Month: April 2014

As long-term care insurance rates continue to rise, the Oregon Insurance Division is urging consumers to carefully examine their options and how this…

Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum warned consumers Tuesday about a sophisticated phone scam targeting Oregon taxpayers during this tax season.…

Two more prescribed fires are tentatively planned for ignitions beginning Wednesday, with others lined up in coming days, officials said. Up to 200…

Homeless and runaway teens have a safe place to call home in Central Oregon — and it’s rebounding from a technical glitch that cost them…

Bend Memorial Clinic has joined the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Network to become its tenth affiliate in the greater Northwest. The affiliation will…

A 73-year-old Prineville-area man told NewsChannel 21 Monday evening how he confronted an alleged drunken intruder at his home late Saturday night,…

These days, Gregory Ereman of Bend enjoys simple things, like going on walks and reading the paper. He can’t believe how much his life has…

In downtown Bend, more open for business signs hang than vacancies for lease. “It’s showing a level of stability in the marketplace and…

A 43-year-old walnut truck driver from Washington state was cited after running into the back of an SUV on Highway 97 south of Madras Friday evening,…

Two pieces of equipment failed Monday afternoon and caused a circuit to open at Central Electric Cooperative’s Sisters substation, knocking out…

This past winter several businesses and agencies have worked hard to ensure pedestrians have had clear paths to reach their destinations. On June 23,…

Mid Oregon Credit Union has teamed up with Secure Shred, a division of Bend Garbage & Recycling, to provide Central Oregonians a safe method for…

Entry forms for the 2014 Sisters Rodeo Parade are now available. The parade will be held on Saturday, June 14, starting at 9:30 a.m. in downtown…

An Estacada couple recently received an offer they couldn’t refuse – a promise to pave their entire driveway for $1,500. The $1,500 was…

Based on a fundamental chemical discovery by scientists at Oregon State University, it appears that trees may soon play a major role in making…

Central Oregon Partnerships for Youth (COPY), a program of the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, is offering a class to prepare volunteers to…

Camp Invention, a national educational program recognized for fostering innovative-thinking, real-world problem solving, and the spirit of invention,…

The Deschutes and Crook counties’ sheriff’s offices sent three K-9 search teams Friday to the hard-hit community of Oso, Wash., to assist…

A 3.3-magnitude earthquake five miles northwest of Sherwood Sunday evening shook the ground enough that about 1,200 people reported feeling it to the…

A 38-year-old Bend man suffered non-life-threatening injuries Sunday evening when he lost control of his speeding dirt bike and it crashed into a…