Month: January 2014

Sisters Folk Festival Inc.received a $25,000 grant from the Chichester DuPont Foundation for the Americana Community Luthier Program at Sisters High…

A 66-year-old Prineville man was seriously injured Saturday afternoon when his motorcycle crossed the center line of Juniper Canyon Road and collided…

As Chance, the victim of a controversial dog-dragging incident last year, was declared ready to adopt Friday came word of another possibly similar…

A Tigard man whose snowmobile crashed into a tree near Moon Mountain was rescued and taken to a Bend hospital Saturday, the second experienced,…

Unusually dry conditions continue to plague the West, increasing the risk for fire early in the new year. “Believe it or not, even though it is…

A small town and an even smaller neighborhood, where you might see more deer than people — and a horrific case years ago, hundreds of miles…

Skaters rejoice! After nearly a year of planning, design and construction, the Bend Park and Recreation District’s new skatepark at Ponderosa…

A 20-year old Bend man has become the second suspect sentenced to jail on several crimes after a seven-month investigation by Oregon State Police…

Oregon health and agriculture officials issued a warning Friday about a type of cheese imported illegally from Mexico believed to be tainted with…

A reminder from the Deschutes County District Attorney’s Office, Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, Bend Police Department, Redmond…

A 70-year-old Idaho woman who slashed the throat of a neighbor’s infant daughter nearly 20 years ago was paroled from prison Thursday, and…

There has been an outcry of community concern since Richard Gustafson, a well-known Bend gymnastics coach, was accused of sexually abusing four…

A Bend judge on Thursday reduced the bail amount for a 49-year-old Bend gymnastics coach accused of abusing four young girls, leading to his release…

The Cow Creek Umpqua Indian Foundation has awarded a $5,000 grant to Healthy Beginnings in support of the program’s efforts to expand and…

Two days after Bend police revealed a bombshell about one of their own, leaders are trying to regroup. “As an organization, this is…

Crews and trucks will be moving a one-story house and garage through City of Bend streets, from 61381 Blakely Road in Bend to 59715 Cheyenne Road in…

The City of Madras Community Development Department is currently accepting applications for two vacancies on the City Planning Commission. The…

Several prescribed burns are under way around the Deschutes National Forest this week, but at least some of the smoke blowing into Bend and turning…

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., introduced legislation Thursday to allow for critical upgrades to hundreds of Bureau of Reclamation dams across the western…

A 21-year-old Bend man has been arrested on charges of an early-morning burglary at the Bend Fred Meyer and a handgun stolen from a case there has…