Month: July 2014

Bend Park & Recreation District is seeking adult volunteers to coach youth soccer for the 2014 Bend Unified Recreation Soccer League, a joint…

The totals are in, and Dutch Bros. Coffee locations in Bend, Redmond and Sisters used their 10-Year Anniversary to raise $17,434 to support Habitat…

Have you wondered how your county tax dollars are spent? Do you know what services Deschutes County provides to you? For the fifth-consecutive year,…

Cyclists from all over the globe have flocked to Bend this week, but one entire team and their staff are all staying on the same street. “We…

The United Way of Deschutes County announced Tuesday a funding plan for 2014-15 that invests $1,025,918 in a range of essential community services…

Regional crews are now in Warm Springs taking over management on the fast-growing Shaniko Butte Fire. When regional crews come in, fire camp needs to…

Construction Contractors Board investigators recently showed up unannounced at more than 200 job sites in Central and Eastern Oregon as part of an…

Thousands of taxpayers across Oregon have tax refund money a wa iting them — all they need to do is cash a check. The Oregon Department of…

The American Red Cross encourages all eligible blood donors to make an appointment to donate blood soon to help prevent a shortage. During the summer…

Oregon’s timber harvest rose to 4.2 billion board feet last year, marking four straight years of improvement from the recession low of 2.72…

Renovations to the Colorado Avenue Dam are rushing forward. On Monday night, the Bend Planning Commission gave approval to Bend Parks and Rec’s…

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., congratulated the U.S. House Tuesday on passing a permanent extension of the Internet Tax…

Crooked River Ranch Fire & Rescue has been awarded a $167,181 grant by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Assistance to…

A group of lightning-sparked wildfires north and west of Mitchell have burned about 3,000 acres, prompting some home and campsite evacuations and the…

Significant progress was made overnight by crews mopping up the 652-acre White River Fire, located 12 miles west of Tygh Valley, increasing the…

Over 1,000 lightning strikes hit southeast Oregon’s Harney County during Sunday’s thunderstorms, sparking at least a dozen new fires over…

The destructive Moccasin Hill Fire near Sprague River in Klamath County, which has claimed about 20 homes and other structures, is now 15 percent…

They’re not hard to spot along the streets in Bend: Signs advertising various businesses and services. While they may serve a purpose for…

As excitement for one of America’s largest multistage cycling races heats up, so have wildfires burning across Central Oregon. And now their…

More firefighters were brought into Central Oregon Monday to help local crews battle about 60 blazes sparked by some of the 3,400 lightning strikes…