Month: December 2015

Our economy depends largely on our weather; — just ask our local mountain resorts. At 9 a.m. Friday, Hoodoo opened for its 78th year to the…

As the snow and ice has melted from the last few snowstorms, the city of Bend Streets and Operation Department has been working hard to patch the…

During Wednesday night’s Bend City Council meeting, City Manager Eric King announced the council will review the city’s snow-removal…

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Your local Boy Scout troops are excited to begin the collection and recycling of Christmas trees in your community the weekends of on January 2nd…

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., released the following statement Friday after the U.S. Senate voted to pass an end-of-year spending omnibus bill, which he…

A Deschutes County grand jury returned an indictment Thursday charging a 23-year-old Redmond man with aggravated murder in last Friday’s fatal…

Oregon 138E fully reopened between Roseburg and U.S. Highway 97 late Thursday afternoon after a five-day closure near Diamond Lake due to downed…

Snow and slush cover the roads in La Pine as the town was hammered with several inches of snow on top of a foot or more from earlier storms. Bend-La…

A Bend woman who has been a “high-level target” of Central Oregon drug agents for a number of years has been arrested on charges she had…

May the fur be with you during the opening weekend of the Star Wars Episode VII movie. During the Humane Society of Central Oregon’s Star…

The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed a major toxic chemical reform law backed by Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., positioning Congress to potentially…

A 28-year-old Bend man accused of holding up a northeast Bend credit union was arraigned Thursday and ordered held without bail on a probation…

Sen. Ron Wyden and Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., said Thursday their work to update outdated regulations and taxes for cider-makers in new…

Dozens of residents came out at a public hearing Wednesday night to voice their concern over a proposal by Bend-La Pine Schools to sell Troy Field, a…

In 2015, the Central Oregon Association of REALTORS® (COAR) was able to donate directly to nine area non-profits and organized members for…

Central Electric Cooperative is accepting applications from area high school juniors for the 2016 Youth Tour program. The cooperative will select two…

Neighbors living on Southeast Clairaway Avenue in Bend are angry. A property owner wants to turn a home there into a commercial site. They say the…

Gov. Kate Brown announced Thursday that she is accepting applications for a position on the Deschutes County Circuit Court to fill the vacancy…

The Oregon Department of Forestry has selected Mike Shaw as the new district forester for the Central Oregon District. Shaw replaces George Ponte,…