Month: March 2015

At a meeting to be held early next week, the Deschutes National Forest, Crescent Ranger District, is seeking the public’s help in planning a…

Facebook on Wednesday announced the 22 recipients of Facebook Prineville Data Center’s 2015 Local Community Action Grants. “These…

New data confirms that Oregon remains a hotspot in the national fraud epidemic, the National Consumers League warned Wednesday. According to the…

The state Medical Examiner’s Office has determined that a 31-year-old Bend man died in the Deschutes County Jail in mid-December of a…

The U.S. Collegiate Ski and Snowboard Association (USCSA) kicked off its 5-day long annual Collegiate National Championship Tues day with a Snowboard…

A recent rape investigation at the University of Oregon has brought an apparent loophole to light and is outraging many in the community, once they…

Sens. Ron Wyden and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) introduced Tuesday the Short Line Railroad Rehabilitation and Investment Act of 2015, which would extend the…

The city of Redmond and the U.S. Forest Service have completed several important steps to continue partnering to provide wildland firefighting…

The city of Redmond Transportation Division will be closing Black Butte Blvd. for half a block between 6 th St. and 5 th St. Monday through Friday,…

The city of Redmond said it is beginning construction of the American Legion, Dry Canyon Gateway on Thursday. The gateway encompasses about one-half…

Senate Education Committee Chair Arnie Roblan (D-Coos Bay) and Vice-Chair Tim Knopp (R-Bend) introduced three bills Tuesday that they say target…

After months of driver-welcomed declines, Oregon has the dubious distinction of having the second-largest weekly increase in gas prices in the nation…

The IRS began testing an appointment-based service approach on Feb. 23 in 10 of its larger Tax Assistance Centers around the country. Since the…

With measles cases spreading across the country, Oregon lawmakers are taking a shot against the virus themselves — hoping to soon make it…

Oregon’s unemployment rate dropped to 6.3 percent in January, down .4 of a percent and the lowest figure since July 2008, the state Employment…

The sewing machine buzzed, cloths cluttered the table, and fingers frantically finished a project four months in the making. A team of more than 20…

The Oregon Safety Belt Overtime Campaign is a statewide selective traffic enforcement program that seeks to reduce the number of motor…

Bend police and Bend-La Pine Schools officials shed more light Monday on an incident in which an 11-year-old Juniper Elementary School student…

More than 500 athletes from 65 schools, their coaches, officials and volunteers are taking over Mt. Bachelor this week. The plan is to ski or…

According to data released Thursday by CoreLogic, nearly 13,000 in Deschutes County, are currently designed at “High” or “Very…