Month: January 2014

Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.) said Friday he has urged the Bureau of Land Management to extend the comment period for their draft proposal for…

A “habitual border violator” and career criminal who lived in Bend and was apprehended by U.S. Immigration and Customs…

A group of horseback riders became lost in the Badlands Wilderness Area east of Bend Thursday evening and called for help – and that cellphone…

A severely injured pit bull that a shelter veterinarian believed had been dragged behind a car instead jumped out a passenger-side window, Deschutes…

It has been a winter of extremes for both warm and cold temperatures. Surviving outdoors for the homeless can be rough. The Shepherd’s House, a…

Bend City Manager Eric King on Wednesday fired Police Chief Jeff Sale in the wake of an explosive sex scandal in which the department’s…

Freezing fog iced roads across Central Oregon, causing numerous crashes and also canceled or delayed numerous flights into and out of Redmond’s…

A public hearing to hear resident comments about a proposed Deschutes County weed ordinance has been pushed back two weeks, to Wednesday, Feb. 5. The…

J.D. Downing, the founder and director of the XC Oregon Nordic ski team in Bend, has been named head coach of the Dominica National Nordic Team that…

Members of Oregon’s federally recognized tribes have never before been able to see how their student s’ performance compares to other…

Redmond’s Andi Buerger and her husband, Ed, have made it their mission to help teens in need. They started a non-profit called Buelah’s…

Some call it the place to be on Tuesday nights. “You’re just going to walk away with a smile,” said Anne Howard. Meet the Bend…

Deschutes County Parole and Probation officials will decide whether a woman in prison for slashing a baby’s throat in Idaho can move to a home…

Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber and First Lady Cylvia Hayes took the stage at the Tower Theater in Bend Tuesday night. The pair was in town to be…

For the first time, the five GOP candidates hoping to unseat Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., met Tuesday night in a joint forum hosted by the Deschutes…

Prineville Disposal and Habitat for Humanity have generously donated resources for this weekend’s neighborhood clean-up. The clean-up will…

Oregon took some steps forward to reduce tobacco use in some areas, but fell short in adequately funding prevention programs to protect children and…

Emily Carr, a poet and an academic program administrator at Oregon State University’s branch campus in Bend has been nominated for a 2015…

The countdown has begun, and Bend is less than five months away from an influx of athletes ages 50 and older who can run, jump, swim, and throw a…

For many mid- to low-income individuals and families in Central Oregon, the new year offers hope and opportunities for renewed economic independence.…