Month: February 2015

The first resignation of a sitting Oregon governor due to scandal has sparked an expected flood of reaction, from elected officials and others.…

Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber, embroiled in a growing ethics scandal involving fiancee Cylvia Hayes, announced his resignation Friday, effective at…

The Oregon Department of Agriculture, in cooperation with the US Department of Agriculture, said Friday it is responding to a detection of highly…

The weather has made for a short season for most winter activities and this includes ice skating. The Redmond Area Parks and Recreation District and…

On Tuesday, Hanjin, a major shipping company, announced it is going to pull out of the Port of Portland, a move that has a huge impact on many…

An 11-year-old Bend boy trying to cross South Highway 97 on foot, away from an intersection, was struck by a car Thursday night and taken to the…

The months-long legal and political dispute over Bend City Councilor Casey Roats’ eligibility for office apparently is over, as the city…

For over two years, Deschutes County residents and the families involved with a tragic undisclosed case have waited for a charging decision from the…

Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., announced Friday more than $1.4 million for an Oregon National Guard program that helps servicemembers and…

The city of Bend will be closing SE 15 th Street near Chloe Lane between February 23 and approximately April 24 for the installation of a sewer…

Vitamin Cottage Natural Food Markets, Inc., a Lakewood, Colorado-based natural grocery chain with a store in Bend, is recalling two lots of Natural…

Oregon Treasurer Ted Wheeler and legislative leaders called Thursday on Gov. John Kitzhaber to resign in the midst of a growing ethics scandal…

A 39-year-old Bend transient who set his mother’s SUV ablaze and tried to burn her southeast Bend home when she refused to let him in was found…

Decades have passed since a Bend teen’s remains were found in a wooded area south of the city, but there are many who remember Susan Wickersham…

Comments are swirling surrounding Governor John Kitzhaber’s growing scandal. Central Oregonians are questioning their longest-serving governor,…

Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., and over a dozen House colleagues called Thursday for a swift resolution to the labor slowdown affecting ports up and down…

A pickup truck crossed the center line of Highway 97 in Redmond and struck a semi-truck head-on Wednesday afternoon, sending the pickup driver to the…

The lack of snow and the warm temperatures are a big concern when it comes to irrigation water in the summer. “We have a very dismal…

A 31-year-old Redmond man stopped for speeding on the Bend Parkway at over 100 mph early Thursday was arrested on DUII and reckless driving charges,…

Two upcoming seminars in Bend will help local businesses navigate wage and hour laws and employee management practices so that organizations can…