Month: December 2015

The State Board of Education approved temporary rules Thursday governing the new Oregon School Capital Improvement Matching program, which will…

The Shepherd’s House in Bend is opening a new home Saturday in Bend for addicted or abused homeless women with children. The home is the first…

New details emerged Thursday from interviews with the Iraqi man who used a Website to buy, through a Bend deli, an Oregon Lottery Megabucks ticket…

Northern spotted owl populations are declining in all parts of their range in the Pacific Northwest, according to research published in The Condor.…

USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service said Thursday it is making about $40 million in financial assistance available in 2016 to…

A group of 72 leading climate change scientists have written a letter to major U.S. presidential candidates urging strong American leadership on…

The Crescent Ranger District is seeking comment on a proposal to turn the Crescent Lake Guard Station into a recreation rental. Built in the early…

A Redmond woman employed for two months as a Ridgeview High School teachers’ aide before resigning in October faces several charges of…

Firefighters normally put out fires — not start them. But nothing beats a burning house for realistic training in life-or-death situations, and…

This Saturday, the Deschutes National Forest will open their Bend office between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. to give fourth-graders an opportunity to redeem…

A police officer shot and critically injured a combative man Wednesday on Highway 101 in Newport after attempts to subdue him with pepper spray and…

It’s the season of giving, and in Redmond that means giving back to four-legged friends. BrightSide Animal Center is vowing to make life a…

It was snowing earlier Wednesday on Mount Bachelor, but that’s not what has most people concerned. Heavy rains and strong winds have been…

Mt. Bachelor announced Wednesday that it will give $50,000 in cash to local non-profit organizations as part of its annual Charity Ski Week program.…

On Sunday, December 20 , the La Pine Christmas Basket Association will again distribute food baskets to an estimated 550-600 families in Southern…

The city of Bend announced it will close Bond Street between Industrial Way and Arizona Avenue for up to four days, starting Monday, to accommodate a…

Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and John Boozman, R-Ark., announced Wednesday that their bill to ensure wounded members of the Guard and Reserve will…

A transient from Linn County was arrested by Redmond police on Tuesday, accused of writing fraudulent checks in large amounts at area RV dealers, and…

Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., has joined Oregon’s two Democratic senators in criticizing GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump’s call for a…

A 46-year-old man from the northeast Oregon town of Cove was arrested Tuesday in the Nov. 29 armed robbery of Prineville’s Circle K convenience…