Month: October 2015

Normally, it’s a hunting rifle that’s the big seller at Bend’s Trigger Happy Guns. But this week, pistols like the Springfield XDS…

There is a lot of confusion on Central Oregon Community’s campus about whether you’re allowed to carry a gun on school grounds. Stickers…

A bill sponsored by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, that extends the same federal hiring preference to fathers that is…

The Oregon Health Authority held a town hall in Bend Wednesday night on a very timely topic-the state’s mental health services. This was one of…

The tragedies of places like Roseburg and Sandy Hook garner headlines, but thousands of first responders in Bend and across the nation deal every day…

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service declined Wednesday to list the Sierra Nevada red fox under the Endangered Species Act due in part to research…

Gov. Kate Brown announced Wednesday a new pilot program to help small Oregon companies finance their growth. Small and young companies often struggle…

Experts from around Oregon will meet in Redmond next Wednesday to join with Central Oregon leaders to develop an Action Plan to combat the epidemic…

A week earlier than scheduled, city of Bend officials cut a ribbon across Reed Market Road to celebrate Tuesday’s reopening of the key…

ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) —Authorities say the gunman who killed nine people at Umpqua Community College killed himself inside a classroom after two…

A 19-year-old La Pine employee of the Bend Walmart was arrested on arson and other charges Monday night, accused of using a pocket lighter to set two…

Lovers of beer and history now have an easy way to support the preservation of Oregon beer history. The Oregon Hops and Brewing Archives at Oregon…

From October 12-16, the Deschutes National Forest is planning to close Forest Road 1210200 east of Suttle Lake from Forest Road 1210 to Highway 20 to…

The first annual Oregon All-State Education + Entrepreneurship Startup Weekend is seeking student sponsors for the October 23-25 event at the COCC…

Looking forward to the 2016 Oregon Legislative Session, Senator Tim Knopp remains focused on serving his constituents and representing their…

Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office Sergeant Nathan Garibay has been awarded the Emergency Manager of the Year award from the Oregon Office of…

A two-story, nearly century-old building in Madras known as “the Old Courthouse” has just been added to the National Register of Historic…

It’s a tale that the evergreen-filled and ever-growing city of Bend knows all too well. A developer wants to build, and neighbors don’t…

Bend-Redmond (Deschutes County) home prices rose 9 percent over the year ending in August, CoreLogic, a property information firm, reported Tuesday.…

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month across the nation. Many support the cause by wearing pink. All this month, many clinics and organizations…