Month: August 2016

One year and counting! On Monday, August 21 , 2017, Oregon is on the center line for a total solar eclipse , and several cities around the state will…

The Deschutes National Forest announced Sunday it will reopen Forest Road 40 and Forest Road 45 (River Summit Road) on Monday at 8 a.m. due to…

Deschutes County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue volunteers came to the aid Saturday of a Bend woman who fell off a log and suffered an injury…

A fire spotted Friday night on the southaeast flank of Pine Mountain grew to more than 250 acres overnight, despite cooler temperatures and…

Two possibly serious-injury crashes occurred about a half-hour apart in the Bend area Friday evening, bringing medics and police to both scenes and…

Arts Central, the umbrella non-profit organization for Art Station, VanGo and Artists in Schools programs, announced Friday it will close after…

Four people were arrested or cited Thursday in a sting operation targeting prostitution at several Bend hotels, with police saying one 19-year-old…

Thanks to a new Prineville Police Department smartphone app., its new Facebook page and an alert citizen, Redding California police have captured a…

The Prineville Police Department is joining other Oregon Law Enforcement agencies in a statewide safety belt and child car seat traffic enforcement…

The City of Bend said Friday it “continues to make extensive progress in creating a more accessible and connected community,” and offered…

The Lookout Mountain Ranger District of the Ochoco National Forest plans to begin stream restoration work along a one-mile section of McKay Creek…

Two women who reached the summit of South Sister called for help late Wednesday afternoon when they began feeling ill, prompting an all-night rescue…

The Shepherd’s House shelter in Bend said this week that need is outpacing the demand for clothing for homeless men in extra-large sizes,…

With fire season reaching its peak hot August days and extremely dry fuels, the Bend Fire Department, Deschutes County Rural Fire Protection District…

The Withers Fire north of Paisley grew to 3,422 acres on Thursday but is now 40 percent contained, the South Central Oregon Fire Management…

The community is invited to tour a 27,000-square-foot cardboard mock-up of the new critical care unit planned for the St. Charles Bend campus on…

The Ochoco National Forest plans to temporarily close access to Whitetail Pit and a short spur road that accesses it during this fall and winter…

Edwin Lara, a former Central Oregon Community College campus safety officer, is accused of killing Kaylee Sawyer on campus in July. Some COCC…

Starting off the school year right means kids (and parents) need a nourishing breakfast. Oats and cereal are easy, nutritious foods that are always…

A Terrebonne woman injured in a fall off a log bridge on the Green Lakes Trail west of Bend called for help Tuesday evening, prompting a Deschutes…