Month: July 2015

A 64-year-old Bend man reported overdue on a motorcycle ride from Bend to Baker City was killed in a crash off Highway 26 in Wheeler County, Oregon…

This week, in honor of TV’s “Shark Week,” Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., released a whiteboard video entitled “Loan Shark…

Bend-based Saving Grace said Friday it is energized by the governor’s signing of HB 3476, also known as the Advocate Privilege Bill. The bill…

A wildfire that broke out late Wednesday afternoon about 30 miles north of Madras grew to over 6,700 acres but was 90 percent contained by Friday,…

Oregon State Police said Wednesday they have identified an Idaho man killed when his motorcycle struck a guardrail on Highway 26 east of Government…

Oregon is the second state in the nation, joining Tennessee, to make community college education free. This comes at a time when college education is…

What might have appeared to onlookers to be a rescue on a fast-running stretch of the Deschutes River in Bend Friday morning actually was officials…

Effective at noon Friday, obstetrical services at St. Charles Madras are being diverted for about 30 days to allow the hospital “to stabilize…

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Oregon businesses reported a record 53,300 job vacancies this spring, state officials said Thursday. It’s the largest number of vacancies ever…

What parent doesn’t have questions? Is your child’s development on track? Will their smile last a lifetime and can they hear and see…

The newly completed $21 million residence hall at Central Oregon Community College will be open for guided tours from 4 to 6 pm on Thursday, July 16,…

Oregon Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., issued a flurry of news releases Thursday on a variety of legislative issues, from helping…

Volunteers in Medicine Clinic of the Cascades is happy to announce the recent award of two grants; $10,000 from the Robert W. Chandler Discretionary…

Deschutes County’s Local Public Safety Coordinating Council invites applications from Deschutes County non-profit organizations that are…

Cancer has touched us in various ways. Tour des Chutes is a day where folks gather to ride to support those who are here and to remember those who…

Soccer fever is alive in Central Oregon! The 2015 Bend Unified Recreation Soccer League enrollment is at an all-time record high with more than 1,660…

St. Charles Foundation and St. Charles Health System invite members of the community to nominate outstanding local physicians for this year’s…

Federal highway officials say Deschutes County ranks fourth in the nation for the rate of drivers in fatal crashes who were found to have been using…