Month: February 2016

The city of Redmond has been looking for a new council member after Councilor Heather Carlin resigned last month due to health issues. Mayor George…

It’s time to register (or change your registration) to vote in the March 8 Bend special election on the 5-cent gas tax, and also a good time to…

Shipping costs and business growth have been the deciding factors in Deschutes Brewery’s expansion to the East Coast. And some of the cities in…

The Bureau of Land Management’s Prineville District has launched several prescribed burn projects in Central Oregon to cut the amount of dry…

Grant County Sheriff Glenn Palmer is under investigation by the Oregon State Sheriffs’ Association after calls flooded their office.…

A young boy fell off his couch after jumping up and down with joy from finding out he would get to go to the Oregon Adaptive Sports Snow Camp for…

Each year, property tax bills pour into the homes of Central Oregonians. You may sigh and sign your name on a check without a moment’s…

On Day 38 of the armed occupation of the Malheur Wildlife Refuge near Burns, one of the last four remaining occupiers, David Fry, has posted more…

Oregon State Police said Tuesday a Redmond woman has died at a Boise hospital of injuries suffered in a Feb. 1 head-on crash on U.S. Highway 20E just…

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., applauded President Obama’s call Tuesday for increased assistance for homeless Americans in his fiscal year 2017…

A segment of the Pilot Butte Canal between Cooley Road and Yeoman Road in Bend and Deschutes County is Oregon’s latest entry in the National…

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown on Tuesday ordered all flags at public institutions to be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Friday in honor of…

Bend’s still-expanding Deschutes Brewery is weighing a decision among several East Coast candidate cities for its new brewery. Among the five…

The Crook County Sheriff’s Office and Prineville Police Department are joining other Law enforcement agencies across the state in a statewide…

The Oregon Department of Agriculture said Friday it hasordered a halt of sale and the removal of the pesticide product Guardian,which is labeled for…

Ever wonder where the food you eat comes from? Well, now you have the chance to find out. The local non-profit Central Oregon Locavore created a Meet…

Tax filing season has begun, and the Oregon Department of Revenue on Monday reminded taxpayers to file early, file electronically and immediately…

A 45-year-old Bend woman was arraigned Monday afternoon on murder and other charges in the New Year’s Eve death of the 92-year-old grandmother…

The Oregon Department of Education released results Monday from the third annual Kindergarten Assessment, a snapshot of early skills. The assessment…

At the rate humans are emitting carbon into the atmosphere, the Earth may suffer irreparable damage that could last tens of thousands of years,…