Month: August 2018

(Update: Contaminated well identified, shut down; chlorination underway) One of three wells that serve nearly 600 homes in an unincorporated area…

(Update: Level 1 pre-evacuation notice lifted) A wind-fanned wildfire that destroyed two Cloverdale-area homes and six outbuildings and closed U.S.…

Cannabis growers and extractors are invited to an unprecedented opportunity to learn from government and business leaders about safety and health in…

A fire at an Alfalfa-area home Tuesday night apparently was caused by an electrical wiring issue, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said.…

Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., called on the federal government Tuesday to improve the quality measures for adequate…

A 60-year-old Portland man was sentenced Tuesday to three years’ probation, including eight months of home detention, for falsely reporting a…

The financial statements in a newly completed audit by the Oregon Secretary of State’s office reveals possible mismanagement of the Oregon…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The parents of a child with disabilities have filed a lawsuit against a state senator and a Salem homeowners’ board…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Federal officers arrested six people at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in southwest Portland.…

Central Oregon Veterans Outreach, or COVO, is taking over organizing of the Bend Veterans Day Parade after the Bend Chamber of Commerce agreed to…

The State Land Board on Tuesday approved the next steps for developing 945 acres just south of the Deschutes County Fairgrounds near Redmond. The…

It’s no secret the population in Central Oregon is growing, and new-business growth is booming as well. Entrepreneurs registered 275 new…

Happy Tuesday evening, everyone! AN AIR QUALITY ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL OREGON FOR POOR AIR QUALITY LEVELS DUE TO WILDFIRE SMOKE COMING FROM…

(Update: Adding Saturday evening fundraiser for homeowner at Big Dog Saloon) A Crooked River Ranch man whose house caught fire late late Sunday night…

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and the Southwest Clean Air Agency on Tuesday issued air quality advisories for the Portland area, the…

A Tumalo horse that got three legs trapped in a cattle guard prompted some impromptu teamwork and a successful rescue effort Tuesday morning, Bend…

(Update: Fire apparently caused by overheated, charging lithium-ion battery pack) A fire that heavily damaged a northeast Bend home on Sunday…

A project that aims to bring tech businesses, a fairgrounds expansion and a new military readiness center to Deschutes County moved forward Tuesday…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Oregon says its unemployment rate for July was the lowest in 42 years of keeping comparable records. The state reported…

People living in southeast Bend’s Old Farm District are facing a big problem two decades in the making: a potentially sizable bill to connect…