Month: September 2013

KPOV 88.9 High Desert Community Radio is holding its fall membership pledge drive Oct. 3- 12. KPOV is the only non-profit public radio station…

The Redmond Proficiency Academy announced today that Teacher Ryan McLaughlin has been awarded a grant of $5,000 for Community 101 (C101). Thanks to a…

You might know it as the “Greatest Show on Earth,” and as its manager puts it, the Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey Circus is as American…

Two Oregon State Police troopers were justified in firing 20 shots at a Texas man who earlier pulled and pointed a gun during a traffic stop and…

Oregon Labor and Industries Commissioner Brad Avakian announced Tuesday that the state’s minimum wage will increase to $9.10 on January 1,…

The latest round in the legal and land-use fight over Bend’s big-ticket water system plans has gone the city’s way, with the Oregon Land…

When you open a new business like The Cankery bike shop, sometimes you need a little luck. “That’s the best news I’ve heard all…

Seven-year-old Sadie Gardner likes to run and laugh. And if the gate at her house leading to the open forest isn’t locked properly, she likes…

Motorists using the Pinebrook crossing of Murphy Road at the Bend Parkway should be aware of a paving project due on Thursday that could disrupt…

If you own property in Deschutes County, you’re familiar with recent real estate market value “ups-and-downs” during the last few…

Central Oregon Partnerships for Youth (COPY), a program of the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, is offering a class to prepare volunteers to…

A wrong-way drunk driver on Highway 97 Sunday night at first didn’t pull over for police – and when he did, he confronted officers and…

Four Bend juveniles were cited on criminal mischief charges early Sunday after a car doing spinouts in the grass at Pine Nursery Park caused several…

The violent crime rate in Oregon’s four largest cities fell last year, while the property crime rate increased — the opposite of national…

A 30-year-old La Pine motorcyclist who refused to pull over for Oregon State Police Monday morning prompted a chase that was called off when he…

Every year the Advertising Federation of Central Oregon selects one non-profit to benefit from the collective expertise of the AdFed marketing,…

The city of Bend recently hired Anne Aurand as its new community relations manager. The community relations manager acts as a liaison between the…

Several lightning strikes hit the northeast area of Central Oregon on Sunday, igniting a handful of fires crews have responded to, officials said…

Oregon State Police arrested a 26-year-old Bend man on several charges Saturday after he allegedly eluded police at speeds of up to 85 mph in the…

Someone conducting a litter patrol along Burgess Road in La Pine Saturday afternoon found something else entirely – a dangerous, re-activated…