Month: May 2015

Next week’s Oregon High School Equestrian Teams state championships in Redmond have been canceled due to an outbreak of equine herpes virus…

Central Oregon, renowned for its outdoor recreation, is also known for its focus on wellness, with a robust community of massage therapists,…

On Monday and Tuesday, May 18 and 19, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad is removing and replacing the existing railroad tracks at the China Hat…

A bad turn in the weather Wednesday evening prompted four Bend teens visiting Paulina Lake hot springs to call for help, saying they could not find…

Stickers from the Bend-based “New Growth Clothing” company are popping up all over Bend. “They’re on the backs of stop signs,…

The past month has continued the trend for record-low snowpack throughout Oregon and well below-normal streamflows forecasted for the summer, the…

The Humane Society of Central Oregon volunteers regularly walk shelter dogs on the Oregon State property adjacent to the Bend shelter property.…

Central Oregon is known for its dramatic landscapes, great beers and boundless ways to play outside, from skiing and cycling to hiking and paddling.…

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., introduced Thursday the Sutton Mountain and Painted Hills Area Preservation and Economic Enhancement Act, to create…

State Sen. Tim Knopp (R-Bend) testified Thursday in favor of constitutionally viable PERS reform to fix the long-term problem of PERS liability in…

A Deschutes County sheriff’s deputy’s patrol car rear-ended another car at slow speed in downtown Sisters Thursday morning, and deputies…

President Barack Obama arrived in downtown Portland to cheers and jeers Thursday evening as he began a two-day visit to raise funds for Democrats and…

An unlucky lightning strike that zapped an Awbrey Butte home Wednesday night has a Bend family feeling very lucky the damage wasn’t worse, and…

The Central Oregon Youth Orchestra program is this month’s Pay it Forward recipient. Executive Director and Founder Amy Goeser Kolb, was…

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced the award of over $1.5 million to Oregon and Washington to expand and accelerate wood energy and…

Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum announced Thursday an agreement with the nutritional supplement chain Vitamin Shoppe Inc. that permanently…

On behalf of the Bureau of Land Management, BLM Deputy Director Linda Lance today presented awards to agency employees and teams for their…

A Bend man lost control of his SUV in a heavy hailstorm on Highway 97 south of Redmond Wednesday afternoon and struck an oncoming SUV, sending two of…

In recognition of the small business community’s contribution to the American economy, the President of the United States designates one week…

Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., called on the White House Thursday to finally end the mass surveillance of Americans, following…