Month: March 2015

Saving Grace is thrilled to announce an $11,400 contribution from Lay It Out Events. This donation is for proceeds from the OnPoint Community Credit…

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, introduced their bipartisan bill Thursday to overhaul federal wildfire policy to boost funding…

The Steering Committee for the City’s Urban Growth Boundary Remand project will meet from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday, March 19 at Bend City…

The Oregon Department of Agriculture said Thursday it has lifted restrictions and removed the quarantine in Deschutes County related to highly…

Bend-La Pine Schools Superintendent Ron Wilkinson announced that Jen Healy has been selected to become William E. Miller Elementary School’s…

Mosaic Medical said Thursday it has notified 2,207 patients of a possible breach of protected health information after learning of a break-in earlier…

Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., is urging Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx to finalize proposed new safety guidelines for rail tank cars. The…

The Oregon House on Thursday unanimously passed House Bill 2234, legislation sponsored by Rep. Gene Whisnant, R-Sunriver, that works to adequately…

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued the following statement after voting against the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act during a Senate Intelligence…

The Sisters Rodeo 75 th Anniversary poster art was unveiled at this month’s meeting of the Rodeo Association. The Dennis McGregor poster…

In the summer of 2013, BrightSide Animal Center rescued a severely injured pit bull who was found near death along a roadside, having been apparently…

The City of Madras is currently accepting “letters of interest” for a vacancy on the Madras City Council. A qualified candidate must be…

The city of Prineville has invited all Central Oregon county and city officials to a Marijuana Summit next Tuesday from 10 a.m. to noon at…

Harvesting fire-killed trees is an effective way to reduce woody fuels for up to four decades following wildfire in dry coniferous forests, a U.S.…

Another sign of the unusual low-snow winter: the Four Rivers Vector Control District in Sunriver is gearing up for mosquito season, in March.…

On Wednesday evening, more than 250 attendees gathered at the Tower Theatre to celebrate and honor women from throughout Central Oregon at the Bend…

Contractors on Wednesday began forest health restoration work in an area south of the Cascade Lakes Highway, about 10 miles west of Bend. On Monday,…

A traffic stop on Highway 97 in Redmond Wednesday morning led to the arrest of a 23-year-old Richland, Wash., man and the seizure of over a pound of…

The Intermountain Conference released its all-conference teams for the boys and girls basketball season. IMC Boys Basketball All-Conference Teams…

Debris burning is Central Oregon’s leading cause of human-caused wildfires, and the early warm weather has led to a surge in illegal open…