Month: June 2016

After lengthy debate, the Bend City Council voted 4-3 Wednesday night to drop the city’s $2,000-a-year membership with the Bend Chamber, as a…

The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, along with public safety partners around the state, will receive state funds to partially reimburse…

An 18-year-old Eugene motorcyclist was killed Wednesday afternoon when he crossed the center line of state Highway 242 (the McKenzie Highway), was…

This year’s fire season will begin Friday at 12:01 a.m. for the Oregon Department of Forestry’s Central Oregon District. Warm spring…

A 6-foot-6, 400-pound man who recently moved to Bend grabbed a High Desert Museum gift shop employee around the neck, holding a knife, and dragged…

Senator JeffMerkley, D-Ore., greeted the news Thursday that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau had released a long-awaited proposed rule on…

The Bethlehem Inn homeless shelter in Bend is proposing an expansion. The inn recently sent a letter to neighbors notifying them of the proposal and…

Oregon DMV offices will begin accepting debit and credit card payments during the next four months after a successful pilot launch in May, the agency…

Bill Moseley, founder and CEO of Bend-based software company GL Solutions, announced his candidacy for the Bend City Council on Wednesday, the first…

The Cascadia Lifelines Program, operated by Oregon State University and its lifeline infrastructure partners, has created a new online tool for…

Starting Tuesday, edible marijuana products containing up to 15 milligrams of THC will be available for retail sale in registered medical marijuana…

Two weeks after a record number of Oregonians voted in the state’s May primary election, the Oregon secretary of state shared data Wednesday on…

A landmark Bend hotel celebrated its grand reopening Wednesday. The Riverhouse has been a staple in the community for more than 40 years. Rick Takach…

Bend Park & Recreation District has many opportunities still available for teenage volunteers to help with youth recreation, fitness and swimming…

It was meant to be another fun field trip to the High Desert Museum for a group of fourteen fourth graders from Maupin Grade School.…

The video taken Saturday of a 3-year-old boy falling into the gorilla enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo has become a controversial topic of discussion.…

The Deschutes National Forest conducted a prescribed burn Tuesday west of Bend on land owned and being developed by The Tree Farm LLC, putting up a…

Weather forecasts predict temperatures to reach or exceed 90 degrees this week in Central Oregon. In response, the city of Bend is encouraging all…

Bend’s High Desert Museum said it plans to reopen Thursday, two days after an Oregon State Police trooper shot and killed a man armed with a…

Biologists from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) will sample the Crooked River below Bowman Dam for redband trout and mountain…