Month: April 2016

The Oregon State University Board of Trustees on Thursday approved tuition and mandatory fees for the 2016-17 academic year and summer term 2017, along with several other actions. The board also approved operational and capital funding requests to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission for the 2017-19 biennium; two new academic degrees; and an educator equity

A 65-year-old Bend-area man was arrested Thursday on aggravated animal abuse, reckless driving and other charges, accused of hitting and killing a dog along Gerking Market Road Wednesday evening, then fleeing the scene, Oregon State Police said. OSP received numerous tips after the incident was made public Wednesday night, but it was the dog owner’s

A Bend veteran of the war in Afghanistan was presented with his overdue Purple Heart on Thursday by Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., at the congressman’s office in downtown Bend. Army veteran Chris Dahlen was honored with the Purple Heart for wounds suffered in combat while serving in Afghanistan in 2010. The Purple Heart is the

This was not your typical call for service for Ashland police, but thanks to some creative thinking, a deer that got stuck in an unusual fashion was freed without apparent harm. KOBI reports police got a call Wednesday a deer was running through a backyard around 3 p.m. when she got stuck in a tree.

The Deschutes County commissioners have appointed Steven Curley and Bill Kuhn to serve on the Deschutes County Fair Board. The County’s Fair Board oversees the operations of the Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center. Curley, a 30-year resident of Deschutes County, works as the director of the Small Business Development Center at Central Oregon Community

A domestic violence call to a southeast Madras home led to a resident’s arrest and a subsequent raid Thursday that found evidence of a methamphetamine lab – the first uncovered in Central Oregon in years, and located within 1,000 feet of a school, authorities said. Madras police responded Wednesday to the reported domestic violence incident

A Madras man was killed and a Prineville man was injured Thursday evening in a head-on crash on Highway 126 three miles west of Redmond, Oregon State Police said. The crash was reported around 6:30 p.m. near milepost 108, at NW 67th Street, east of the intersection with Cline Falls Highway and the bridge over

Nineteen tranquil acres with Cascade Mountain views, the Central Oregon Veterans Ranch is a far cry from the combat zones the veterans who visit have seen.It’s meant to restore purpose and spirit. Founder Alison Perry has three family members who have served in the military, and she worked for six years as a VA trauma