Month: July 2015

Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), the top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), the top Democrat on the Health,…

Since Discovery Park in northwest Bend opened to the public in early June, people have been drawn to the park’s irrigation lake for water play.…

Oregon State University researchers have patented a new strain of a succulent red marine algae called dulse that grows extraordinarily quickly, is…

A 100-year-old hay barn quickly went up in flames just west of Redmond Monday morning, leaving firefighters only able to mount a defensive attack and…

Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel said Monday that four teens charged with arson and other crimes in a July 1 blaze the damaged the La…

Robberson Ford, in conjunction with Ford Focus on Child Hunger, held a Peanut Butter Drive at Newport Avenue Market in Bend and Erickson’s…

ATLAS Cider in Bend opened just over two years ago. The cider company is up to six different flavors, and now all are available on tap in its new Old…

A group of eight Democratic U.S. senators, including Oregon’s Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, on Monday asked federal researchers what they are…

Two abandoned homesteads that are now part of the Crooked River National Grassland in Jefferson County are among Oregon’s latest entries in the…

In preparation for the fall term application deadline, Oregon State University – Cascades invites adults with some college experience to meet…

The Bloom Project, nonprofit providing fresh floral bouquets to hospice and palliative care patients, announces it has hired Julie McClay as…

Veterans and community members in the Bend area are meeting this week to make plans for a sustainable farming operation as part of the Central Oregon…

Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies are looking for the owner of three calves found by a homeowner on her property east of Bend on Saturday…

A Jefferson County sheriff’s deputy tried to pull over a car in Culver Friday night, but the driver instead led deputies on a six-mile,…

Rain and cooler temperatures have quieted wildfire activity across Central Oregon over the weekend, also giving crews who have battled larger fires…

Bend city councilors found ways to squeeze an additional $1.8 million out of the budget for road maintenance. “It is because I voted no on the…

What do Lava Lanes, Abby’s Pizza and The Riverhouse Hotel in Bend have in common? The businesses are all advertising jobs on reader-boards…

A lightning-sparked brushfire that broke out south of the Three Rivers subdivision near Lake Billy Chinook late Friday afternoon was 80 percent…

Two Bend residents were hailed by police Friday after they heard cries for help, called 911 and helped an officer rescue a woman who fell into a…

Deschutes County sheriff’s detectives followed up this week’s arrest of a Bend construction company worker on numerous forgery and theft…