Month: January 2014

Pacific Power warned the public Tuesday of a phone scam targeting utility customers in Central Oregon where crooks posing as customer service agents…

A former Bend police lieutenant who served as the agency’s public information officer for over a year has resigned after an investigation found…

U.S. Attorney Amanda Marshall announced Tuesday that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon prosecuted a record number of sex…

A Bend woman was hospitalized Tuesday after she lost control of her SUV on an icy patch on Century Drive (the Cascade Lakes Highway) late Tuesday…

Oregon’s private-sector employers reported more job vacancies last fall than in prior years, with about 32,300 openings estimated statewide,…

You may have seen them out on patrol across the High Desert. It’s not law enforcement — they’re a private crime prevention company…

A tiny exercise room, small multipurpose rooms, and a multiplying number of Bend seniors. “The existing (Bend) Senior Center is overcrowded a…

Prineville police said Tuesday they are “very actively” investigating an assault on a Pioneer Memorial Hospital staff member on the…

Ridgeview High School students will be hosting a Freedom Walk at on Saturday, January 18 in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. The Freedom Walk will…

For the first time in 17 months, Housing Works in Redmond were able to issue vouchers to Central Oregonians who need rental assistance. Monday they…

Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.) announced Tuesday the nomination of six students from Central Oregon for acceptance to one of the prestigious United States…

A large rock, described as being the size of a VW Beetle, fell onto Interstate 84 about a mile west of Hood River Sunday afternoon, blocking one lane…

The latest storm to hit the Central Oregon Cascades brought the good and the bad: ski shops in Bend seeing more business, but Hoodoo Ski Area still…

A 5-year-old girl received minor injuries and a La Pine man was cited after a two-vehicle crash on Highway 97 at Rosland Road Monday evening,…

Owners of a SE Portland strip club said Monday a man who shot and wounded three people there Saturday night was denied entry because of belligerent…

The sign on the door at Hoodoo Ski Area says it all: “Closed, waiting for snow.” “I’m devastated — all weekend, I was…

Keeping kids active is important for many parents, but so is safety. “It makes me feel much more comfortable with whose working with my…

Deschutes County officials said Monday a recent E. Coli scare in a Redmond mobile home park’s water supply was likely a fluke. Last week,…

Free admission to the High Desert Museum, courtesy of Mid Oregon Credit Union, is scheduled for two Saturdays, January 25 and February 22. The…

After not having any new snow over the past couple weeks, Mt. Bachelor saw close to a foot and a half of new snow overnight, and that caused some…