Month: May 2015

City Walls at City Hall, an arts initiative of the City of Bend Arts, Beautification and Culture Commission, is pleased to announce a special…

Governor Kate Brown on Friday declared drought emergencies in eight additional Oregon counties, including Deschutes, due to drought, low snowpack…

Bend City Manager Eric King declared a Stage 1 water curtailment alert Friday for the city, in the wake of a state drought declaration for Deschutes…

Discover Your Forest and the Deschutes National Forest are seeking applicants for the Young Women’s Career Camp, June 16-18. Young women from…

Governor Kate Brown recently appointed, and this week the Senate confirmed, the addition of Mayor Betty Roppe to the state Energy Facility Siting…

A second day of intense thunderstorms and heavy rainfall Friday were causing high-water problems on the High Desert, while a landslide and rockfall…

Oregon Treasurer Ted Wheeler and Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum announced Friday that Bank of New York Mellon Corp. has agreed to pay $180 million…

The Lookout Mountain Ranger District of the Ochoco National Forest said Friday it finalized plans this week to move forward with a post-fire salvage…

Ridgeview High School junior Skylar Adams has been accepted to the 2015 Summer Seminar for High School Juniors at Oregon Shakespeare Festival in…

After a state of emergency was declared in California due to a pipeline oil spill polluting miles of Pacific coastline, Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore.,…

One rainy afternoon in the bouldering area of the Bend Rock Gym, Bend Endurance Academy Climbing Director Mike Rougeux asked Call of the Wild…

Learning to live with a chronic condition can help prevent at risk people from developing even more serious health concerns. Many people with…

Pro cyclist Ian Boswell is back home in Bend for a visit after racing in the Tour of California. Boswell held a candid question and answer session at…

A five-month region-wide investigation led to this week’s arrest of three men in connection with up to 13 gunshots fired last December during a…

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., introduced a bill Thursday that would support new jobs and economic growth by providing small businesses greater access to…

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., released the following statement Thursday after the U.S. Senate Banking Committee passed on a party-line vote a sprawling…

Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Al Franken (D-Minn.), Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) and a broad coalition of more than 50 members of Congress continued to…

Motorists who choose to drive impaired, not use their safety restraints, drive distracted or make other dangerous driving decisions should expect to…

Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley praised Thursday’s announcement by federal regulators that cuts red tape for unmanned aircraft systems test…

A Redmond middle school student was arrested Wednesday, accused of bringing a large knife to school, police and school officials confirmed Thursday.…