Month: October 2018

On Thursday, December 4, 2014, Sergeant John Lawrence (DPSST# 31555) of the City of Bend Police Department suffered a fatal heart attack following…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has issued an executive order blocking offshore oil drilling. Thursday’s order directs state…

Deschutes County 9-1-1 has hired Will Mullins as the new Deputy Director of 9-1-1 Technical Systems. Mullins will begin his new role on Monday.…

The Redmond School District is seeking applicants for one vacant position on the Budget Committee. The district’s Budget Committee is comprised…

Scientists studying the valuable, but vulnerable, black cottonwood poplar have identified the genetic mechanism responsible for the species’…

The Oregon Health Authority on Thursday released the Oregon Acute Opioid Prescribing Guidelines in an effort to help clinicians working in surgical,…

Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Ed Markey, D-Mass., and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., questioned whether the president has fully repaid taxpayers for his use of…

The Sisters City Council on Wednesday chose La Pine City Manager Cory Misley to serve as the next Sisters city manager. Misley has served as La Pine…

Good Thursday Morning, Everyone…A wet system moving in off the Pacific will expend most of its energy on the coast, the valley and the Cascades…

A Portland man accused of assaulting two people on a northeast Bend street Wednesday afternoon injured two police officers as they struggled to…

U.S. Coast Guard, Washington Department of Ecology and Oregon Department of Environment Quality personnel responded Wednesday to a large sheen on the…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – The bankruptcy trustee for Oregon’s troubled Lost Valley Farm will shut down the dairy and put it up for sale next…

On Friday, Dutch Bros Redmond locations will donate proceeds from every drink sold to Tracy Pinkerton, a local teacher who has recently been…

(Update: Gov. Brown orders release of school ratings; local high school graduation rates) PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Gov. Kate Brown has ordered the…

(Update: Correcting that flag was stored on shelf) Students at Ashwood Elementary School northeast of Madras got a special lesson in flag etiquette…

Deschutes County commissioners spent Wednesday making decisions on marijuana regulations, public safety and a controversial Sisters Airport taxiway.…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – A judge has ruled that Gov. Kate Brown’s administration has until 5 p.m. Friday to release about 250 bill proposals…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Records released this week show that a Gresham woman likely killed in a cougar attack near Mount Hood suffered a broken…

(Updated: More details from company president) The Bend area’s two garbage-hauling franchises, Bend Garbage & Recycling and Cascade…

The flu season has begun, and on Wednesday, the federal Food and Drug administration approved a new treatment for those who’ve already…