Month: July 2014

Due to less snowpack and lower rainfall this winter, many Oregon lakes and rivers will be reaching historically low levels, which will expose…

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., introduced a bill Thursday that he said would fast-track the phase-out of the most harmful chemicals identified by…

A car crash on Bend’s south end late Wednesday night sent a 26-year-old Sisters man to the hospital, facing drunk driving and other charges,…

What would you do to cure cancer? How would you get from New York City to San Francisco? Two seemingly unrelated questions, but 20 students from the…

It’s muddy, messy, splashy work on Jack Creek, but boy will the bull trout be grateful. “We removed an irrigation dam, now we’re…

The 10-day-old, more than 40,000-acre Shaniko Butte Fire was 80 percent contained by late Wednesday, with the firefighting force dropping below 300…

The 12,520-acre Waterman Complex of wildfires was 90 percent contained by late Wednesday, as crews quickly caught three new fire starts in the area…

Evacuation levels were lowered near the Bridge 99 Fires on Tuesday and two campgrounds reopened. Bridge 99 Complex – 9 a.m. WednesdayStart…

The eyes in the sky are here. “Last year, we started just about a month later, so it is a little earlier this year,” Command Sgt. Maj.…

A second coach-related sex scandal hits Madras High School in just eight months as a track coach was arrested Monday. Melissa Bowerman, the Madras…

With hot and dry conditions expected to continue and fire suppression resources already responding to numerous wildfires around Central Oregon, the…

Food banks in Washington and Oregon received the equivalent of more than 85,000 pounds of food from the 2nd Annual Northwest Farmers Fighting Hunger…

Calling all DIY beverage makers! Oregon State Fair’s Homebrewed Beer and Amateur Wine competitions are officially open. Competition handbooks…

The Buzzard Complex of fires that burned almost 400,000 acres of rangeland in southeast Oregon were 90 percent contained by Wednesday and crews were…

Bend Park & Recreation District reminds citizens that dogs must be on-leash in the city limits except in the seven designated off-leash areas…

FREE Residential Document Shredding Event, Food Drive, And Drug Disposal Saturday, July 26, 2014 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. At the Deschutes County…

“It bit me and scratched me and bit me a few more times,” 6-year old Kaylee said. It is a day she will not forget. Kaylee and her family…

Deschutes County is looking for two residents to serve on the Deschutes County Audit Committee. Please apply now. We will keep the search open until…

Deschutes County seeks a new volunteer Planning Commission member from the Redmond area and is accepting applications until Friday, July 25. The term…

The Waterman Complex Fire closed Highway 26 East of Prineville to Mitchell for several days, but Tuesday it’s now open again for residents, but…