Month: September 2015

Reed Market Road will be closed in both directions for two weeks beginning Tuesday morning at the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad crossing.…

An Oregon State Police forensic analyst is under investigation for “skimming” drugs from evidence she tested at the crime lab in Bend,…

A drug raid on a northeast Bend home led to the arrest of a resident who is accused of growing and selling marijuana to minors and also making…

Due to the recent pulse of moisture across Central Oregon, all public use restrictions have been dropped on the Deschutes and Ochoco national…

The picture of a man and his two children, etching their names into a railing at Tumalo Falls, went viral months ago. Now the man has been identified…

This week, the Deschutes National Forest’s Bend-Ft. Rock Ranger District is began the first stage of work to create a strategic fuel break for…

Bend police said Wednesday that 28 stolen building trusses and a trailer were returned to Bend Area Habitat for Humanity’s ReStore on Third…

Despite rising housing, child care and other household costs, Oregon’s minimum wage will remain $9.25 in 2016, Commissioner Brad Avakian…

About 4,300 Pacific Power customers in southern Bend will have their electricity interrupted early Friday morning so crews may switch power supply…

Federal officers arrested a Warm Springs man Wednesday on charges of assault on a federal officer stemming from an armed standoff at his home on…

Pilot Butte Middle School in Bend has launched a online campaign to help raise money for its music department. Orchestra and Choir Director Amy Meyer…

Armed with a new federal grant, the Redmond Municipal Airport announced Wednesday it is seeking a carrier to add a direct flight to Phoenix.…

The U.S. Department of Transportation on Wednesday awarded Redmond Municipal Airport a grant of $500,000 for its effort to attract new flights…

A Post resident has been arrested on kidnap, assault and other charges, accused of holding a woman against her will in a locked cabin for several…

Cascade Natural Gas Corporation announced Wednesday that it has filed a Purchased Gas Adjustment with the Oregon Public Utility Commission to reflect…

A Portland man identified as a “significant supplier of heroin” in Deschutes County was arrested late Monday night, along with a female…

The Cascades East Transit system in Bend is expanding come Monday, and OSU-Cascades is doing their part of meeting the community’s…

While the higher speed limits authorized in House Bill 3402 for several Central and Eastern Oregon highways won’t take effect until next year,…

Four small fires along Highway 26 Tuesday morning about 4 miles south of Warm Springs briefly shut down the highway’s shoulders in both…

Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council and Cascades East Transit announced the launch of additional service for Bend fixed-route transit service,…