Month: September 2017

(Update: Federal agencies lift campfire restrictions) With consistently cooler nights and reduced fire activity around the Pacific Northwest, the…

Preliminary estimates show there were modest employment gains in August across Central Oregon, a month remembered for smoky skies and the total solar…

The Sisters Folk Festival said Tuesday it has notified pass holders that they can claim a partial refund on their tickets for the 2017 Festival,…

(Update: Second suspect arrested) KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) – Police have made a second arrest in the killing of a 32-year-old man in southern…

ARLINGTON, Ore. (AP) – Oregon State Police say a driver traveling the wrong way on Interstate 84 in eastern Oregon died in a head-on collision…

A La Pine driver spotted using a cellphone and not wearing a seat belt was chased by a Deschutes County sheriff’s deputy Monday at up to 80 mph…

Oregon Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley on Monday night secured their provision in the Senate’s defense bill that would provide federal funding…

Scientists at Oregon State University have taken an important step toward gene therapy for deaf patients by developing a way to better study a large…

Animals in the Goldilocks zone — neither too big, nor too small, but just the right size — face a lower risk of extinction than do those…

A Bend paddleboarder who came to the rescue of a woman struggling in the Deschutes River near the Newport Avenue Bridge spillway said last year he…

In the second quarter of 2017, community hospitals across Oregon saw low operating margins compared those of prior years, continuing the trend from…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Police say two people have died and four others suffered life-threatening injuries in a multiple vehicle crash in…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A 23-year-old inmate at the Two Rivers Correctional Institution died suddenly, becoming the fifth unanticipated death at…

(Update: Adding Wyden-Merkley news release) SALEM, Ore. (AP) – One of the people who was behind the creation of the Cascade-Siskiyou National…

Several female real estate agents in Central Oregon say they have been receiving unnerving phone calls recently. “It felt like a strange…

The intersection of 11th Street and Portland Avenue is slated for change. It comes after a string of accidents and numerous complaints. For those who…

Disaster responders from the American Red Cross in Oregon and Southwest Washington (Cascades Region) are on the ground in Texas and Florida helping…

Rain is falling in Central Oregon — for the first time in weeks in many spots — and that is a welcome sight for those out fighting fires…

The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office has continued to coordinate with fire managers on the Nash Fire, which is part of the Horse Creek…

The Oregon State Police Fish & Wildlife Division sought the public’s help Monday to find whoever is responsible for the unlawful taking and…