Effort underway to strengthen Oregon hate-crime laws
SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Immigrants, Muslims, people of color, top law enforcement officers and state officials packed into a room to discuss the…
Continue ReadingSALEM, Ore. (AP) – Immigrants, Muslims, people of color, top law enforcement officers and state officials packed into a room to discuss the…
Continue ReadingSALEM, Ore. (AP) – The federal government recently fended off attacks from all sides while defending its management of six national wildlife…
Continue ReadingSALEM, Ore. (AP) – A new report by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department calls for more funding for hiking and walking trails in urban…
Continue ReadingOregon’s leading statewide disability rights advocacy organization has called on the city of Bend to ensure that any new public transit options…
Continue ReadingOregonians with disabilities will benefit from more accessible routes along the state’s highway system in coming years, thanks to the…
Continue ReadingOfficials with the Salinas Police Department say they have located the man seen licking a doorbell in the now viral video. 33-year-old Roberto Daniel…
Continue ReadingAfter a day of speeding down the slopes of Mt. Bachelor, hundreds of people heading back to Bend on Sunday were not thrilled to be stuck at a…
Continue ReadingSPOKANE, Wash. (AP) – Spokane police have shot and killed a man they believed to have been firing a gun at neighbors. Officers rushed to the…
Continue ReadingPENDLETON, Ore. (AP) – In the wake of a July fire that burned 80,000 acres in north-central Oregon, state Sen. Bill Hansell is introducing a…
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) – A new report estimates that nearly 100 percent of Seattle’s new tax on the distribution of sweetened beverages has been…
Continue ReadingGood Tuesday Morning, Everyone… Jefferson 509-j schools: CLOSED FOR THE DAY.Culver schools: Buses on snow routes.All other schools open and…
Continue ReadingGOOD TUESDAY MORNING, EVERYONE…Jefferson 509-J Schools: CLOSED FOR THE DAY.Culver Schools: Buses are on snow routes.A WINTER STORM SYSTEM…
Continue ReadingThere are new faces on the La Pine City Council. A new mayor and two new councilors were sworn in at Monday night’s special council meeting.…
Continue ReadingSALEM, Ore. (AP) – Oregon agriculture regulators have investigated 11 complaints of pesticides used on nearby properties drifting onto…
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review the nearly 112-year prison sentence of a man who fatally shot his parents…
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Jusuf Nurkic had 20 points for his fourth straight game with 20 or more and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the New York…
Continue ReadingAn Oregon lawsuit is forcing prison officials to take a closer look at the health care of inmates. It comes after Tina Ferri, a female inmate at the…
Continue ReadingSomething many of you probably use and find to be a big convenience is actually causing big, expensive problems. It’s something that often ends…
Continue ReadingWednesday is National Law Enforcement Day, and Bend-La Pine Schools’ staff and students across the district will celebrate by wearing blue,…
Continue Reading(Update: OSP identifies drivers; highway reopens) Two semi-truck drivers were killed early Monday in a fiery collision on icy state Highway 18 in…
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