Month: July 2016

NeighborImpact’s Energy Assistance program announced Monday a new summer energy assistance program specifically for electric bills. Even if…

Three fires in the Culver area kept Jefferson County Fire District No.1 crews busy on Sunday, two that threatened homes and other structures and a…

Oregon’s 74 delegates in Philadelphia for the Democratic National Convention could be met by hundreds of anti-poverty protesters on the…

Firefighters expect full containment Monday of a blaze that has burned about 33,500 acres of grass and brush nine miles northwest of Condon in…

Two motorcyclists on Skyliners Road west of Bend were injured Sunday morning when a driver pulled out of a driveway into their path and the two…

More than 250 Oregon Army National Guard soldiers with 3rd Battalion, 116th Cavalry Regiment, are scheduled to mobilize to Romania this week with the…

Early Sunday , Bend sixth-grader Lily Sweet leaves Portland for Purdue University in Indiana, where she will represent Oregon at the national Fuel Up…

The city of Bend encourages Bend area residents to attend an upcoming community open house to learn about the city’s Urban Growth Boundary…

According to the ASPCA, over 7.5 million animals end up in shelters every year. A one day, coast-to-coast pet adoption drive Saturday tried to do…

After two years of low bottle-return rates, the Oregon Liquor Control Commission has followed a legislative dictate and will boost the bottle deposit…

Anyone on a rental hunt in Bend right now knows how tough, and expensive, it can be. “There is virtually no housing here for rent. If you can…

A rumor is sending people to dangerous places to try and catch elusive Pokemon with the extremely popular new smartphone game Pokemon Go.…

After months of investigation and case reviews, federal prosecutors have charged an Oregon State Police Crime Lab analyst with stealing pills from…

Summer is finally heating up. And while this is great news for outdoor enthusiasts, fire officials want to remind everyone that the summer heat could…

Voters in Bend could be deciding this November on yet another tax, this time on recreational marijuana. Starting next year, cities across the state…

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., issued the following statement after the news that the NBA will move their 2017 All-Star game out of North Carolina in…

A packed room in Bend’s City Hall Thursday showed how much the community cares about whether or not a city climate action plan is a step…

Central Oregon drug agents conducted a high-risk, guns-drawn traffic stop in a parking lot near Mt. Hood this week, arresting a man and woman from…

Two recent overnight burglaries of a business at the Madras Industrial Park led to a raid on a mobile home and the arrest of four people – one in…

A mountain biker from Boise was injured in a crash in the Phil’s Trail Complex west of Bend on Thursday, prompting a rescue effort and a flight…