Month: June 2014

A Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office K-9 helped deputies track down and arrest a La Pine motorcyclist who failed to pull over for a traffic…

The MD-87 was created to fly passengers. But the one standing by on the tarmac of Redmond Airport is fighting fires — and was ready for its new…

The average Bend-area (Deschutes County) worker earned just over $20 an hour in May of last year, about 10 percent below the national average, new…

The Mt. Bachelor Rotary Club selected Bend’s Sister-City of Condega, Nicaragua for one of its 2014 World Service projects by providing eighty…

Residents at Skyliners Road west of Bend who had to be evacuated Saturday evening after the outbreak of the Two Bulls Fire finally were able to…

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and Oregon State University are collaborating on an effort to survey Oregon hunters about their use and…

Location: Tumalo Reservoir Area, west of Bend, OR Date: June 11, 2014 at 5:10 p.m. By Captain Shane Nelson, 541-617-3386 Evacuations Levels will…

Summer time is especially busy at Bend Park & Recreation District, but this summer there is even more activity with the installation of new solar…

Central Oregon Council on Aging (COCOA) is recruiting volunteer drivers to deliver meals in the Bend-Tumalo area on a weekly basis. Through the COCOA…

The city of Bend switched back on its Bridge Creek source of drinking water Wednesday morning as fire lines firmed up on the Two Bulls Fire near the…

With nearly 40,000 children in Central Oregon, there is a significant need for specialized pediatric care in our community. Central Oregon Pediatric…

Tearful murder defendant Luke Wirkkala took the stand in his own defense Wednesday afternoon, telling jurors he shot and killed David Ryder in…

Each year, the Bank of the Cascades team in Prineville carries out the legacy of belated Crook County residents Charles Hugh and Wilma Marie Perrin.…

A squirrel met an untimely demise at the Pacific Power substation near Mirror Pond Wednesday morning, and the resulting power outage affected a broad…

A cookie drive has been organized to collect cookies for firefighters battling the Two Bulls Fire, but can they accept them? A cookie controversy is…

A fire like Two Bulls requires carefully organized resources. I visited the fire camp this evening to learn what’s used and how, and as we…

A new wildfire was spotted just before noon west of Bend and south of Skyliners Road, near the Two Bulls Fire, bringing a quick call-out of fire…

Robberson Ford, in conjunction with Ford Focus on Child Hunger, will be collecting peanut butter to support the additional summer demand for…

State Rep. Dennis Richardson, the Republican nominee for governor, on Monday said the Two Bulls Fire raging near Bend was an example of the kind of…

Some Evacuation Levels Revised, All Schools Open Wednesday At 1:45 PM this (Tuesday) afternoon, the Two Bulls Fire incident commander confirmed with…