Month: May 2015

A homeowner northeast of Redmond reported a cougar came through her front yard Saturday afternoon, prompting Deschutes County sheriff’s…

A report of someone pulling a gun in a northeast Bend convenience store parking lot led to a brief lock-out of Mountain View High School Friday…

More than 1,000 dams have been removed across the nation due to safety concerns, sediment buildup, inefficiency or having otherwise outlived…

Oregon consistently has one of the highest rates of melanoma incidences and death in the nation. We recently became the state with the fourth highest…

Thursday ‘s state Supreme Court ruling on a Public Employees Retirement System lawsuit could cost Oregon’s K-12 schools as much as $358…

The decline of the world’s large herbivores , especially in Africa and parts of Asia, is raising the specter of an “empty…

A 29-year-old Bend skier described by authorities as “avid and accomplished” lost control, crashed into a tree and died on Mt. Bachelor…

Oregon Reps. Greg Walden, Peter DeFazio, Earl Blumenauer, Kurt Schrader and Suzanne Bonamici on Friday urged the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of…

A fire burning in the wall between two southwest Redmond apartment caused an estimated $35,000 damage Friday afternoon, displacing a family of five…

The Red Cross was called in to help nine Warm Springs residents, including six children, displaced by a house fire early Friday morning that also…

On the very day a state appeals board heard arguments over a disputed campus site, Oregon State University President Ed Ray challenged the Central…

Arsenault Structural Moving Systems will be moving three houses over Forest Road 41 (also known as Conklin Road) on Sunday morning, Deschutes…

Eight members of Ridgeview High School FBLA Chapter, qualified for national competition at the Oregon State competition for FBLA, (Future Business…

Oregon Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley on Friday welcomed tougher federal regulations regarding oil train safety but said the measures don’t…

The Oregon House on Thursday unanimously passed House Bill 2776, a bipartisan bill to increase protections for people in danger of domestic violence…

“I think I’m getting a pretty darned good workout,” Bend Pickleball club member Kari Schoessler said. PIckleballers can play…

Friday marks the beginning of Wildfire Awareness Month in Oregon and Saturday marks Wildfire Community Preparedness Day in Deschutes County. Across…

The U.S. House passed a bipartisan funding bill Thursday to increase resources for America’s veterans and continue reforms at the Department of…