Month: July 2013

Teachers urge people to never stop learning – and they’re taking their own advice in Oregon. This week, more than 400 educators are…

A fierce fire in Powell Butte Monday afternoon put up a tall column of black and gray smoke and burned a home, barn and several outbuildings as…

When the flames flare up, firefighters get to work on the ground, digging a fire line around the blaze to contain it. “The term containment…

A group of thru-hikers tackling a segment of the Pacific Crest Trail were putting out a small brushfire Sunday at Bobby Lake on Sunday afternoon when…

Rachel Woods says she was fine waiting a day after she turned 22 onTuesday to have a special birthday dinner with her hard-working, America- and…

Saving Grace is proud to announce our inclusion in the list of Oregon Business magazine’s annual 100 Best Nonprofits to Work For in Oregon.…

The United Way of Deschutes County announced Monday a funding plan for 2013-14 that invests $1,110,293 in a range of essential community services…

With hot and dry conditions expected to continue and a series of human-caused fires on public land, the Prineville District Bureau of Land…

Doing business in Bend Hi. I’m Carolyn Eagan. I’m the Bend Business Advocate. I am employed by the City of Bend but I work for every…

A new state foreclosure prevention program will be launched this Wednesday in 33 Oregon counties, and the Portland area next month, officials said…

The Oregon Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee is pleased to announce the appointment of four new members. The eight-member governor-appointed…

Richard Streeter, M.Ed. will join Cascade Youth and Family Center as the Program Manager in August. Cascade Youth & Family Center has provided…

Two fires broke out along Highway 26 on the hill entering Madras to the north Sunday afternoon, sending up thick, black smoke and burning an…

A 15-year-old Bend boy who admitted lighting fireworks that ignited a brushfire during the Balloons Over Bend “nightglow” just over a…

A week after it ignited, an army of firefighters has stopped the growth of the 51,000-acre Sunnyside Turnoff Fire on the Warm Springs Indian…

A Forest Grove couple was injured Sunday afternoon when their motorcycle crashed along Highway 20 about three miles west of the Santiam Pass summit,…

Two Redmond men were arrested Sunday in connection with an early-morning drive-by shooting at a northwest Prineville home in which a house was hit at…

A Bend police community liaison officer found a fire burning the exterior of an unoccupied northeast Bend home Sunday afternoon and used a portable…

A brushfire ignited on BLM land east of the Redmond Airport on Sunday burning several acres before fire fighters put it out. About 30 Redmond Fire…

A southwest Redmond neighborhood was hit by thieves early Sunday morning. Police said more than a dozen people around Glacier Avenue and Fissure Loop…