Month: December 2015

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., lauded Wednesday’s Senate passage of the final K-12 education bill to boost high school graduation rates in Oregon and…

Experts predict the price of both medical and recreational marijuana will increase dramatically in Oregon next year. It’s all due to new…

Two men, from Madras and Bend, face drug charges after police stopped to help with their SUV, partly blocking a lane of the Bend Parkway, and found…

A Bend woman said she had a gun pointed at her during a suspected road rage incident Sunday afternoon on South Highway 97 at Pinebrook Boulevard,…

City Club of Central Oregon is pleased to announce the appointment of Barb Hess as the organization’s 2016 Board President. Hess follows Jamie…

The Oregon Land Conservation and Development Commission has enacted rules to provide a simpler, more cost-effective way for cities to amend urban…

Police released a third photo Monday of a gunman who held up the Chevron gas station-convenience store in downtown Prineville early Sunday morning as…

This year marks Crooked River Ranch Fire & Rescue’s 6 th annual Shop with a Firefighter program. Every year, many children living on…

The Family Access Network (FAN) is the recipient of a $50,000 planned giving donation from an anonymous donor to support FAN advocate services to…

Thousands ofchildren will soon experience the joy of Christmas , thanks to the Bend community. Residents packed empty shoeboxes with small items like…

Discover Your Forest, in collaboration with the Deschutes National Forest and Mt. Bachelor Ski Area, will begin their annual interpretive snow tours…

A La Pine woman was arrested on DUII, reckless driving and assault charges after a crash into a tree early Tuesday on South Century Drive that sent…

Bend Fire & Rescue will be conducting a live fire training exercise in Tumalo on Wednesday, burning a structure donated to the department for…

Oregon has experienced a significant increase in wildfires over the past several years. Not only have these fires increased damages and costs to…

On the early morning of December 7th, 1941, Japanese warplanes bombed the USS Arizona in a surprise attack. The warplanes killed 2,400 Americans and…

Mike Williams was heading home to Redmond on U.S. Highway 20 east of Sweet Home Monday evening when he ran into a major rockslide —…

Central Oregon Partnerships for Youth (COPY), a program of the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, is offering a class to prepare volunteers to…

The City of Redmond is hosting a public workshop on Wednesday, 6:00 -8:00 pm, Redmond City Hall, 716 SW Evergreen Avenue to review the final draft of…

A festive night in La Pine — the annual Christmas Lights Parade — turned frightening when a 9-year-old La Pine girl fell off a float and…

Beginning as early as Tuesday and continuing through the week, fuels specialists plan to burn 167 acres of piles west of Bend, Deschutes National…