Month: March 2015

Federal income tax refunds totaling $14.2 million may be waiting for an estimated 17,500 Oregon taxpayers who did not file a federal income tax…

Oregon Humanities invites Oregonians to write a personal letter to someone they’ve never met as part of Dear Stranger, a letter-exchange…

With leading medical authorities warning that public health is threatened by a “post-antibiotic future,” a panel of state lawmakers…

U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, Gov. Kate Brown and other officials will be in Bend Friday to sign a sage grouse habitat conservation agreement…

Bend mom and social media consultant Kristy Sinsara is embroiled in a legal battle with Motley Crue front man Vince Neil. Sinsara was Neil’s…

Over 20 years ago, a Rotary exchange student returning from a year of schooling in Matsudo, Japan proposed to his band teacher that he invite the…

A former Redmond man convicted of kidnapping a Redmond woman, driving her to a remote location and raping her in 2004 has died…

Oregon House Speaker Tina Kotek and Senate President Peter Courtney said Monday they plan to move ahead with consideration of a $7.255 billion budget…

Bend police reported 12 DUII arrests in four days, a sudden unexplainable surge that is sparking concern. “I’m not aware of any event…

A 10-year-old cat was brought to the Humane Society of Central Oregon by a Good Samaritan on Friday — and was soon reunited with its owners,…

With a financing deal in place, Deschutes County commissioners voted Monday to sell the Bethlehem Inn homeless shelter to a group organized by…

A driver refused to pull over for a traffic stop in southwest Redmond early Monday morning, sparking a high-speed pursuit that ended in a crash east…

Compass Commercial Real Estate Services announced Monday the sale of the 50,000 +/- square-foot mixed-use property located at 1133 NW Wall Street, at…

A Prineville police sergeant attacked by a hammer-wielding jewelry store burglary suspect of the weekend is out of the hospital, recovering from a…

Sens Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) led a letter with 20 other Democrat senators, including Oregon’s Ron Wyden and Jeff…

Bend’s central westside is rapidly changing with new residential development, schools, parks and an expanded Oregon State University –…

An animal about the size of a raccoon got into a Pacific Power substation in southeast Bend and caused it to blow its fuses Sunday afternoon,…

With spring – and spring break – just under way, Bend police said Sunday they have made a dozen DUII arrests in just the past four days. Ten of…

The most realistic risks about the dangers of artificial intelligence are basic mistakes, breakdowns and cyber attacks, an expert in the field says…

Zinc, an important mineral in human health, appears to affect how the immune system responds to stimulation, especially inflammation, new research…