Month: August 2015

Oregon fishery managers announced Monday that the afternoon fishing ban in place on most rivers and streams in the state will be lifted, beginning…

A southeast Bend resident who awoke to find a stranger standing over his bed early Sunday chased him out of the house, but he stole the man’s…

The 280-acre Cove Fire that broke out Saturday at Cove Palisades State Park, destroyed two homes and prompted evacuations neared full containment…

Strong weekend winds have pushed the Canyon Creek Complex Fire near John Day to over 105,000 acres as of Monday, two days after it consumed three…

The Central Oregon Community College’s Madras Campus will be closed Aug. 28 through Sept. 7 for maintenance. For assistance, call or visit the…

About 500 firefighters were still on the lines Monday of the 67,083-acre County Line 2 Fire on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, now 84 percent…

A woman awoke to the smell of smoke, and she and her two sons escaped their burning home in northwest Bend early Sunday, a blaze that investigators…

Daimler Trucks North America announced Friday night its commitment to bring more jobs to Oregon with an $18 million investment to upgrade its current…

Winds sent the more than 87,000-acre Canyon Creek Complex wildfire advancing north toward the town or Prairie City early Saturday, prompting…

Marla Melius and her family were on a camping vacation at Lake Billy Chinook Saturday morning when daughter Brittany realized something wasn’t…

A home off Galveston Avenue in northwest Bend is being transformed into a new recreational marijuana shop. It’s located just a few feet from a…

A two-vehicle crash on Highway 97 south of Sunriver on Friday afternoon injured four people and brought an air ambulance to the scene, prompting a…

Two Bend teens were arrested early one morning this week, accused of entering at least 10 unlocked cars parked in a southeast Bend neighborhood and…

Oregon Secretary of State Jeanne P. Atkins announced Fri day that Oregon law does not require candidates for president to be declared members of the…

Central Oregon drug agents stopped a car and arrested a Washington state man and a transient in Redmond Walmart parking lot Wednesday night, later…

The ‘friendship’ between Facebook and Prineville may have just become a little richer — by millions and millions of dollars. City…

Former Madras High School quarterback Josh Farrester is back in Madras to help out the community that helped him so much in the past. In 2007, during…

A well-known name and face in Central Oregon political circles for over a decade is making her second bid for the same statewide office, this time as…

A group of firefighters from Hampshire, United Kingdom have come all the way to Central Oregon to learn how to effectively fight wildfires. On…

The Oregon Transportation Commission has approved a proposed updated set of rules for transporting hazardous materials by rail. Combined with…