helmet, was injured Monday evening when he rode into the path of a car in Deschutes River Woods,…

Eight Oregon legislators — four Republicans and four Democrats — introduced a bill Tuesday that they say is “designed to make…

Energy and natural resources brought Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., to Central Oregon on Tuesday for presentations and open discussions at a Bend middle…

So far, 2013 has been a dry year for Central Oregon. Since Jan. 1, Roberts Field in Redmond has received only 0.75 inches of liquid precipitation.…

A Bend man was injured Tuesday when his motorcycle struck a deer that ran out in front of him in La Pine, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies…

Getting distracted while you’re driving can be catastrophic: from 2009 – 2011, in Oregon, 41 people died in distracted driving crashes. Even…

Karin Morris will be joining the city of Bend as its new accessibility manager. The city’s Accessibility Program strives to improve access to…

The Meyer Memorial Trust’s board of trustees announced Monday they awarded three grants totaling more than $435,000 to three Central Oregon…

The Oregon Department of Transportation is inviting public comment on proposed electric vehicle (EV) charging station locations in 11 new locations…

Breathing freely is a luxury Mark Shearer of Prineville simply doesn’t have. He is awaiting a lifesaving double-lung transplant, and the costs…

Now that spring has officially arrived, Oregon veterinarians are reminding equine owners that this is the season to make sure your horses have been…

Deschutes County Health Services and St. Charles Health System – in partnership with the Oregon Health Authority’s Public Health Division —…

As spring-like weather continues across Central Oregon, Deschutes and Ochoco National Forest Service fuels specialists intend to begin burning in two…

Tomorrow, Wednesday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., the Deschutes County Road Department will be doing a one-day road closure of 61 st St between S.…

A telephoned bomb threat prompted evacuation of the Jefferson County Courthouse for about an hour Monday morning, but a search turned up no problems,…

Miraculously, a Culver man is alive and out of the hospital, two days after a pickup truck came barreling through his bedroom with a suspected drunk…

Cole Fuller, an 8 th -grader from the Bend Science Station scientific research program, won first place in the Animal Science category before going…

A fire apparently sparked by firewood too close to a wood stove destroyed a home in Deschutes River Woods Monday morning, causing no injuries but…