Month: September 2015

The Bend Energy Challenge Week is in full swing. Agencies based at the Environmental Center are holding events and sharing helpful tips that can save…

A crash involving two motorcycles on Highway 26 east of Sandy Wednesday morning seriously injured both riders and closed the eastbound highway for…

Summer is a long time to be away from a favorite teacher — or in the case of Ponderosa Elementary, a beloved volunteer. “He’s…

A big step toward a record-setting glider flight to the edge of space took place successfully Wednesday morning in the skies over Central Oregon with…

Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel is asking for a federal investigation of the Oregon State Police forensic analyst, Nika Larsen, who…

Linn County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue on Monday afternoon recovered the body of a mountain climber from Bend who fell several hundred feet…

Central Oregon students have a chance to devise new ways to confront natural disaster in the 24th annual Inventerprise contest sponsored by Bend…

Three orphanedcougarcubs — with fuzzy, spotted coats, baby-blue eyes and some surprisingly big voices — have briefly taken up residence behind…

In December 2014, 65-year-old Loretta Macpherson of Sisters went to the emergency room at St. Charles Bend with anxiety symptoms. She later died…

Bend residents could collectively save more than $2.5 million per year, or $70/household, by converting from incandescent to LED light bulbs. Bulbs…

In light of the historic visit by Pope Francis to the U.S., Central Oregonians from religious and non-religious backgrounds held an interfaith prayer…

Now that it won’t be on the endangered species list, it appears the multi-million-dollar fight over the sage grouse is over. But some on the…

It’s a story that doesn’t happen every day: The reunion in Bend of a father and his children after 20 years of searching.…

Saturday, is National Public Lands Day. Come celebrate your public lands by volunteering – or just playing – on the national forests in Oregon…

The Oregon Public Utility Commission on Tuesday approved PacifiCorp’s proposed rate decreases that will trim the typical utility…

Prineville police Capt. Dale Cummins will be sworn in next March 1 as the new Prineville police chief, succeeding Les Stiles, the city announced…

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife on Tuesday relaxed fishing restrictions at North Twin Lake, west of La Pine, which is scheduled to be…

A 16-year-old Antelope resident escaped serious injury Tuesday morning when her car left Highway 97 in Madras and struck a power pole, sending lines…

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced Tuesday his proposal to measurably reduce carbon pollution over the next decade through a series of incentives for…

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., ranking member of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, and a colleague on Tuesday decried the potential…