Month: August 2018

(Update: Community coalition expresses concern) PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A coalition of community organizations and a group representing more than…

(Update: Adding GoFundMe page, comment by visitor) Crook County Parks and Recreation has launched a GoFundMe page to help with repairs and add more…

(Update: Correcting which road drivers were on) Two drivers were taken to the hospital after a two-vehicle crash east of Bend Friday morning at the…

Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley asked Travel Oregon on Friday to update its 2017 wildfire study to capture the additional impact of this…

The Oregon Supreme Court published a ruling Thursday allowing the use of the car-dealer “privilege tax” to fund the Oregon Clean Vehicle…

Gov. Kate Brown has declared the Sugar Pine Fire, burning outside of Shady Cove, a conflagration. The declaration cleared the way for the state fire…

Good evening Central Oregon and happy Friday! A beautiful day today across the high desert although it is a bit breezy out there for us at times. We…

Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., introduced legislation this week to permanently protect the nation’s most pristine federal forests…

The largest field-based study of genetically modified forest trees ever conducted has demonstrated that genetic engineering can prevent new seedlings…

(Update: Adding comments from Bend dispensaries) PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Two of the first states to broadly legalize marijuana took different…

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) – Animals evacuated to the Josephine County Fairgrounds because of southern Oregon wildfires will have to move because of…

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) – An Oregon State University student says she believes the school is retaliating against her after she reported that she…

Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., joined by a group of bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee leaders, sent letters Thursday to three opioid manufacturers…

Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., joined their colleagues this week in introducing a resolution to protect states’ rights to set their…

Here’s the city of Bend’s road project and traffic report for the week of Aug. 6-12: Special Events: · Flashback Cruz, August 3…

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said Friday it will launch a new electronic licensing system (ELS) on Dec. 1 with the sale of 2019…

The Bend City Council is weighing options for transitioning one of southeast Bend’s unsewered neighborhoods from septic systems to sewer by…

REARDAN, Wash. (AP) – Mandatory evacuations have been ordered near the eastern Washington town of Reardan because of a wildfire that has…

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Authorities have arrested a man accused of stealing wedding gifts from couples in Junction City. The Register-Guard reports…

The Deschutes National Forest is in Central Oregon’s backyard, but with that comes illegal camping and dumping. Trash is strewn about near a…