Local, state issues topics at Whisnant, Knopp town halls
Two state lawmakers took a break from the state Capitol on Friday to travel home to Deschutes County, visit with their constituents and listen to…
Continue ReadingTwo state lawmakers took a break from the state Capitol on Friday to travel home to Deschutes County, visit with their constituents and listen to…
Continue ReadingThis August, thousands of people will be looking to the sky, as well as taking to it. The Madras Municipal Airport is gearing up for the Aug. 21…
Continue ReadingGRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) – A hearings officer will decide whether a southern Oregon dog must be put down for attacking a horse. The Daily Courier…
Continue Reading(Update: OSP releases names in crash; father in fair condition) An 11-year-old Eugene boy suffered fatal injuries and his father and older brother…
Continue ReadingA Bend man was arrested on DUII, reckless driving and other charges after a high-speed police pursuit on Highway 20W early Friday morning. The car…
Continue ReadingSunriver Water, LLC is looking to increase rates for water service, and Thursday night there was an Oregon Public Utility Commission hearing on the…
Continue ReadingPENDLETON, Ore. (AP) – More than 100 cattle found neglected and starving on a ranch in eastern Oregon earlier this year have been sold. The…
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A woman who claimed she suffered a fractured eye socket after a drunken man punched her at a McMinnville bar has lost her…
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Damian Lillard had 31 points and 11 assists, leading the Portland Trail Blazers past the Houston Rockets 117-107 on…
Continue ReadingPeople living along the rising Deschutes River in Tumalo are watching as it inches closer to their homes. “I have never seen it that…
Continue ReadingCAN Cancer, Community Assistance for Neighbors with Cancer, helps local families manage non-medical expenses, including fuel, travel, and food costs…
Continue ReadingSenators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined more than 30 fellow Democratic senators Wednesday to introduce legislation that would rescind President…
Continue ReadingA proposal aimed at helping communities avoid catastrophic losses due to wildfires received a public hearing Wednesday. Senate Bill 1017, sponsored…
Continue ReadingHarassment, or “hazing,” of double-crested cormorants is set to begin soon in several areas along the Oregon Coast in an effort to…
Continue ReadingSALEM, Ore. (AP) – Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has fired three of the five members of the Environmental Quality Commission, who oversee the Oregon…
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The Defense Department says a U.S. Air Force airman from Oregon has died in a non-combat incident in Syria. In a news…
Continue ReadingA previously deported Mexican national charged with child rape, recently released by local authorities despite an immigration detainer, is among the…
Continue ReadingSenate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., along with senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee Representative Earl…
Continue Reading(Update: inmate work crew removes dumped garbage) The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office inmate work crew was out west of Bend Wednesday,…
Continue ReadingA new Oregon Construction Contractors Board web page warns consumers about phony or predatory contractors who take money and produce little or no…
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