Month: July 2014

A Bend police officer on downtown patrol Tuesday was approached by a 24-year-old man who was “acting strangely” and called in backup when…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon voters will be deciding this year whether to legalize marijuana for recreational use. State elections officials certified…

The Wheeler County town of Mitchell, population 130 or so, is the closest community to the Waterman Complex fire. It’s an area so rural that it…

A lot of people watched the storms roll through today and with the high-risk of fire, the fire lookouts have an important job, like the one whose job…

When fire season sparks on the High Desert, Butler Aircraft Manager Kurt Newton sums it up in two words: organized chaos. “We’ve got to…

The dangers of firefighting aren’t solely on the fire lines, a reminder seen Friday in a pair of injury rollover crashes involving vehicles en…

The roof of the Prestige Senior Living High Desert facility in northeast Bend is littered withAvitrol, a bird repellent used by licensed pest control…

Maturity has its rewards, and at the Humane Society of Central Oregon that means all animals six years and older will have the bonus of half off the…

The head track and field coach at Madras High School was arrested Monday by Oregon State Police on charges she engaged in an unlawful sexual…

The American Red Cross said Tuesday it is facing a looming blood shortage, leading to an urgent need for donors of all blood types to roll up a…

Local youth are invited to participate in Bend Park and Recreation District’s Youth Flag Football League this fall. The league is open to boys…

Aircrews from the Wyoming Air National Guard’s 153rd Airlift Wing, who fly C-130 Hercules aircraft equipped with the Modular Airborne…

Catastrophic disasters often impact rural areas and the human cost can be very high. In these times of crisis, small, rural communities are often…

Smokejumping — it’s the kind of firefighting adrenaline junkies fall for. But don’t be fooled: This work is no walk in the park.…

In eawrly June, it was smoke-filled skies over Bend, now smoke blankets nearly everywhere else on the High Desert. “In Deschutes County —…

Bend police staked out, surrounded and arrested an Idaho man wanted on aggravated assault and strangulation charges in the parking lot of a northeast…

Smoke is a burning topic on on the minds of Central Oregonians. And Monday, Samantha O’Connor went out to Warm Springs to find out more about…

The Logging Unit Fires is a newly established and jointly managed group of nine fires on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, one of which is…

NE Smith Rock Way will be closed to thru traffic on Monday, July 28 , and Tuesday, July 29 , from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. each day to facilitate…

There was widespread improvement to unemployment levels across the High Desert in June after several months of stagnation, the Oregon Employment…