Month: April 2016

Women in Bend are invited to volunteer during Habitat for Humanity’s ninth annual National Women Build Week and help address the need for…

As one school year winds down, it’s time to begin preparing for next year. Hundreds of teaching hopefuls gathered under one roof Monday at the…

For every dollar that an Oregon man earns, an Oregon woman usually earns just 82 cents, according to the Oregon Center for Public Policy. The…

Alarms can save lives, but when they go off for no reason, they can cost money and resources. In 2015, Bend PD responded to over 2,000 false alarms,…

A predatory sex offender on post-parole supervision in Bend who cut off his GPS ankle monitoring bracelet and fled the area last week was arrested…

Fire managers on the Ochoco National Forest plan to take advantage of predicted moisture in the Ochoco and Maury Mountains to ignite two prescribed…

The Deschutes Land Trust announced Monday that it has finalized an agreement to purchase 1,120 acres of land along Whychus Creek northeast of…

Average retail gasoline prices in Oregon have fallen 0.7 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.17 a gallon Sunday, according to…

Secretary of State Jeanne Atkins released new tools for Oregon voters Monday that will help them check and update their voter registration status or…

U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken has ordered the Center for Biological Diversity, WaterWatch of Oregon, five Central Oregon irrigation districts and the…

Oregon State University – Cascades announced Friday it has hired a transportation program manager to oversee multi-modal transportation efforts and…

An allegedly drunk, 55-year-old Bend motorcyclist trying to pass three National Guard Humvees on Highway 126 near Redmond encountered an oncoming…

The Oregon Department of Revenue is reminding Oregonians that the deadline to file their 2015 personal income tax return is one week away — on…

The Bend Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution on Saturday honored 7th- and 8th-grade winners of the DAR American History Essay…

Crews working on the Cascade Natural Gas Bend Westside Line Replacement Project will be found this week around the Intersection of Northwest Tumalo…

The Redmond Police Department conducted two enhanced DUII enforcement efforts in March. During these efforts, Redmond police put two additional…

The Elections Division of the Secretary of State’s Office released the second cumulative report of the Oregon Motor Voter program Friday.…

Bend Fire and Rescue on Friday presented 17-year-old Israel Hawley with a Lifesaver Award. Hawley and three Bend police officers were recognized for…

Harney County is going “back to the birds” — and the birders — this weekend for the annual Migratory Bird Festival, which has…

A barn went up in flames on Couch Market Road in the Tumalo area Saturday afternoon, causes $125,000 in losses and sending up a black smoke column…