Month: June 2019

With the passage of Senate Bill 889, Oregon becomes the fourth state to set a spending benchmark to rein in the rising costs of health care. Modeled…

Starting next Monday, June 24, contractors working for the Ochoco National Forest plan to close short sections of Forest Service Road 30 and Forest…

SEATTLE (AP) — Ahead of a Western wildfire season expected to be again worse than average, officials in Seattle announced Wednesday that five city…

(Update: Adding AP story on day’s events, including trucker protest) SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Gov. Kate Brown said Wednesday she’s…

A road construction flagger was struck and killed Tuesday night on state Highway 140 East in Klamath County, Oregon State Police reported. OSP…

Happy Wednesday evening, everyone! A FIRE WEATHER WARNING or RED FLAG WARNING is in effect until 9 p.m. tonight for parts of Central Oregon for…

The Center Foundation’s “OK to Play” initiative encourages teens to visit their primary care provider for an annual check-up (also…

Bend fire crews called to the second of two fires Wednesday on Bend’s west side amid 30 mph wind gusts found neighbors working with a garden…

Car thieves will have one less defense to hide behind under a bill that passed in the Oregon Senate Wednesday and is on its way to Gov. Kate Brown…

The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office will be hosting its next public shredding event this Saturday, from 10 a.m. until noon in the parking lot…

A small, human-caused brush fire that threatened some homes in northwest Bend Wednesday morning was stopped when neighbors and passers-by poured…

The Family Access Network (FAN) recently received a $4,000 grant from The Autzen Foundation. Funds will be used to provide 40 Central Oregon children…

DIAMOND LAKE, Ore. (AP) – Authorities say a man lost for days in deep snow on the Pacific Crest Trail southeast of Eugene has been rescued.…

Good Wednesday Morning, Everyone… We will see enough high pressure to keep our skies clear today, but a brisk NW flow will also help keep our…

(Update: Comments by airline, airport officials) Seven years after Allegiant Air stopped its 5-year-old Redmond-to-Las Vegas flights, the low-cost…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Senate Republicans issued a thinly veiled threat Tuesday to block a vote on what would become the nation’s…

Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley and Reps. Peter DeFazio and Greg Walden on Tuesday sought federal disaster assistance for spring storms that hit…

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., led nine of his Senate colleagues Tuesday in calling on the U.S. Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security to…

All Oregonians need a safe, stable, and affordable place to call home. The cost of a place to call home in Oregon continues to rise this year,…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Residents have reported seeing cougars within city boundaries in Hood River County. The Oregonian/OregonLive reported…