Month: December 2018

(Update: adding current traffic counts) We’ve all noticed it: Traffic on Central Oregon highways is on the rise. It can feel especially crowded…

How demanding are college classes? How do college students balance homework with jobs and internships? And how do you find time to do your own…

BOISE, Idaho (AP) – An Idaho utility, Idaho and Oregon have reached a deal involving the operation of a hydroelectric project on the Snake…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Lawmakers have been told the Oregon Legislature needs to make structural and cultural changes to ensure the Capitol building…

Major work activities on the north section of Redmond’s South Canal Project (SW Canal Blvd to SW Salmon Ave – SW Obsidian Ave and 11th…

(Update: More details on crash, deputy identified) A Deschutes County sheriff’s deputy was evaluated for minor injuries Thursday morning after…

Good Friday Morning, Everyone… The advance of a cold front through the day will bring us a 30-51% chance of rain showers through the afternoon…

Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., is examining how to boost resources available to sexual assault survivors in America’s hospitals. During a hearing…

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., announced Thursday that after securing a $600 million investment in rural broadband in the 2018 spending bill, the U.S.…

From the Benton County Holiday Celebration to the downtown Portland Christmas lighting to the Madras Chamber of Commerce and City of Madras…

Deschutes County will not be accepting any more roads into the county-maintained system, and hasn’t been for nearly a decade. But there are…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A federal jury has convicted a former Tigard man for his role in an Oregon-based gold mining scam that investigators say…

Bend police, acting on a tip, found and arrested five runaway juveniles Thursday — but not before three of them ran once again, sparking a…

Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, introduced legislation Thursday they said would provide much-needed financial certainty for rural…

(Update: Evidence suggests suspects were trying to steal a car) Two burglary suspects ran from Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies…

The Prineville Police Department will be participating in statewide DUII high-visibility enforcement during this Christmas/New Year’s holiday…

The city of Bend is seeking applications for one or more seats on the Bend Planning Commission. Planning commission members are appointed by the city…

Happy Thursday evening, everyone! A warm front today gave us mild daytime highs in the low to mid 50s. We should be topping out at 40 degrees for…

(Update: Adding details, background) PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A 92-year-old man who survived Nazi concentration camps during the Holocaust was…

(Update: Details about where heart was headed) SEATTLE (AP) – Southwest Airlines says a Dallas-bound flight returned to Seattle last weekend…