Month: March 2017

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality said Tuesday it has penalized Toploc Asphalt Maintenance LLC $2,375 for discharging wastewater…

Bend Park and Recreation District is seeking adult volunteers to coach youth lacrosse for the 2017 Youth Lacrosse League. Program participants are…

Owners and workers at some businesses on Bend’s Westside expressed concerns Monday about what they consider dangerous aspects of the busy…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The Oregon Supreme Court has heard arguments over the constitutionality of Portland’s art tax, which funds…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Officials in Portland are calling for an investigation into Uber’s use of software to identify and reject hails…

Fisheries managers announced Tuesday that the popular spring Chinook fishery on the Deschutes River will not open this year. The spring Chinook…

All basins in Oregon are experiencing above-normal to well-above-normal snowpack, with a statewide average of 38 percent above normal, according to…

Record snow across the region in January had little effect on Central Oregon’s employment situation, the Oregon Employment Department reported…

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., urged the White House and the Secret Service on Monday to continue the previous administration’s policy of releasing…

An audit released Monday by Secretary of State Dennis Richardson, finds that ODOT could potentially realize significant savings by tracking…

Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore.,chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, released legislation Monday as part of House Republicans’ effort…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Somali immigrants in Oregon are reacting to President Trump’s revised travel ban with dismay and fear. Musse Olal,…

BOISE, Idaho (AP) – Idaho residents are helping to boost the economy of a small Oregon town by purchasing marijuana from the town’s two…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Oregon policymakers are considering establishing a statewide data-collection system on police stops, searches and arrests as…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The Portland Trail Blazers-Minnesota Timberwolves game has been postponed due to a slippery court. The Timberwolves…

Bend city councilors soon will resume council “office hours,” the second year they have offered an opportunity to sit down and talk with…

Some residents living east of Bend voiced their concerns Monday over the possibility of a marijuana production facility being built next to them as…

President Trump signed a new executive order Monday on a revised travel ban, after the original order was halted by a federal circuit court. The…

As they did the original order, Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., were sharply critical Monday of President Trump’s revised executive…

A fire heavily damaged a La Pine duplex Saturday afternoon while its owners were away, and while neighbors let the dogs out, a cat was found upstairs…