Month: June 2014

Organizers of the High Desert Omnium, a two-day, three-stage bike race held annually in Central Oregon, are seeking volunteers for a variety of…

A Redmond woman was cited and two of six passengers went to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries late Thursday afternoon after her SUV…

The number of stay-at-home parents in Oregon is on the rise. A new report released Wednesday finds that one in five mothers is staying home to care…

The recent Two Bulls fire was a near catastrophe, averted only by the hard work and courage of firefighters, first responders and search and rescue…

Carol Higginbotham, professor of chemistry, has been selected as the 2014 recipient of Central Oregon Community College’s Faculty Achievement…

Bend City Councilor Mark Capell said hiking water and sewer rates “can be the hardest thing we can vote on” – and indeed, there was…

Effective September 1, the Boys & Girls Club of Central Oregon (BGCCO) will separate into two independent organizations, Redmond/Terrebonne and…

Bend City Councilor Scott Ramsay announced Thursday that he is running for reelection in November. Ramsay was elected to the Bend City Council in…

As the first day of summer approaches on Saturday, Oregon will be greeted with mostly sunny skies, warm temperatures and planes in the skies……

Bend’s homeless shelter, the Bethlehem Inn, has been renting the building its operating out of for years from Deschutes County. The county…

Each year during the last full weekend in June, Multi-sport Athletes from across the country converge here in beautiful central Oregon to take part…

The Daughters of the American Revolution has recognized Alex Noble, a recently graduated Summit High senior, as Oregon’s “Service for…

Two Chicago women on a 500-mile hike of the Pacific Crest Trail called for help Tuesday after a difficult night of rain, then snow left them cold and…

The ASPCA ® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) announced Thursday the five winners of the 2014 ASPCA Help a…

Businesses reported that nearly half of Oregon’s job vacancies in 2013 were “difficult to fill,” according to a new report from the…

Oregon State University – Cascades Vice President Becky Johnson announced Wednesday in a quarterly meeting of the Campus Expansion Advisory…

Deschutes County Health Services is inviting residents and visitors to complete a brief survey about visiting downtown Bend that focuses on issues…

Oregon State Police are continuing their investigation into the cause of Wednesday afternoon’s single-vehicle injury traffic crash along…

A well-meaning person finds a young deer fawn alone in the wild, assumes it is lost, orphaned or hurt, and takes it home with them to nurse it back…

Oregon Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction Rob Saxton announced Wednesday that 25,000 Oregon students from 90 school districts across the…