Month: March 2014

Start with a house that uses zero energy — now add community benefit into the mix. A zero-net energy home is being built in the new…

A total of 29 people covered by the Oregon workers’ compensation system died on the job during 2013, the Department of Consumer and Business…

High Desert Chamber Music has been awarded a grant from the Collins Foundation, in the amount of $7,500. The Collins Foundation is an independent,…

An autopsy conducted Tuesday at the state Medical Examiner’s Office near Portland confirmed remains found by Hwy. 20 east of Bend on Sunday…

Facebook announced Tuesday e the 21 recipients of the Facebook Prineville Data Center’s 2014 Local Community Action Grants, totaling more than…

Jeff Newtown and Jason Worman say their longtime friend, Eric Eder, was a true fisherman. “He loved it — that was his life, that was his…

Through its non-profit foundation, Sun Country Tours gave more than $20,000 in cash and in-kind donations to more than 200 organizations in 2013. The…

Bank of the Cascades Center at the Deschutes County Fairgrounds in Redmond has just gone solar. The southeast corner of the event center roof has…

A federal fugitive from Warm Springs is recovering from injuries under guard at St. Charles Redmond, accused of fleeing police late last Saturday…

Redmond High School head athletic trainer, Cari Wood, attended the National Athletic Trainers’ Association‘s fifth annual Youth Sports…

Implemented in stages since 2001, Oregon law requires Oregon residents 12-years-of-age and older who operate powered boats of more than 10-horsepower…

The Dalles police are asking the public for information in hopes of finding a Wasco County 911 dispatcher who disappeared over the weekend. Police…

An injured dog found along a roadside in Jefferson County in January, apparently having been dragged by a vehicle, now has recovered from her…

A large construction crane and materials needed to perform a planned reinforcement of the company’s dam in downtown Bend will be in place in…

Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum and Oregon Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian announced an agreement Tuesday that resolves housing discrimination…

It was a debate as passionate as it was controversial. “For people with epilepsy, this is a life-or-death issue,” a woman testified…

In late March, the Sisters Ranger District of the Deschutes National Forest will be hosting a Public Open House to discuss prescribed fire projects…

On March 15th, the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office in partnership with Secure Shred and NeighborImpact hosted the first shredding event of…

Big Brothers Big Sisters of America has named Celine Burke as Big Sister of the Year for Oregon. Celine, a Big Sister with BBBS Central Oregon, and…

Two young actresses from Bend are on a mission to make it to the Great White Way for a Broadway Artist’s Alliance (BAA) Summer Intensive…