Month: June 2013

MountainStar Family Relief Nursery is extremely pleased to have received two grant awards totaling $25,000. These generous donations will help to…

The cost of child care in Oregon continues to rise, even as wages decline, especially for the state’s most fragile families, a new Oregon State…

An ongoing enforcement initiative conducted by the U.S. Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division, focused on the restaurant industry in…

Oregon Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley expressed concern Thursday about revelations that federal officials have collected phone records for millions…

Fire investigators said Wednesday a fire at a southeast Redmond wood shaving plant is still smoldering, so they haven’t been able to enter and…

Searchers found two missing Eugene hikers near George Lake, at the base of Mt. Washington, late Wednesday morning, a few hours after family members…

A stretch of warmer days expected on the High Desert may have many Central Oregonians headed to nearby lakes and rivers. The Jefferson County…

A Bend woman is blazing a trail east. She’s on a mission to open some eyes to an often-overlooked part of the American West – one right…

With the warmer weather in Bend, many people are leaving their cars at home and commuting to work on two wheels. “Biking to work is a great…

A bill honoring the lifelong achievements of former Oregon House Speaker Lynn Lundquist passed the House on a unanimous vote Wednesday. Carried and…

Less than a month after a critical bond measure passed to pay for Deschutes County 911 services, the agency’s director has resigned, citing…

After holding the fire through hot and dry afternoon conditions several days in a row and significant mop-up work by firefighters, fire officials…

Redmond school officials say 29 valedictorians will be graduating on Friday night. A new way grade point averages were measured prompted a policy…

Bend-area home prices have jumped more than 20 percent from a year ago, CoreLogic reported Tuesday. The data shows home prices in the Bend metro area…

The state Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision reversed course Tuesday and decided not to release a man who killed a John Day police officer…

Landing your first job can be a job in itself. “I have no experience, no connections so it’s going to be tough to find someone that will…

Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum on Tuesday invited homeowners who fear they may fall into foreclosure to participate in the “new and…

Downtown Bend Athletic Club trainer Scott Schaffer, 49, is a professional body builder, and said he works out 20 minutes a week. He’s using his…

A community radio station in Bend is expanding its reach to listeners to tell them more of what’s happening in our area. KPOV, a non-profit…

St. Charles Health System is one of five health systems in the country highlighted for an innovative behavioral health initiative in a June 3…