Month: March 2016

Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore, has written to Interior Secretary Sally Jewell to urge her to heed the results a referendum overwhelmingly passed by voters…

Did you know that over 1 million people in the United States are living with, or are in remission from, leukemia, lymphoma, or myeloma? Leukemia…

Redmond police have charged a 25-year-old area transient in last month’s car theft that officers pursued until it crashed and the driver ran,…

The Elections Division of the Secretary of State’s Office released the first monthly report of the Oregon Motor Voter program on Thursday. The…

Many people know this is a presidential election year, but some of Oregon’s most important positions are also up for election. OSU Cascades…

The Transportation Security Administration is hiring part-time Transportation Security Officers at Roberts Field/Redmond Municipal Airport beginning…

Sunday marks the beginning of daylight saving time and the Office of State Fire Marshal is recommending residents test their smoke alarms before…

The recent Central Oregon Community College Foundation’s Taste of the Town and Meal of the Year benefits raised $327,000 for student…

A years-long project by Cascade Natural Gas to replace and update gas lines around Bend will move into the downtown core this spring, and an upcoming…

The Redmond Police Department on Thursday reported the results of one enhanced DUII enforcement effort in February and arrests made during regular…

Skiing is a sport that allows individual to move freely at speed through time and space and experience sheer exhilaration. People who are blind or…

The Internal Revenue Service said Thursday that federal income tax refunds totaling $950 million may be waiting for an estimated 1 million taxpayers…

The Oregon State Police troopers who shot and killed the former spokesman for the armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, LaVoy…

The women of Central Oregon were honored at the second annual Women of the Year Awards, hosted by the Bend Chamber. More than 350 attendees gathered…

Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., along with Sens. Patty Murray, D-Wash., Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Richard…

Just one day after the filing deadline for the May primary, one candidate for Deschutes County sheriff says he plans to drop out of the race. Will…

Bend 2030 will host four workshops in April offering community members a chance to envision the future of Oregon State University – Cascades’…

Thanks to a robust turnout at the 2016 OnPoint Community Credit Union Oregon WinterFest, Lay It Out Events raised $11,221 for Saving Grace, Central…

A truck’s boom snagged and brought down power lines at a northeast Redmond intersection Wednesday afternoon, briefly trapping the driver amid…

A strong El Nino weather pattern has kept us warmer this winter, but not drier. Snowpack levels have been encouraging despite a 50-50 chance of us…