Month: July 2013

“Do you support marriage equality?” Friday’s hot weather wasn’t stopping Bend resident Nate Lund from canvassing downtown…

Residents in Deschutes River Woods are hugging each other a little tighter on Saturday and sifting through the damage left after a fast-moving fire…

Five people received minor injuries and a driver was cited on several charges in a two-car crash on Highway 20W in Sisters Saturday afternoon,…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Lightning started a handful of small wildfires in southeast Oregon, and officials worry there could be additional flare-ups…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Lightning started a handful of small wildfires in southeast Oregon, and officials worry there could be additional flare-ups…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Lightning started a handful of small wildfires in southeast Oregon, and officials worry there could be additional flare-ups…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Lightning started a handful of small wildfires in southeast Oregon, and officials worry there could be additional flare-ups…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Lightning started a handful of small wildfires in southeast Oregon, and officials worry there could be additional flare-ups…

It was a sight sure to fill many with dread – a tall, black smoke column rising from Deschutes River Woods as a home in the heavily wooded…

Textbooks are old school — iPads are the future for five Bend and La Pine schools. “We struggle to keep current, relevant, rigorous…

Climate change is expected to amplify both droughts and wildfires across the western United States. A new study shows that the effects of drought and…

After a 5-day battle, the 330-acre Stagecoach Fire northeast of Gilchrist in northern Klamath County was declared fully contained Friday evening,…

Rep. Greg Walden was at St. Charles-Bend for over an hour Friday morning talking to a dozen health professionals. That includes, doctors and…

The Deschutes National Forest on Friday issued a revised environmental assessment and notice of a draft decision to issue a revised special use…

The City of Bend is seeking applicants for one position on the Planning Commission. Committee members are appointed by the City Council to review and…

An audit released Thursday found significant duplication, overlap and fragmentation throughout 120 state programs that help low-income Oregonians…

A new report projects that by the middle of this century, there will be an average 56 percent drop in the amount of water stored in peak snowpack in…

The City of Bend Police Department conducted a Pedestrian Safety Detail on Wednesday . The operation was held at the intersections of SE 15th Street…

Recent bee deaths across the country have Congress and farmers paying close attention to a declining part of the U.S. economy. But what exactly makes…

Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and John Thune (R-S.D.), members of the Senate Finance Committee, introduced legislation Thursday to prevent what they call…