Month: August 2015

There were four structure fires in Bend last week alone. One of them was at an office building on Shevlin-Hixon Drive after a transient lit it…

Good progress was reported Tuesday by the day shift battling the the 17,166-acre Stouts Creek Fire, burning in rugged, densely forested country 16…

The Bend bike scene just got a little bit of friendly competition from another High Desert city. That’s because the Crook County chapter of the…

A 3-month-old girl brought to the Pioneer Memorial Hospital ER with serious, suspicious injuries triggered an investigation that led to the arrest of…

The City of Redmond Transportation Division will be closing NW Larch St from Business Highway 97 to NW 4 th Street on Thursday, August 6 th from 9:00…

In its third year honoring the legacy of the Rude Rudy’s Golf Tournament, and its commitment to feeding the hungry in Central Oregon, Newport…

The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department said Tuesday it is seeking comments on proposed rules that would amend the Oregon State Parks reservation…

Oregon State Parks campfire restrictions are now in place in the Columbia Gorge, the middle and southern portions of the Willamette Valley, on…

By the barest of margins, a sharply split Bend City Council voted 4-3 Monday against sending a controversial local gas tax proposal for street…

According to the National Fire Protection Association, there are an estimated 282,600 intentionally set fires nationwide each year, causing an…

Mid Oregon Credit Union is collecting needed school supplies for students in Deschutes, Jefferson and Crook counties. The Supplies 4 Schools drive…

A new study now underway by the U.S. Geological Survey is exploring the groundwater resources and geothermal energy potential in drought-stricken…

Prineville Mayor Betty Roppe received a Mayors Leadership Award during the closing banquet of the Oregon Mayors Association Summer Conference, held…

A Bend cleaning crew was on their way to a job in Sunriver on Saturday afternoon when they came upon the aftermath of a violent head-on collision…

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., spoke on the Senate floor before Monday’s vote in which the Senate rejected removing federal funding for Planned…

At Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel’s request, a judge on Monday dismissed a murder charge against Daniel Norquist in the July 25…

Onboard Dynamics, a Bend-based innovator in alternative refueling technologies, will highlight its natural gas compression capabilities at the…

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said Monday it has lifted fishing restrictions on the lower Deschutes River. Anglers can again now fish…

Three motorcyclists were injured, one seriously, when they crashed and were thrown from their bikes on a curving section of Huntington Road north of…

A 29-year-old Redmond man tried to break the windows of patrol cars parked at the Redmond Police Department, challenged responding officers with a…