Madras ‘burn to learn’ drill teaches key firefighting lessons
It’s not every day that more than two-dozen volunteer firefighters get to pose smiling in front of a burning building. An odd sight, at first…
Continue ReadingIt’s not every day that more than two-dozen volunteer firefighters get to pose smiling in front of a burning building. An odd sight, at first…
Continue ReadingGood morning Central Oregon and happy Saturday! Another cloudy day ahead for us and we will likely see showers at times across the region. Cloudy…
Continue ReadingA Vancouver, Washington man who failed to return from a dirt bike ride Friday night southeast of Bend prompted a search overnight and Saturday…
Continue ReadingThe Crescent Ranger District of the Deschutes National Forest will be closing Sunset Cove Campground and Day Use area for the winter season and to…
Continue ReadingThe Crescent Ranger District of the Deschutes National Forest is planning a prescribed burn northwest of Crescent on Monday, if conditions are…
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The Oregon Court of Appeals has allowed Gov. Kate Brown’s administration to delay the release of more than 250…
Continue ReadingDemocrats and Republicans alike rallied for change in Bend on Friday as the homestretch of the election arrives and urged voters to fill out and turn…
Continue Reading(Update: Adding second, unrelated logging accident) ALSEA, Ore. (AP) – Authorities say two men have died and two others were injured Friday…
Continue ReadingHere are Friday’s Oregon high school football scores, as compiled by The Associated Press: Adrian 52, Pilot Rock 14 Adrian/Jordan Valley 52,…
Continue ReadingA man wanted on a felony parole warrant fled after his pickup crashed into a garbage truck stopped to turn into the Riverwoods Country Store Friday…
Continue ReadingGood morning Central Oregon and happy Saturday! Another cloudy day ahead for us and we will likely see showers at times across the region. Cloudy…
Continue ReadingA contractor will be working to remove trees cut along a section of U.S. Highway 26 running through the Ochoco National Forest near Ochoco Divide,…
Continue ReadingOchoco National Forest wildland fire crews will burn slash from forest thinning, starting next week. The first burning will take place in the Canyon…
Continue ReadingStarting Monday, Oct. 29 th through Saturday, Nov. 10 th (closed Sunday, Nov. 4 th ) local residents are encouraged to define their defensible space…
Continue ReadingGood evening Central Oregon and happy Friday! A cool breezy and fall like day for us out there on the high desert. Today we saw temperatures in the…
Continue ReadingA legacy Oregon Lottery retailer sold the winning $8.5 million Oregon’s Game Megabucks ticket to a regular customer – marking the second…
Continue ReadingThe Deschutes National Forest said Friday it has extended the temporary closure of Lower Canyon Creek Campground including the West Metolius…
Continue ReadingRedmond Municipal Airport (RDM) announced Friday the $10 million reconstruction of secondary r unway 11-29 is nearing completion, and scheduled to…
Continue Reading(Update: More info on Calif. murder) A California man convicted of murdering a lesbian couple in Medford in 1995 and a California man the same year…
Continue ReadingSisters Habitat for Humanity announced Friday its recent purchase of the former Sisters Drug & Gift building at 211 East Cascade, with plans to…
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