Month: June 2013

The Nature of Words (NOW) has recently been awarded six grants for its creative writing programs and planning. These grants demonstrate a strong…

An 87-year-old Powell Butte man whose SUV crashed through a second-floor guardrail and plunged to the ground Monday at The Center medical facility…

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife invites Oregonians to fish for free during Free Fishing Weekend, June 1-2. To help beginning anglers get…

Oregon Adaptive Sports is pleased to announce the awarding of a $5,000 grant to purchase adaptive hand-cycles from The Roundhouse Foundation. The…

Bend Park & Recreation District invites the public to celebrate the 4th of July by volunteering in our community’s biggest parade and…

Executive Director Anne Heath of Sisters Park & Recreation District as resigned her position. A letter of resignation was delivered to the Board…

More than 40 million people visit Oregon’s state parks every year to enjoy camping, hiking, picnicking and other traditional recreation with…

More than 100 years of baseball history in 2 glass cases stuffed with uniforms, old score books, and signed pictures neatly arranged with ball gloves…

Two Warm springs men were sentenced to 24 years in prison Tuesday for the beating death of a Seattle fisherman whose body was found in an abandoned…

A wind-fanned brushfire that burned nearly a third of an acre at Tumalo State Park Tuesday afternoon was human-caused, but the exact cause could not…

A Bend man was sentenced Tuesday to a 90-day county jail term, three years probation and 500 hours of community service for leaving the scene of a…

Over the last 24 hours, dozens of cats and dogs have arrived at the Humane Society of Central Oregon. “In cats, we are at capacity, in dogs…

The Bend-La Pine School District is expected to approve a $133 million dollar budget at its board meeting Tuesday night. In the meantime, the school…

Two California women are traveling by bike across the country to promote and learn more about sustainable farming. Hayden Mills and Haylee Wellsh of…

The Air National Guard plans a series of scoping meetings around Oregon June 17 -21 to receive public comment as the first step in the development of…

In order to help prevent fire deaths in our community, the Bend Fire Department will go door to door, testing and replacing smoke alarms and…

National HIV Testing Day is Thursday, June 27th this year. It was launched in 1995 by the National Association of People with AIDS in response to the…

The federal Energy Department on Tuesday launched the eGallon – a quick and simple way for consumers to compare the costs of fueling electric…

Sens. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Senator Mike Lee (R-UT), accompanied by Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Dean Heller (R-NV), Mark Begich (D-AK), Al…

The huge value of vaccinating more children and young adults for influenza is being seriously underestimated, Oregon State University and other…