Month: May 2019

(Update: More teacher comments) Holding signs and wearing T-shirts declaring “Proud Educator,” teachers across Oregon were staging a day…

(Update: Fire fully lined, road reopened; Level 3 evacuation lowered to Level 1) An early-season wildfire broke out Wednesday afternoon north of La…

In response to a recent report about Oregon foster kids being held at gunpoint at an out-of-state facility, state Rep. Cheri Helt, R-Bend, made a…

SEATTLE (AP) – Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has signed several bills designed to help the Pacific Northwest’s endangered orcas. The…

SEATTLE (AP) – Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has signed a bill intended to increase safety for adult entertainers working at strip clubs and…

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) – Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has signed a measure to make daylight saving time permanent in the state if federal law…

Tourism in Central Oregon is increasing, and visitors are helping build the city of Bend’s revenue. A new study from Travel Oregon reports that…

As Oregon faces a rapidly approaching wildfire season, Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., introduced legislation Wednesday to improve forest management and…

Happy Wednesdsay evening, everyone! Tonight winds will stay breezy and gusty at times arouns 25 miles per hour out of the north. For the prescribed…

It’s scary for those who wake up in the morning not knowing where they will sleep that night, if they will eat that day, if they will be…

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Oregon (BBBSCO) is celebrating their 25th year of defending potential in our region by expanding into the La Pine…

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., introduced two pieces of legislation Wednesday to address the growing threat that sunscreen chemicals pose to coral reefs…

Oregon Secretary of State Bev Clarno released a report Wednesday showing the Governor’s Office and the Office of Emergency Management have…

If you’re a cyclist who gets concerned when riding up to or through an intersection, there’s newly approved legislation that’s…

A 66-year-old Salem man was killed Tuesday night when his minivan left U.S. Highway 20E near Hampton, went into a ditch and rolled several times,…

(Update: Adding current budget figure, 16 pct. increase) The city of Bend on Tuesday held the first of two meetings delving into the city’s…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – The Oregon Legislature is considering a bill that would let farmers sue companies, such as Bayer and Syngenta, that hold…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Portland officials have denied residents’ claims that the city must pay for damage caused by a burst water main…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A Hood-To-Coast runner whose leg was seriously injured when another runner got drunk, stole a truck and ran over her in a…

Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Rob Portman, R-Ohio, Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, and Cory Booker,…