Month: May 2017

Kevin Bryant, currently associate principal and athletic director of Hudson’s Bay High School in Vancouver, Wash., has been named Redmond…

(Update: Park district statement about eminent domain powers, use) The Bend Park and Recreation Board discussed the future of a proposed footbridge…

Bethlehem Inn announced on Tuesday that the city of Bend has granted the organization authorization to proceed with plans to construct its new…

LAS VEGAS (AP) – Supporters of Nevada rancher and states’ rights figure Cliven Bundy and his sons went to a federal detention center to…

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Authorities say former NBA player Brandon Roy was shot while attending a party in Southern California over the weekend. Los…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The Oregon Court of Appeals has reversed the conviction of a motorist who drove an SUV into a pile of leaves that…

The Oregon House on Wednesday approved HB 2945, an election reform bill that seeks to prevent incumbent office holders from hand-picking their…

(Update: New details from police, public tips sought) Two cars, a garbage can and a tree burned along a northwest Bend street early Wednesday in what…

(Update: DA comments on status of case, Larkly’s conditional release) A 40-year-old Culver man has been arrested on 114 counts of animal…

(Update: Adding name of other DA, final decision by Vitolins) Crooked River Elementary School Principal Cheri Rasmussen, placed on paid leave last…

Deschutes County received Wednesday the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award and the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial…

(Update with more on cause, fire dept. comments) Bend’s Fred Meyer store and several adjoining businesses were evacuated for close to an hour…

Continuing his efforts to strengthen Medicaid, Rep. Greg Walden (R-Hood River), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, led a hearing…

Rep. Chris Gorsek (D-Troutdale) and Rep. Carla Piluso (D-Gresham), two legislators with a combined four decades of law enforcement experience*,…

Rural counties in Oregon and across the country urgently need restored federal funding for vital county services and sustainably increased timber…

Rep, Gene Whisnant (R-Sunriver) was recognized Tuesday by OregonASK as a “Champion for Children in Poverty” during the…

Central Oregon gas stations are already busy in the summer, and, of course, the week of the total solar eclipse in late August will be much busier…

Oregon remains a key player in a multi billion-dollar industry, but it’s a reputation Oregon State Police would like to lose, since this…

OSU-Cascades is preparing to wrap up its first school year on its brand-new west Bend campus. Along with the new buildings and dorms, enrollment is…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – A confederation of tribes in Oregon is hoping to build a casino in the state capital of Salem and draw in crowds of gamblers…