Month: August 2015

Twenty disgruntled Bend residents expressed dismay over the potential sale and development of Troy Field at a public meeting Wednesday night at the…

When is a casino not a casino? In Oregon, it’s hard to tell, a new state audit says. Video gambling machines are a major source of income for a…

The 2-week-old Canyon Creek Complex Fire south of John Day exploded in size to nearly 86,000 acres Wednesday in hot, dry, windy weather that posed a…

A 76-year-old Tumalo woman has filed a timber trespass lawsuit in Deschutes County Circuit Court. Charlotte Nash claims a couple willfully cut down…

Two weeks after it broke out, the County Line 2 Fire on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation spotted across containment lines in Shitike Canyon on…

Beginning Monday in Bend and ending October 1 , the Department of Human Services (DHS) and the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) are hosting educational…

The statewide campfire and open flame ban in Oregon State Parks remains in place for at least one more week, officials said Thursday, as conditions…

The state of Oregon and four of Oregon’s largest private economic development organizations have signed a landmark agreement to improve…

Redmond held an unusual “rope-cutting” ceremony Wednesday afternoon to formally introduce an equally unusual new climbing area, located…

JOHN DAY, Ore. (AP — National Guard soldiers newly trained as firefighters have started arriving at fire camp in Eastern Oregon to help mop up…

GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — Klamath County officials have asked Sheriff Frank Skrah to go on leave in light of an ongoing state criminal…

Thousands of female firefighters work on the lines of fires burning across our country, but it continues to be a male-dominated industry. “I…

Crews rushed to encircle and put out a small brushfire Wednesday afternoon southeast of Sunriver and said they were getting it knocked down quickly.…

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown declared a drought emergency in Linn County on Wednesday, the 24th in the state this hot, dry summer. The declaration comes at…

Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum announced Wednesday the nine other members of the Law Enforcement Profiling Work Group, a panel formed at the…

September 7 through 13 is National Suicide Awareness Week. To build awareness and work toward preventing suicide, and suicide attempts, the Deschutes…

The Colorado Avenue Bridge in southwest Bend will be closed to all traffic from October 5 through November 17 for construction of a trail…

Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., announced Wednesday that his office is now accepting requests from residents of Oregon’s Second District for tickets…

State Rep. Knute Buehler, R-Bend, ended weeks of private consideration Tuesday by telling supporters he won’t run for governor next year and…

Unemployment levels are on the rise across Central Oregon, following the statewide trend over the past few months, but job gains also are up…