Month: April 2016

It’s now spring and the help-wanted signs are sprouting. “The most recent numbers we have are from March, and those numbers all pointed…

To mark National Public Health Week, which runs April 4-10, the Crook County Health Department is hosting two events to celebrate and inform our…

SMART, Start Making A Reader Today is grateful to our business partners and corporate sponsors. To date we have raised more than $50,000 toward the…

The Professional Snowsports Instructors of America – Northwest, a ski association comprised of professional skiers throughout the Northwest has…

Over 400 library and information professionals will be gathering in Bend for the 76th annual Oregon Library Association conference April 20 –…

Residents in the small eastern Deschutes County town of Brothers, population of about 90, are gathering signatures to submit to the Oregon Department…

Oregon State University and Benton County health officials said they are working collaboratively to contain an outbreak of a possible norovirus…

The Deschutes National Forest reminded the public Tuesday that some roads in the Tumalo Winter Range Cooperative Area, which usually reopen in April,…

The 2015 Distinguished Knighton Award for best performance audit in the extra-small audit shop category has been awarded to the Deschutes County…

Despite increasing for the past month, Oregon’s retail gas prices are the cheapest they’ve been to start the month of April since 2009,…

Central Oregon nonprofits and schools were awarded a total of $100,000 Monday morning by Facebook in their latest annual round of community grants,…

Steve Amen, executive producer and host of Oregon Public Broadcasting’s Oregon Field Guide, will provide the commencement address at the Oregon…

Central Oregon Partnerships for Youth (COPY), a program of the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, is offering a class to prepare volunteers to…

A new party will be listed on Oregon’s May 17 primary election ballots. The Independent Party of Oregon has its own ballot, giving voters three…

Bend police on Monday released four more security camera photos in hopes of finding a man who smashed his way into the Columbia Bank on Northeast…

The Deschutes Land Trust announced Monday the start of its 2016 Walk + Hike series. From April to October, Land Trust volunteer naturalists lead more…

Last week, the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Office released a report revealing the 2015-2017 Democrat-approved budget only dedicated 10.4 percent…

Oregon highway traffic always picks up as winter gives way to spring, but a recent rash of fatal crashes puts added emphasis on the National…

On March 24th, Dr. Shirley Metcalf, President of Central Oregon Community College addressed the annual Soroptimist International of Bend “Live…

Deschutes County Clerk Nancy Blankenship and Jackson County Clerk Chris Walker have teamed up with NBA players E.J. and Kyle Singler – both Oregon…