Month: April 2014

Aliyah Formen, Ridgeview High School junior, placed second in the state out of 65 competitors in state competition for FBLA, (Future Business Leaders…

Bend’s Drake Park recently became home to a pair of great horned owls who are actively nesting with their owlet — and that’s…

Acrovision Sports Center founder and former co-owner Richard Gustafson pleaded not guilty to 11 counts of sex abuse Monday morning in Deschutes…

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife biologists reminded and warned drivers Monday that deer, elk, turtles, frogs and other wildlife are on the…

Albacore tuna caught off the Oregon shore after the Fukushima Daiichi power station in Japan was destroyed in a 2011 earthquake had slightly elevated…

A personal document shredding, food drive and drug disposal event will take place at the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office Substation in La…

U.S. Highway 20W near Suttle Lake was blocked for 90 minutes Saturday morning after a semi-truck jackknifed across the highway. The driver was unhurt…

Bend High School hosted the third annual TEDx Bend event Saturday, and it drew a huge, sold-out crowd. About 1,400 people listened to 15 speakers and…

A Gresham man was killed and two other men were seriously injured in a single-vehicle crash early Saturday morning on icy Highway 26 about nine miles…

Volunteers at the Franklin’s Corner Community Garden in Bend got their hands dirty at a work party Saturday. They were digging up earth and…

The city of Redmond celebrated its ninth annual Earth Day Festival Saturday. The event combined fun with learning. Kids young and old were playing…

Dog-lovers and park-goers were invited to lend a hand during Saturday’s community-wide spring clean-up event at Bend’s seven off-leash…

Premature infancy occurs when a pregnancy lasts less than 37 weeks. The cause is often times unknown and out of the mother’s control. In…

Two people were injured in an SUV rollover crash on the Old Bend-Redmond Highway north of Bend early Saturday, including the driver, who was cited…

The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office and La Pine Fire Department will conduct a joint training exercise Saturday in the area of La Pine High…

“I just perked up, and was like — TED Talks?” said Madras High School student Maxwell Armithee. Some students at Madras High…

Travelers in Bend are urged to use caution near the intersection of Franklin Avenue and Third Street for the next several weeks. Motorists should…

Summertime on the High Desert means sunny weather, tourists — and more jobs. “We have kayak rides, canoeing, horseback riding — and…

Bend police said Friday they are actively processing potential fingerprints and DNA of the man who robbed a Home Federal Bank branch Thursday…

Personal use firewood collection in designated woodcutting areas of the Deschutes National Forest will open Monday, April 28. Ochoco National Forest,…