Month: April 2014

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on Friday applauded a Food and Drug Administration decision to rewrite its controversial plan to regulate spent grains from…

A Bend man was jailed early Friday on assault charges in a knife attack on an acquaintance at a southeast Bend home that left the victim unconscious…

A 23-year-old Redmond woman was in fair condition Friday at St. Charles Bend, one day after she was struck and seriously injured by a NeighborImpact…

It would be an unusual sight in any town — a turkey by the road. “Because there aren’t that many turkeys that are on the street…

Bend isn’t the only Central Oregon fire district with a money measure on the May 20th ballot. Lake Chinook Fire & Rescue has proposed a…

As part of its ongoing efforts to strategically grow its business, Sunriver Resort has entered into a licensing agreement with Starbucks Coffee…

Dorro Sokol, a lifelong rancher, will be the Grand Marshal of the 2014 Sisters Rodeo Parade. Sokol represents the lifestyle of rodeo’s ranching…

In recognition of National Public Health Week this month, and Mental Health Month in May, this week the Deschutes County Behavioral and Public Health…

Jefferson County, in partnership with several fire and other agencies, is mailing fire defense information to thousands of county residents who own…

The City of Bend has three vacant positions on its Bend Economic Development Advisory Board (BEDAB) and one position available on the Arts,…

The Oregon State Bar is seeking public (i.e., non-lawyer) members for its Board of Governors, and several other committees and boards. “As a…

The Redmond Proficiency Academy is pleased to share that middle school students will serve our school and our community in an outdoor beautification…

Lawmakers and others gathered at the Oregon Food Bank in Portland on Thursday for Gov. John Kitzhaber’s signing of Senate Bill 1541,…

Distracted driving affects all of us, whether you’re guilty of doing it or not. Maybe we’re afraid of missing something — that we…

December 3rd, 2008 — a day 16-year-old Kendra Hendrickson won’t soon forget. “They diagnosed me with leukemia, which is a blood…

A telephoned bomb threat Thursday night prompted the evacuation and search of all residence halls on the Oregon State University campus, a roughly…

The Deschutes National Forest Sisters Ranger District is beginning the environmental analysis of a project in the Melvin Butte area and is looking…

Secretary of State Kate Brown challenged voters Thursday to improve Oregon’s low turnout for primary elections by making sure to register and…

The list of rules for medical cannabis dispensaries in Oregon is long. “A thousand feet from a school, 1,000 feet from another…

Oregon State Medical Examiner Dr. Karen Gunson released 2013 drug-related death statistics Thursday reflecting one fewer death from last year and a…