Month: June 2016

Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced Thursday the Senate Appropriations Committee, on which Merkley sits, passed an Interior…

The forest became the classroom for dozens of students Thursday. A prescribed burn west of Sisters served as a live-fire exercise for new recruits.…

The Tower Theatre Foundation is the recipient of a $9,000 grant from the Daryl L. and Patricia L. Swenson Fund and a $1,000 grant from the Williamson…

A gunman wearing black clothing and a skeleton mask held up the Madras Burger King Friday night after it closed for the evening, police said Monday…

A 21-year-old Bend man was killed early Thursday morning when his car left a curve on South Century Drive and rolled several times, Deschutes County…

A southeast Bend motel guest called the front desk Wednesday afternoon, said he had a gun and was on his way to kill them, prompting the evacuation…

The Deschutes and Ochoco national forests and Crooked River National Grassland have lifted the temporary area closure on federal lands surrounding…

A long-time Prineville police chief was critically injured Monday night when his motorcycle collided with a deer on Highway 97 north of Terrebonne,…

The Better Business Bureau serving the Northwest said Thursday it has received numerous reports of an email scam targeting small businesses across…

Central Oregon Veterans Outreach, Inc. is hosting the 2016 Veterans Stand Down and Community Resource Fair for Central Oregon onFriday, June 24. This…

After a successful Peanut Butter Drive, Robberson Ford in Bend and Prineville is donating approximately 4,374 40-ounce jars of peanut butter to…

The Exhibitor/Premium Book for the 2016 Deschutes County Fair & Rodeo is now available. The premium book includes all of the rules and…

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued a statement correcting CIA Director John Brennan’s inaccurate description of the foreign encryption market at…

Pacific Power made the decision some time last week to keep the Mirror Pond Dam after initially saying in 2013 it would divest itself of the…

The Bureau of Labor and Industries has published new minimum wage rules in preparation for a July minimum wage increase, the agency announced…

Rock chucks are taking over downtown Redmond this summer. Twenty uniquely decorated rock chuck statues had their big reveal Wednesday evening, before…

The City of Bend is seeking applicants for two positions on the Bend Economic Development Advisory Board. Bend Economic Development Advisory Board…

Beverly Jackson, professor of health information technology and director of the HIT program, has been selected as the 2016 recipient of Central…

Equine Outreach needs to raise more money to continue with its horse rescue operation. NewsChannel 21’s learned Wednesday the money is going to…

Discover Your Forest would like to invite Central Oregon photographers to submit their photo representations of iconic Deschutes and Ochoco National…