Month: March 2016

After weeks of debating and a high-visibility, hard-fought campaign, Bend’s 5-cent gas tax proposal for road maintenance was being soundly…

A two-car collision at Highway 126 and the Powell Butte Highway late Tuesday afternoon sent one driver to the hospital and heavily damaged a Pacific…

Here’s the full text of the statement by FBI Special Agent in Charge Greg Bretzing at Tuesday’s news conference on the investigation into…

On Saturday at Mt. Bachelor, there will be a festive parade of folks putting tracks down the hill in their best-animated outfits. It could be…

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., asked the chief of the Forest Service on Tuesday about the agency’s ongoing support for a bipartisan wildfire funding…

State Treasurer Ted Wheeler on Tuesday cautioned Oregonians to beware of a newly reported telephone scam in which a threatening impersonator claims…

Five FBI agents of an elite national unit are under investigation by the U.S. Justice Department after one agent allegedly lied about shooting twice…

Oregon State University – Cascades master’s in counseling degree recently received full accreditation from the Council for Accreditation of…

This spring, partners in the Central Oregon area, will host FireFree days. Crook, Deschutes, Klamath, and Jefferson counties will all be hosting…

It’s a small patch of green, at the center of a big debate – and Bend city councilors voted 4-2 Monday night to side with those who hope to…

A 71-year-old Prineville woman who mistakenly hit the gas pedal instead of the brake pedal crashed her car completely into a dry cleaners Monday…

A Sisters construction company’s bookkeeper and office manager has been arrested on 27 felony theft counts, accused of embezzling $430,000 from…

A second challenger filed his candidacy Tuesday to run against Deschutes County Sheriff Shane Nelson — a sheriff’s deputy who said voters…

An undetermined but apparently small number of ballots in Tuesday’s special election on Bend’s proposed 5-cent gas tax were returned to…

Recent revisions in state employment data has revealed that “Deschutes County’s economy is growing at a blistering pace,” Regional…

On Sunday, Bend firefighters competed in the 25th Annual Scott Firefighter Stair Climb Challenge in Seattle. This event is a fundraiser for the…

The Oregon Natural Desert Association’s wilderness coordinator filed Monday to run as a Democratic candidate for the Oregon House seat of…

Tuesday is election day for Bend’s proposed 5-cent gas tax, and the Deschutes County Elections Office has already been busy preparing to count…

In recognition of National Consumer Protection Week (March 6-12), Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum announced Monday the annual Oregon…

Starting April 1, Soroptimist International of Bend will be placing their collection Bra Boxes around town at participating retail businesses to help…