Month: June 2015

Anticipated warmer and drier weather is prompting officials with the Oregon Department of Forestry to declare the start of fire season with…

Beginning July 1, Oregon households will be allowed to legally grow up to four marijuana plants as a result of the statewide legalization of…

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., wrote the following op-ed piece on his introduction of the Breaking Down Barriers to Innovation Act, aimed at fixing what he…

A 70-year-old Sisters man was killed Thursday night in a rollover crash on Fryrear Road east of Sisters, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies…

As the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau considers new rules to rein in predatory practices in payday and similar types of lending, Sen. Jeff…

School is not quite out yet for Central Oregon students, but the countdown to full-day kindergarten has already begun. “It’s great that…

Becky Stock has joined BrightSide Animal Center, a high-save shelter in Redmond, as its new executive director, board president Mark Crose announced…

Craft Kitchen and Brewery will be opening their doors on Saturday, June 13 th . With farm to table foods blended with southern flavors, this small…

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on Thursday again urged lifting the federal ban on industrial hemp, saying it has a wide variety of uses and economic…

The Oregon Senate agreed Thursday to raise the statute of limitations on rape from six years to 12, but that fell short of a 20-year limit backed by…

NeighborImpact is participating in the 2015 Backpack Buddies Food Drive from now until June 12. As a community partner in Central Oregon, the…

A climber fell hundreds of feet to his death on Mt. Hood Thursday morning and a recovery effort has begun to carry his body off the mountain,…

The Oregon Student Information Protection Act was passed out of the Oregon House Education Committee on Wednesday and is on its way to the House…

The April “Bras for a Cause” campaign of Soroptimist International of Bend has collected a total of 956 new and gently used bras to help…

A new building for the Deschutes National Forest’s Crescent Ranger District will be dedicated in mid-June and the public is invited. On…

How would you feel about five guaranteed days of paid sick leave? The Oregon Legislature is considering requiring businesses with 10 or more…

A La Pine family of three awoke to a smoke detector and escaped a fire that heavily damaged their home late Wednesday night, officials said. La Pine…

It is close to impossible to find a hotel room in Bend because of two major events. This weekend is the Deschutes County Fair and the Bend Premier…

Warmer weather and favorable winds are lining up for fuels specialists on the Sisters Ranger District to conduct a prescribed burn Friday. Up to 42…

Implemented in stages since 2001, Oregon law requires Oregon residents 12-years-of-age and older who operate powered boats of more than 10-horsepower…