Month: August 2016

The Redmond Police Department is proud to announce the opening of the 2016 session of the Citizen Police Academy which will begin on Thursday,…

A popular reptile store in Bend was burglarized Wednesday night, and the suspect who broke through a window of the business was caught on camera.…

In honor of National Dog Day on Friday, Deschutes County shared the most popular names among currently licensed dogs: 2016 (Jan 1 – present) 1.…

A passer-by spotted and called in a garage fire that caused $50,000 damage to a southeast Bend home Friday evening, officials said. The cause was…

A horse in Redmond has tested positive for West Nile virus, the first in Oregon this year and the first in Deschutes County in recent years, health…

A former COCC campus safety officer accused of abducting and killing 23-year-old Kaylee Sawyer on the Bend campus a month ago entered not guilty…

Deschutes County commissioners have given cannabis businesses in rural areas the green light. The board recently lifted the opt-out moratorium that…

The Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council said Thursday that improvements are coming to regional transit service on Cascades East Transit in the…

More than 70 Central Oregon educators are meeting Monday for training to learn about the Medal of Honor Character Development Program, which is…

Gov. Kate Brown said Thursday she’s agreed to five gubernatorial debates to be held in Bend, Portland, Eugene and Medford. “Speaking with…

The cannabis industry is in full bloom, and a Bend company is hoping to take it to new heights online. CannaFo representatives say the marijuana…

Some Central Oregonians are still “feeling the Bern.” Bernie Sanders supporters held more than 2,500 watch parties across the nation…

A Bend man who allegedly pulled a gun during a dispute in Deschutes River Woods late Tuesday night and fired it three times in the air as he left was…

The Redmond man accused of abducting and killing Kaylee Sawyer of Bend was booked into the Deschutes County Jail early Wednesday after being moved…

The American Red Cross remains on the ground in Louisiana, with volunteers helping the thousands of people who have lost everything they own in the…

Registration is open for the 2017 Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office Citizen’s Academy, to be held at the agency’s Bend office.…

Better Together will be hosting the core of Volunteer Connect’s volunteer-matching service, which connects volunteers with over 140 Central…

At the Redmond City Council meeting Tuesday night, staff presented the results of the 2016 Annual Redmond Community Survey, conducted this spring.…

Starting Monday, a section of Tetherow Road (east of the bridge on the north side of the Deschutes River) will be closed to traffic. The section of…

An investigation into a major methamphetamine trafficker led to the arrests of seven Bend residents and citations for three others last week, as well…