Month: October 2015

Each year, Redmond Fire and Rescue opens its doors to provide a safe place for families to enjoy Halloween. When Halloween falls on a weekend, the…

Three hours of police surveillance of suspicious activity in the area of two Bend businesses early Monday led to a pair of traffic stops and the…

Marshall High School students and a staff member witnessed two people walking by the school, one with a rifle Monday afternoon, prompting a 20-minute…

A 79-year-old Terrebonne woman escaped serious injury Monday morning when her SUV hit a deer trying to cross Highway 20 west of Sisters and it…

Smith Rock is known for its mountain climbing community, but those who walk high on the slackline are being left hanging by vandals. Chad Slavin…

At a surprise assembly Monday morning, Heather Anderson, a fourth-grade teacher from Bend’s Juniper Elementary School was named Oregon’s…

According to the Pew Research Center, about 60 percent of American’s have smartphones, and about 70 percent are using some kind of social…

Geologists said Friday they will be adding seismometers this weekend as they closely monitor a swarm of dozens of small earthquakes over the past 24…

The Oregon Liquor Control Commission has released temporary rules that will regulate the state’s recreational marijuana businesses for much of…

The Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council and the High Desert Food & FarmAlliance are pleased to announce the recent award of nearly $200,000…

Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., announced Monday his support for a major mental health reform bill moving through the House. The Helping Families in Mental…

Due to the weekend’s rainfall, fire managers on the Ochoco National Forest said Monday they have canceled plans for prescribed burning near…

Deschutes County commissioners will receive public input Wednesday on a proposed exception to state land use requirements that would allow, but not…

The Central Oregon Ducks, the University of Oregon Alumni Chapter for Central Oregon, has appointed a new board and will again be active in the…

A Chiloquin woman was killed and a toddler and 17-year-old Bend girl were seriously injured Sunday afternoon in a two-car collision on state Highway…

Nearly a year after heavy snow and rain collapsed the roof over much of Woodgrain Millwork’s Prineville factory, the Idaho company announced…

A Salem man escaped injury but was cited for careless driving after a crash Sunday afternoon on state Highway 22 west of Santiam Junction, Oregon…

Two visitors who began hiking up Broken Top late Friday afternoon became lost after darkness fell and called for help Friday night, prompting a…

Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum filed a lawsuit Thursday against General Nutrition Corporation, GNC, accusing it of selling nutritional and…

Oregon’s K-9 handlers, specifically canine cadaver dog trainers, are working to change the state’s anatomical gift law. They say there…