Month: August 2013

A stray bullet discharged by users of the Burns Butte Shooting Range sparked a fast-moving fire that burned about 150 acres Friday afternoon and…

A fast-moving fire destroyed two neighboring mobile homes and damaged a third at a Madras trailer park Saturday morning, but all got out safely and…

A thunderstorm late Friday afternoon and evening produced 800 lightning strikes that have sparked several wildfires from The Dalles to Eastern…

Summit boys tennis coach Josh Cordell and his wife Emily have had an extremely stressful week. Their daughter was born 15 weeks prematurely on…

A shoplifting incident at a Bend store led to the arrest of three people Thursday after they headed north and parked at the Redmond Fred Meyer,…

It’s starting to look a bit like Dr. Doolittle’s menagerie at the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office’s Large Animal Rescue and…

If you think keeping up your yard is tough, imagine maintaining a city. “Weeds, tree trimming, yard debris, there’s so much we have to…

A public memorial service and procession is planned next Thursday for Jefferson County EMS Chief Don Heckathorn, who died Wednesday evening of…

A disposed-of, smoldering object – such as a used charcoal briquette – likely sparked a fire in a large trash trailer early Friday evening that…

Twenty of 22 businesses visited in Prineville passed a check for alcohol sales to minors by refusing to sell alcohol to a minor volunteer, the Oregon…

The Oregon DEQ said Friday it is taking the rare step of levying a nearly $800,000 fine against the individual owners of a limited-liability…

Riding the big yellow bus is an important first step as kindergarten students set off for their first day of school. To help make the transition easy…

NPG of Oregon Inc., a cluster of television stations that broadcasts live news on the NBC and FOX affiliates in Bend, Oregon is accepting…

Truffle hunting — a hobby pursued in Oregon’s forests, not the grocery store candy aisle –has a new set of regulations, including a…

It’s time for the Sisters Rodeo Association Queen Tryouts. This is an opportunity for young ladies to compete for the title of the 2014 Sisters…

When T-Mobile announced it was closing its Redmond call center in the spring of last year, employees weren’t the only ones who winced at a…

The Deschutes County Road Department will be chip sealing SW 61st Street from US 97 to Six Corners and the entire length of the Old Bend-Redmond…

Last November, voters in Bend passed a $29 million bond measure for the Bend Park and Recreation District. The proposed projects are starting to take…

Oregon deer and elk archery seasons begin Aug. 24, and bowhunters will be facing high fire danger and some closures and access restrictions as the…

The Bend Police Department conducted a pedestrian safety detail on Thursday at the intersection of NW Wall and Vermont streets. The primary focus of…