Month: March 2014

Economic Development for Central Oregon (EDCO) is pleased to announce the hiring of Robyn Sharp as its economic development manager for Bend,…

A Sisters High student on Thursday filed a multimillion dollar lawsuit against the school district, more than a year after a shop accident left him…

The Oregon Office of Emergency Management 2014 Emergency Preparedness Workshop will take place in Sunriver., Apr. 1-3, with more than 140 state,…

Affordable housing on the High Desert is hard to come by. Recent statistics show there’s less than 1 percent vacancies in Bend. It’s a…

A tall stack of new documents submitted to the Oregon Supreme Court outline why Randy Lee Guzek believes his fourth death sentence in the brutal 1987…

ODFW will host a series of public meetings around the state in early May to hear public comment on proposals for big game, game bird, and furbearer…

It’s spring break, and 7-year-old Mason Proknow loves nothing more than to get outside and play baseball. But imagine not being able to single…

After some tumultuous times for the local and national economy, Deschutes County — known to the Census Bureau as the Bend “metro…

BrightSide Animal Center will offer a series of beginning obedience classes for dog owners and their pets. BrightSide’s basic obedience class…

The Deschutes National Forest Bend-Ft. Rock Ranger District released Thursdasy the Welcome Station Trail Connections Environmental Assessment Draft…

The Deschutes National Forest, in partnership with Discover Your Forest, is hosting a Volunteer Recruitment Event in early April to find volunteers…

Change is coming to the Jefferson County Kids Club, as several renovation projects are planned at the non-profit’s aging facility. Wednesday…

A 69-year-old Bend man has died of injuries suffered Sunday afternoon when his dirt bike struck a downed tree and he was thrown on Forest Service…

A 24-year-old man wanted on an arrest warrant for drug charges was spotted driving in northwest Redmond and arrested Tuesday, and found to possess…

Central Oregon has a lack of affordable housing, forcing many low-income families into homelessness. “It’s probably one of the biggest…

The Environmental Protection Agency, along with the Army Corps of Engineers, is proposing new rules to protect streams and wetlands in an effort to…

The House has approved a Republican bill to limit the president’s ability to designate new national monuments, a step President Barack Obama…

Bend Memorial Clinic and Deschutes Dermatology Center will be offering free skin cancer screenings in an effort to encourage early detection and…

The Redmond City Council voted 5-1 Tuesday night to ban marijuana dispensaries within the city limits, but that won’t enough to make it happen…

The Oregon Electronics Recycling Program, Oregon E-Cycles, completed its fifth year of operations in 2013 to collect, transport and recycle…