Month: March 2016

Former Deschutes County sheriff’s Capt. Erik Utter told NewsChannel 21 Thursday he resigned his position after he “made a mistake in my…

Businesses across Central Oregon are bracing for the impact of the newly signed minimum wage bill. Business owners said Thursday the minimum wage…

U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said on a visit to Portland Thursday she is taking prosecution of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge occupiers…

The Oregon House gave final legislative approval Thursday to legislation that increases the Earned Income Tax Credit for families with young…

An early start to spring has also meant an early allergy season. Our usual spring time peak in April might come as early as March. Dr. Ripdeep Mangat…

Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley and Reps. Suzanne Bonamici and Earl Blumenauer, all D-Ore.,introduced resolutions Thursday setting a national goal…

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation will start a drilling program next Monday to collect soil samples at Ochoco Dam east of Prineville. The agency’s…

Supporters and opponents who hailed or criticized the Oregon Legislature’s passage of a minimum wage hike plan last month voiced similar…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Oregon lawmakers have given final approval to pioneering legislation that would eliminate coal from the state’s energy…

The Oregon Supreme Court on Thursday accepted the recommendation of the Commission on Judicial Fitness and Disability and dismissed a complaint…

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown said Wednesday the state is asking to join the Deschutes Basin Oregon spotted frog federal litigation as a friend of the…

Your money may be sitting in Oregon’s capital city, waiting for you to claim it. “It’s kind of a giant lost and found, with…

Sen. Jeff Merkley, (D-OR), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Jon Tester (D-MT), and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) introduced legislation Wednesday to ensure consumers…

Our El Nino weather pattern has given us an early spring, and has also affected bird migration patterns in Central Oregon. Wild Birds Unlimited…

The City of Redmond is applying for a grant to rehabilitate Bowlby Fields in the Dry Canyon. There will an Open House to share a sample concept and…

The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office will once again be participating in the Sportsmen’s Show, being held at the Deschutes County Fair…

We’ve heard about the melting of the polar ice caps, but a group of Central Oregonians has been doing research on — and in, and under…

For what may be the first time, scientists have eavesdropped on the deepest part of the world’s oceans — and instead of finding a sea of…

As families venture to the outdoors this spring, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife reminded parents Tuesday that youths between the ages of…

It wasn’t the snowiest February, to be sure, and at times was downright warm and mild. But despite that, Tuesday’s monthly snow survey at…