Month: May 2013

With continued warm weather, early snowmelt, and the opening of the Paulina Lake Road Friday, recreational activities within the Newberry Crater…

Given favorable conditions, Deschutes National Forest fuels specialists on the Sisters Ranger District plan to conduct prescribed burns in two…

Prineville police say they hope information from the public can help them find whoever shot out a window and door at a grocery store early Friday…

When Oregonians can roto-till their gardens in March, but then have to water their lawns all throughout April and May, you know it’s drier than…

A new report released by the federal government reveals what hospitals charge for the most common in-patient procedures. St. Charles Bend and Redmond…

An 81-year-old La Pine man died when his car left Huntington Road and crashed into a tree Thursday evening, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies…

Athletes who suffer concussions and career-ending head injuries are no stranger to news headlines. But what happens when a fall during a simple…

Bend’s Reed Market Road, from SE Newberry Drive (at the Bend Senior Center) to SE Shadowood Drive, will be closed beginning May 15 for…

Webfoot Painting has started their 2013 Charity Giveaway project at the Bethlehem Inn. The exterior surfaces of the Inn’s three buildings have…

Central Oregon’s biggest brewery is getting even bigger. Deschutes Brewery opened in Bend 25 years ago — and continues to grow. Now…

Cascades East Transit is implementing the planned changes to Bend area Routes 4, 5, and 6 as discussed at community meetings earlier this year. These…

A new driving card authorized by Oregon lawmakers this year will not be available until January 2014 , DMV officials said Thursday. The Oregon…

Faced with another year of drought conditions in Southeastern and South-Central Oregon, Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley asked the Department of…

Brown Education Center’s Community 101 class granted $4,000 to local non-profit organizations Wednesday. Community 101, based at the…

A new biomechanics laboratory opening this month in Bend will provide cutting-edge research and intervention strategies for injuries – especially…

Researchers studying the origin of cirrus clouds have found that these thin, wispy trails of ice crystals are formed primarily on dust particles and…

The Bethlehem Inn has elected Michael Ann Benchoff as a member of the Board of Directors. Benchoff is employed at Deschutes County Mental Health…

The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office’s LEADER limo will be used Friday to reward a fifth-grade class at La Pine Elementary School for…

After two decades, Commute Options Week, formerly a week-long event in June, will become the Drive Less Challenge. The Drive Less Challenge will be…

A traffic stop in southwest Redmond led to the seizure of $11,000 worth of methamphetamine and the arrest of two Bend residents on drug charges –…