Month: June 2019

The Deschutes Land Trust announced Thursday it has established a new historic interpretive trail at Camp Polk Meadow Preserve. Camp Polk Meadow…

A group of OSU-Cascades students are looking to create opportunities for more diversity and inclusivity in Bend. The group went before the Bend City…

(Update: New info from police, video; several prank calls) A call to Deschutes County 911 from a man who threatened to harm several people in a…

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., will hold his annual Crook County town hall on Saturday, June 15 at Crook County Middle School in Prineville, his office…

SWEET HOME, Ore. (AP) – A 71-year-old woman died when a fire broke out in her home in an assisted living community southeast of Albany in Sweet…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Two years after she was struck and killed by a light rail train, Chance Hoyt’s family is suing TriMet for $12.5…

Following community input and engineering analysis, the city of Bend announced Wednesday that the speed limit will be lowered this month from 45 mph…

Good Thursday Morning, Everyone… The passage of a cold front will deliver rain showers up until about noon today and it will leave behind some…

(Update: Adding Oregon Republican Party statement) SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Oregon has voted to become the 15th state to grant its electoral college…

(Update: Adding AP story) SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Voices were raised and tears were shed in the Oregon Senate amid stinging talk over the divide…

In celebration of World Environment Day and in advance of the citywide plastic bag ban that goes into effect on July 1, the employee-owned local…

Graduation season is here, and sending flowers to your graduate can be a great way to celebrate when you can’t be there in person. But Better…

Furthering the Trump Administration’s efforts to increase access to public lands, U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt today…

Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., introduced legislation Wednesday to make the college admissions process fairer by ending…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A man acquitted of a criminal charge stemming from a public protest in Portland is suing the city and city and state…

With travelers around the globe buzzing about sustainable tourism and responsible recreation, Bend and three other U.S. mountain towns are taking the…

Cascades Academy high school students have spent the year raising funds and learning about philanthropy and grantmaking in a class entitled Community…

Jefferson County officials are still debating whether its emergency medical service and fire districts should merge. A feasibility study was…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – A federal judge has blocked the grazing permits issued to Eastern Oregon father and son ranchers who were the focus of a…

MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Wash. (AP) – A rescue effort is underway for four climbers who have been stranded on the north side of Mount…