Month: September 2018

Housing Works, the regional housing authority for Central Oregon, announced Wednesday that the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development…

As Congress negotiates a new Farm Bill and funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), a new USDA report shows food insecurity…

At the request of property owners, Deschutes County is considering amending its comprehensive plan to add a new zoning designation for the future…

The Oregon Coast Aquarium reported Wednesday is treating an unusually high number of common murre ( Uria aalge ) chicks this season. The chicks,…

U.S. Forest Service officials in Central Oregon are working hard to protect our wilderness areas from an invasive species: us. Reports show that…

SCAPPOOSE, Ore. (AP) – The family of a 20-year-old Scappoose man who died after returning from a summer fighting wildfires in Oregon and…

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on Wednesday urged the U.S. Forest Service to continue its Legacy Roads and Trails program that addresses plugged culverts,…

SHADY COVE, Ore. (AP) – Authorities in Jackson County are looking for a suspect who set a string of grass fires last week in Shady Cove. The…

Good Wednesday Morning, Everyone…Even though we are keeping an eye on a low pressure system developing along the coast of British Columbia,…

Wednesday marks the first day of school for many Bend-La Pine Schools students, which made Tuesday night a time to pack lunches, prepare schedules…

Saturday marks the start of National Suicide Prevention Week. To build awareness and work toward preventing suicide and suicide attempts, the Central…

Visit Bend’s Pillars of Art program has been paying artists to draw on the walls since 2011, but the newest featured artist was just nine years…

Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced Tuesday more than $2.7 million for new Section 811 Housing Choice Vouchers that will assist…

SCAPPOOSE, Ore. (AP) – Authorities say a 92-year-old woman and two dogs died after a house fire in Scappoose, northwest of Portland. KGW-TV…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Grant County has agreed to pay The Oregonian/OregonLive $28,000 in legal fees that the news organization spent to obtain…

(Update: Detectives determine no outstanding suspects) SEATTLE (AP) – Seattle police detectives have determined that there are no suspects in…

Happy Tuesday evening, everyone! Winds will be breezy at times out of the north tonight gusting 20 miles per hour. We’re still going to see…

(Update: Adding details, background) BOISE, Idaho (AP) – Cities can’t prosecute people for sleeping on the streets if they have nowhere…

EVERETT, Wash. (AP) – A man whose 5-year-old son was shocked by power lines in downtown Everett is now facing a charge of reckless…

(Update: Harpole also located, no charges brought) The third of three transients who jumped in a northeast Bend irrigation canal when confronted by…