Month: March 2015

A Sisters couple and their three dogs narrowly escaped from their burning home Sunday afternoon when a pan being used to cook French fries ignited on…

A new study confirms that snowfall in Antarctica will increase significantly as the planet warms, offsetting future sea level rise from other sources…

Average retail gasoline prices in Oregon have fallen 1.6 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.87 a gallon as of Sunday, according to…

A Bend man wanted on a statewide felony arrest warrant for probation violation escaped a manhunt in Deschutes River Woods after an incident early…

Mt. Bachelor hasn’t been gaining a lot of snow lately — a familiar scene around the relatively warm and dry Northwest winter. But as some…

The Deschutes County Health Services Department is in the early stages of establishing a new Bend center for teens and young adults at risk for…

The Sisters School District announced Thursday the expansion of its Interdisciplinary Environmental Expedition program to serve middle school…

“It’s certainly an unusual year,” Jean Nelson-Dean, public information officer with the Deschutes National Forest, said Friday. But…

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., stood in front of the abandoned Blue Heron paper mill in Oregon City on Friday to highlight legislation he introduced…

A Deschutes County judge agreed Thursday to the release of a Redmond man on bail, but under house arrest, six months after he crashed his SUV on…

What parent doesn’t have questions? Is your child’s development on track? Will their smile last a lifetime and can they hear and see…

An Oregon Department of Transportation Maintenance crew will be patching and filling potholes on U.S. Highway 97 between Vandervert Road and State…

The seventh annual South County Girl’s Summit promises a day of free fun and exciting activities for young women in middle school through high…

Bend is no stranger to “best of” lists of every kind around the country, and it just made another one, in the new issue of…

A La Pine resident was cited Wednesday after his two pit bulls escaped from a fenced area, got into a fenced pasture and attacked a horse, causing…

Nearly 850 attendees of the recent Central Oregon Community College Foundation’s Taste of the Town and Meal of the Year benefits set a 37-year…

The annual Deschutes County Fair & Rodeo parade held in downtown Redmond will not take place this year, officials said Wednesday. Declining…

A group of parents and teenagers assembled in front of Prineville’s courthouse on Thursday to raise awareness for autism. They also rallied to…

It’s not your typical high school class. Bend-La Pine Schools’ Farm to Table program gives students a hands-on chance to learn about…

Crook County sheriff’s deputies said Thursday they are looking for whoever tied a horse to a tree along Highway 26 east of Prineville and shot…