Month: May 2017

Spring has finally sprung in Central Oregon and that means it’s time to getting ready for fire season. Across the state and in Deschutes…

The National Park Service announced Thursday it is putting its water shortage action plan at Crater Lake National Park into effect, following the…

The Malheur National Wildlife Refuge was caught in the cross-hairs of a standoff between Ammon Bundy, his followers and the federal government. In a…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Authorities say a hiker who fell 150 feet off a cliff in the Columbia River Gorge Wednesday has died. The…

Cows that have witnessed wolf attacks display physical signs associated with post-traumatic stress disorder, according to a new study by Oregon State…

Central Oregon is watching as attendance estimates for the August solar eclipse creep higher. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected, but…

The Crook County District Attorney’s Office says it’s seeing more marijuana possession cases than ever since recreational marijuana…

It’s been 12 years since ambulance transport fees were raised in Bend, and the Bend Fire Department says in order to continue the trend of good…

(Update: Details on second fire at home in six hours) Investigators are looking for the cause of a second fire at a La Pine home in six hours…

In celebration of Cinco de Mayo, the Humane Society of Central Oregon is reducing the adoption fee to only $5 for cats 6 months and older on Friday…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – The three officials responsible for Oregon’s oldest state forest have staked out positions for its future, with two…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A small earthquake has been reported off the southern Oregon coast. The U.S. Geological Survey website says the magnitude…

A Sierra Nevada red fox was captured and radio-collared in Deschutes County this week, a first for Oregon wildlife biologists researching this rare…

Fuels specialists will continue prescribed burning on Friday, with ignitions planned for five miles southeast of Sunriver. Friday ‘s ignitions…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The “TriMet barber” may have snipped again. The Portland Police Bureau said Thursday it got a report of a man…

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) – A small school district in Western Oregon plans to convert its only school into a charter school. The Gazette-Times…

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) – A small school district in Western Oregon plans to convert its only school into a charter school. The Gazette-Times…

Rep. Greg Walden (R-Hood River), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, released the following statement on the passage of the American…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Oregon House Speaker Tina Kotek introduced an unexpected proposal Thursday she says fills in the holes of a corporate tax…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – An Oregon man who had pointed his gun at protesters last summer has been sentenced to 40 days in jail and is banned from…