Month: September 2014

A North Bend man who took a short hike off-trail without his pack became disoriented Tuesday in the Three Sisters Wilderness Area, prompting a…

The Bend City Council unanimously approved the controversial OSU-Cascades Westside four-year campus plans on Monday. So what’s the next step?…

Lisa Connors and Lisa Shropshire of Bend are the dynamic duo behind “100+ Women Who Care Central Oregon.”What started as an idea has…

The Wizard Falls Hatchery on the Metolius River near Camp Sherman will be closed to public access from Oct. 1-10 due to construction. The hatchery is…

The Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council and Cascades East Transit are working to create a shuttle stop at Meissner Nordic Park. The stop would…

At the close of a nearly 5-hour appeal hearing Monday afternoon, the Bend City Council unanimously affirmed a hearings officer’s approval of…

Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and John Barrasso, R-Wyo., called Tuesday for the immediate withdrawal of a “misguided” U.S. Forest Service rule…

The High Desert Museum’s Chiles Award Committee has selected Sophie Sheppard, a third-generation Great Basin painter, essayist, farmer and…

A reward of up to $100,000 is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a serial bank robber who shot and wounded a Chino…

Bend police released some details Monday about an alcohol-fueled weekend altercation downtown involving a California police sergeant who reportedly…

As winter weather approaches on Santiam Pass on U.S. Hihway20, ODOT and its video image supplier Bend Broadband plan to change out the old analogue…

Earlier this summer, the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners approved Resolution No. 2014-072, which imposed fire use restrictions on unprotected…

Certain bats may be approaching wind turbines after mistaking them for trees, according to a study to be published in the Proceedings of the National…

Grief counselors were at Redmond schools Monday as several fund-raising efforts emerged after a violent Highway 97 crash that killed a 7-year-old…

Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies are seeking witnesses after firefighters doused a small, human-caused brushfire on the east side of Highway…

The Redmond Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) would like to announce two events coming up in October – October 8 th is International…

Want to get away? Wish you had a private jet? Well, there’s a prototype in the works which will turn your car into an airplane and your…

The City of Redmond is committed to active public involvement in all of its planning initiatives, and as such is seeking volunteers for two…

From October 27 th through November 8 th (closed Sunday November 2 nd ) local residents are encouraged to define their defensible space by taking…

The fiscal year 2014 contract for the Oregon National Guard’s Joint Transition Assistance Program, known as JTAP, which assists service members…