Month: August 2018

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) – An Ashland teenager accused of stabbing his sister and killing his mother has pleaded guilty to the charges. The Mail…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Oregon State Police have suspended the law enforcement credentials of the Oregon Humane Society’s animal abuse…

Internal auditing has been persistently undervalued and neglected by state leadership, increasing financial and programmatic risks, according to an…

Sens. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and John Kennedy (R-LA) announced Wednesday the introduction of the Fly Smart Act, new bipartisan legislation to prevent…

Deschutes County dispatch installed a new, but faulty 9-1-1 radio system more than a year ago. Officials involved say the system has come a long way,…

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced Wednesday the addition of Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Kamala Harris, D-Calif., as cosponsors to his bill to…

The U.S. Justice Department’s Office on Violence Against Women announced Wednesday 54 grants totaling $32 million through its Improving the…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Federal prosecutors in Oregon said Wednesday they have charged six people with running two “vast” interstate…

New developments are popping up all over Bend, but it’s what’s coming down that’s concerning some people. “For some reason,…

(Update: Correcting name, adding background from friend An 18-year-old Warm Springs resident died Monday at St. Charles Madras after an early-morning…

(Update: Jordan arraigned on aggravated murder charge; next hearing Sept. 24) A 28-year-old Bend woman was arrested at St. Charles Bend on Tuesday…

The Humane Society of Central Oregon said Wednesday it has been awarded an $8,000 grant from the Petco Foundation to replace failing medical clinic…

Happy Wednesday evening, everyone! Breezy conditions tonight as a westerly flow brings more smoke our way from the Terwilliger Fire burning in the…

The Oregon Department of Veterans’ Affairs and Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs signed a memorandum of understanding this week that will…

The Terwilliger Fire burning at Cougar Reservoir on the Willamette National Forest has grown to more than 6,800 acres but has reached 17 percent…

Despite efforts to find new funding and revenue options, such as Mt. Jefferson heli-skiing and other eco-tourism, the Warm Springs Tribal Council…

The Deschutes National Forest announced Wednesday it will temporarily close Lower Canyon Creek Campground including the West Metolius Trailhead, and…

Oregon Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley this week joined their colleagues in filing a brief with the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals to challenge…

Work begins next Tuesday on the Burgess Road / Day Road intersection improvement project in La Pine, including left-turn lanes for all four legs of…

Traumatized and afraid, the path back to healing is a rocky one for victims of human trafficking. It may begin with a phone call, a recovery, a run.…