Month: May 2017

(Updates with initial council agreement) The Madras city council members who are already on board with bringing Uber to town tried to create a…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Oregon is on track to become the first state to allow residents to skip a gender identity on their driver’s…

An $8.2 billion transportation funding package has been put before Oregon lawmakers, in early draft form. If passed, the 10-year transportation plan…

Middle school and high school students from across Redmond School District recently participated in a competition sponsored by the Redmond Education…

A 33-year-old Bend man suffered fatal injuries in an off-road motorcycle crash Saturday evening southeast of Bend, Deschutes County sheriff’s…

(Updates with OSU-Cascades mention, news releases from each board member) SALEM, Ore. (AP) – The Oregon State Land Board has ditched its plan…

Amtrak’s Coast Starlight train will resume normal operations Wednesday, more than two weeks after a Northern California railroad bridge was…

Here are the results of Monday’s KTVZ.COM Poll about construction and tree removal from developer projects: Should city/county codes be more…

An extensive rock slide just east of Rowena Point has forced closure of U.S. Highway 30, the Historic Columbia River Highway in the immediate area,…

A driver who may have suffered a medical issue struck at least three other cars, a scooter and a pedestrian in the Bend Walmart parking lot early…

MCMINNVILLE, Ore. (AP) – A lawsuit claims an Oregon inmate asked for help 19 times in five hours before he died in jail. The…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Oregon lawmakers rolled out a 10-year transportation package this week that would raise consumer prices at the gas pump and…

Redmond police responded to a call about two aggressive dogs on the loose and ended up using a Taser to subdue one of them. A neighbor captured a…

SEATTLE (AP) – Seattle Mayor Ed Murray says he is dropping his re-election bid following allegations by four men that he sexually abused them…

A new report released Tuesday by the Oregon Employment Department covers employment and economic trends for 23 rural counties in Oregon. It does show…

PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) – U.S. Rep. Greg Walden defended his vote to repeal and replace major parts of the Affordable Care Act, telling…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – An ex-Washington County sheriff’s sergeant has been sentenced to five years of probation for having sex with a…

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – What a tangled web a whale has weaved. The Register-Guard reports (http://bit.ly/2qSPTyZ ) whale advocates are hoping to…

The Pacific Northwest faces two stark choices for managing its forests, scientists suggest in a new book. One choice leads to stagnant or declining…

Central Oregon law enforcement agencies, including the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, Bend Police Department, Redmond Police Department,…