Month: August 2016

Firefighters responded to and stopped a nearly two-acre brushfire on BLM land east of Bend Wednesday that came within about 200 feet of some homes,…

The High Desert Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation facility is under investigation by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. The agency…

A fire broke out in a washer for surgical instruments at St. Charles Bend early Wednesday, causing about $200,000 damage, but a fire sprinkler kept…

A small fire on a wall outside the business News & Smokes on Northeast Third Street in Bend was quickly extinguished early Wednesday and…

A comptroller and bookkeeper for a Bend energy-instrument business has been arrested on 32 felony counts, accused of embezzling nearly $1 million…

Thousands of taxpayers across Oregon have tax refund money awaiting them, but it’ll soon be harder to get. After state checks expire, two years…

With Oregon’s wildfire season at its peak, the Secretary of State’s Office released an audit Tuesday showing that the increasing number…

With less than a week to go until its back-to-school distribution, The Salvation Army in Bend said Tuesday it has no backpacks or supplies to hand…

A La Pine man escaped injury early Monday when his car left Huntington Road, hit a tree and was consumed by fire. But he was jailed on DUII and…

The Deschutes National Forest said Tuesday it has lifted the area closure that was put in place for the Sheridan Fire west of Sunriver. Effective…

Twenty-two minutes: That’s how long fire officials say Tim Grayson was ‘dead’ back on May 2.. It took five minutes for paramedics…

A 13-acre brushfire that threatened several homes and forced evacuations northwest of Prineville late Tuesday afternoon was traced to two juveniles…

A 16-year-old Redmond girl whose car left the O’Neil Highway west of Prineville Monday morning and flipped upside down in an irrigation canal…

Central Oregon’s seasonally adjusted unemployment levels in July were up for a second straight month, despite relatively normal hiring…

With hot and dry conditions expected to continue, increasing numbers of wildfires around the Northwest, and fire suppression resources already…

A La Pine man was killed and a California woman was seriously injured in a three-vehicle crash on Highway 97 south of Bend Monday morning, Oregon…

Fire investigators confirmed Monday the Pine Mountain Fire burning southeast of Bend and a string of small fires last week south of Sisters are among…

The Cherry Road Fire, burning in southeast Oregon 19 miles west of Homedale, Idaho, has now grown to more than 30,000 acres. the BLM’s Vale…

Cascade Natural Gas crews working on the Bend Westside Replacement Projectwill begin replacing gas lines in the downtown area Monday, officials said.…

Oregon has reduced its spending per student enrolled in higher education by more than 20 percent since 2008. A new report from the Center on Budget…