Month: June 2013

A Powell Butte barbecue stand was destroyed by fire late Saturday afternoon, but while the trailer was a total loss, there were no injuries, Crook…

Bend police and Oregon Liquor Control Commission officials met with downtown business owners this week to discuss recent alcohol-related issues in…

A Bandon man, allegedly driving drunk with his 5-year-old son, crashed his SUV near Santiam Junction early Saturday morning, sending both to the…

With the warm weather expected to last through the weekend, Bend police have a familiar, but necessary to repeat warning: Don’t leave your kids…

The Sunriver Music Festival is still two months away but young artists in Central Oregon are already performing. Every year, the festival awards…

The Oregon Department of Forestry has sent a strike team of fire engines to New Mexico to help fight wildfires burning there, the agency said Friday.…

It’s a controversial topic: Should your kids be immunized before they head to public schools? A bill aimed at tightening exemptions for…

A 57-year-old truck driver from Bonanza was killed on Highway 58 east of Oakridge Thursday morning when his rig crossed an oncoming lane on a curve,…

In his former jobs, Bend Police Chief Jeff Sale has investigated a shooting at the Fairchild Air Force Base Hospital in 1994, and a high school…

Bend voters could be asked this November whether they want to raise the city’s hotel-motel room tax by 2 percent, generating another $1…

During spring and early summer, Oregon’s wildlife are giving birth and raising their young, teaching them what to eat, where to take shelter…

A colt was born at a Terrebonne horse-rescue operation early Thursday morning, just hours after its mother was seized from what authorities call a…

During lunch at Summit High School, it’s hard to find teens without phones in their hands — and it often carries over to driving.…

Oregon’s 2012 GDP (real gross domestic product) growth came in at nearly 4 percent (3.95%), an increase ranking the state third in the nation,…

The Family Access Network is the recipient of a $4,500 grant from U.S. Bank Foundation to help support a FAN advocate at La Pine Middle School, a…

Community Presbyterian Church of Redmond, OR is accepting applications through July 8, 2013 for eligible houses to paint in Redmond. The goal of the…

As the school year comes to a close, the cry “I’m bored!” will begin to be heard throughout Central Oregon. Curiosity and boredom,…

More than 1,100 Bend-La Pine Schools students will don caps and gowns this week as they take center stage to accept their high school diplomas. The…

At its 12th Commencement on Sunday, June 16,Oregon State University – Cascades will draw a crowd of more than 1,500 family and friends of…

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., joined five other senators Thursday in introducing the bipartisan Child Sex Trafficking Data and Response Act of 2013 to…