Month: October 2018

The future of Big Sky Park and a proposed expansion plan was brought in front of the Deschutes County commissioners Monday evening. The hearing room…

A Bend health and physical education teacher is using his knowledge of sports psychology to develop a plan to get students more focused. But the…

(Correction: Licenses are through Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries) Many homes in and around Bend are vacation rentals and second homes. One…

The Redmond Airport is busier than ever, and that prompts a warning. Travelers planning to fly this holiday season need to be prepared for full…

Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., on Tuesday requested that the Department of the Interior explain the high number of vacancies to advisory…

Voters have until Nov. 6 to decide whether they want to amend the Oregon Constitution and ban any and all statewide taxes on groceries. Measure 103…

(Correction: Thoma no longer president of Stage Right Productions) A 50-year-old Bend businessman was back in court Tuesday for his arraignment on…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Authorities have arrested the husband of a woman whose body was found near a summer camp southeast of Portland. The…

Happy Tuesday evening, everyone! Tonight we’re seeing clouds push in from the northwest as a warm front approaches bringing rain, higher snow…

Two incidents Tuesday involving suspicious people in the area of Redmond’s Vern Patrick Elementary led first to a lockout and later a lockdown…

Bethlehem Inn announced Tuesday it has an urgent need for food donations in support of its Emergency Meal Program. The Inn said its pantries and…

The Oregon Department of Forestry, which protects roughly 16 million acres of private, state and federal lands, officially declared the end of fire…

Humans love to celebrate Halloween with costumes, candy and parties.These may be fun for us, but can be confusing, harmful and stressful for our…

The first quarterly returns and payments for the new statewide transit tax are due by Wednesday, Oct. 31, the Oregon Department of Revenue reminded…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Court records say a Portland man who was killed last week was stabbed in the chest with a sword that was hidden in a…

As fall weather brings more moisture, shorter days and cooler temperatures, fuels specialists are beginning to burn piles of leftover vegetation…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – The race for Oregon governor took an unexpected turn Tuesday when the candidate of the state’s third-largest party…

The Oregon Public Utility Commission said Tuesday it has approved lower natural gas rates for residential and commercial customers of the three…

Two Bend teens, ages 18 and 17, have been arrested on charges of robbing a 16-year-old of a “large quantity” of marijuana he’d…

Hemp production in Deschutes County is causing a smell that’s upsetting neighbors. Specifically, there’s a small field off of Cooley Road…