Month: September 2016

A fire at a commercial metal-plating business in southeast Bend Friday morning caused little damage as fire and smoke detection systems did their…

The La Pine owners of five pit bulls that attacked a Deschutes County sheriff’s deputy investigating reports of aggressive dogs have been cited…

The Bend Energy Challenge, Bend’s team in a national competition to save energy, has been installing free energy saving light bulbs — LEDs…

The Bend Park and Recreation District tested samples of water in more than 150 water fixtures in its recreation facilities, parks and other locations…

This week’s release of economic data for 2015 by the U.S. Census Bureau highlighted an improving economy and a major reversal of national…

An escaped campfire in southeast Bend Thursday morning was the latest in a string of such incidents, prompting Bend firefighters to remind resident…

A lengthy investigation of a cocaine trafficking ring that stretched from Southern California to Central Oregon has ended in raids on three homes and…

A Deschutes County grand jury returned an Indictment Thursday adding a second-degree manslaughter charge against a Tillamook man already jailed for…

The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a recall of 1 million Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones Thursday , calling the devices…

The U.S. Senate passed provisions Thursday to help rebuild housing for Columbia River tribes lost to the construction of dams close to 80 years ago.…

A Redmond police officer was justified in striking and fatally injuring a Redmond man who was pointing a loaded handgun at passing motorists and at…

Crook County authorities and other agencies investigating the death of a woman whose body was found in a vehicle late Tuesday afternoon on the Ochoco…

At a press conference on Wednesday, Sheriff Shane Nelson discussed his offices plan to open up a ‘Sober Station’ in Deschutes County. The…

Just days after a 2-year-old was killed in a head-on collision, we looked into what is being done to make that stretch of Highway 20 safer. It turns…

The only state to see a significant increase in food insecurity rates since the Great Recession is Oregon, according to a new report from the U.S.…

Starting Oct. 1, it will cost some Central Oregon visitors a few more bucks to cruise around. The Redmond Airport proposed a customer facility charge…

Bend fire investigators said Wednesday a small brushfire tackled off Hamby and Neff roads east of Bend Sunday night was likely human-caused, but they…

In week 2 of our monthlong Let’s Talk suicide prevention campaign, we hear from two more suicide survivors. They are considered survivors…

The Bend Chamber of Commerce held its annual business SAGE Awards ceremony at a new location Tuesday night. There also was a new surprise award…

The public got a look at Oregon State University-Cascades’ new campus in Bend Tuesday when the school hosted an open house to celebrate…