Month: January 2016

A Powell Butte couple smelled smoke, awakened their two children and fled their burning home late Saturday night as an attic fire caused extensive damage, officials said Sunday. Crook County Fire & Rescue responded shortly after 11 p.m. to the reported residential fire on Southwest Bent Loop, said Deputy Chief Casey Kump. Sheriff’s deputies and

From skiing to sledding, many Central Oregonians have been enjoying the perks of living in a snowy city, but with those perks comes responsibility. Snow and ice creates an increase in falling cases. There have been a large number of reported falls in one Bend shopping center. Pam Powell said she watched three people slip

A Prineville man already behind bars on allegations of sexually abusing and killing a calf may be linked to up to two dozen more deer deaths, Crook County sheriff’s deputies said Thursday. Undersheriff James Savage said 67-year-old Ronald Livermore could be responsible for the killings, found in the same area where two dead yearling-calves were

Starting Friday — in a first for the nation –automatic voter registration is available to Oregonians if they are eligible to register to vote and apply for an original, renewal, or replacement license, permit, or ID card at the DMV. Once an eligible voter engages the Oregon Motor Voter process by visiting the DMV, they

A fire sprinkler extinguished a garbage can fire beside a medical office in northeast Bend early New Year’s Day, preventing what could have been a very costly blaze, a fire official said. Firefighters responded shortly after 3 a.m. to a monitored fire alarm at Central Oregon Radiology Associates at 1460 Northeast Medical Center Drive, said