Month: May 2014

A bald eagle that apparently was struck and seriously injured by a car north of Bend on Saturday was recovering Sunday at a wildlife rehabilitation…

The 2014 Oregon Library Association’s “Librarian of the Year Award” recently was given to the Deschutes Public Library’s…

The Oregon Supreme Court is being asked to decide whether Mt. Bachelor’s liability release makes the resort immune to a lawsuit filed by a…

The 2014 Spotlight on Homelessness, the Bethlehem Inn’s annual fundraising dinner, raised over $120,000 during the event on Tuesday, May 6.…

The recent sexual assault allegations involving three University of Oregon basketball players have put a renewed focus on what many experts call a…

The Bend-Mt. Bachelor Rotary Club recently completed a community service project to create a vegetable garden, yard and walking path, known as the…

St. Charles Health System recently reopened outpatient rehabilitation services at the Madras hospital. The clinic provides multidisciplinary rehab…

In October, Christal and Aaron Walker of Redmond had to do something no parent should ever have to: say goodbye to their daughter. Avrey was just 10…

On Wednesday, Deschutes County Board of Commissioners passed a proclamation declaring Thursday was National Children’s Mental Health Awareness…

A donation of three non-perishable food items per person gains free entry to the Sunriver Homeowners Aquatic & Recreation Center (SHARC) on…

Teen pregnancies in Oregon and around the nation have hit a historic low. According to a recent study by the Guttmacher Institute, teen pregnancies…

The Redmond School District announced Friday that its Community Learning Center program will end this school year due to the exhaustion of supporting…

The manhunt for a Linn County man who scaled a fence and escaped from Deer Ridge state prison near Madras five days ago shifted to the…

Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., on Friday urged the Department of Transportation to ensure railroads notify states of all oil shipments…

The living and the dead: In this instance, it’s not the title of a sci-fi series but a description of our backyards. A look around the property…

The Make a Mother’s Day Diaper Drive is an effort to collect diapers for families in need in Deschutes County. Organized by a group of Bend…

Taking a fledgling bird, a deer fawn, a seal pup, or other young animal out of the wild often doesn’t help the animal and can lead to its early…

In a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and nine colleagues called Friday for the FCC to…

Archie Briggs Road will be closed to through traffic between NW Stoneridge Loop and Mt. Washington Drive from roughly 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., May 19…

Two callers in Sunriver reported seeing a cougar in the resort community Thursday afternoon, the second sightings in less than a week, police said.…