Month: August 2019

The recycled rubber chip seals used in a test for road repair projects in the city of Madras showed increased durability, flexibility, and skid and…

(Update: OSP identifies Bend man killed in crash; adding photo, background) A 77-year-old Bend man working on his disabled pickup towing a trailer…

Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on Wednesday highlighted a newly released government report showing a massive increase in…

The annual drag boat races, sponsored by the Columbia Drag Boat Association, will take place this year from August 23-25 on Haystack Reservoir,…

The Family Access Network recently received a $2,500 grant from Pacific Power Foundation for FAN advocate services at Obsidian Middle School in…

Sen. Ron Wyden will hold town halls next week in Benton, Lincoln and Deschutes counties, the latter on Saturday, Aug. 24 at Central Oregon Community…

There is a single-lane closure for westbound traffic on SW Highland Avenue (W Hwy 126) at the Highland/Glacier Couplet and SW 15 th St (northbound)…

Good morning Central Oregon and Happy Thursday! Another sunny day is in store for us today! It looks like things could be a bit windy throughout much…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Brian Fernandez scored twice and the Portland Timbers held off Chicago 3-2 on Wednesday night, with the Fire playing a man…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A former employee is suing the Oregon Department of Corrections for almost $1 million. The Statesman Journal reported…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A man who attacked a stranger with a hatchet in Portland has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. KOIN-TV reported Wednesday…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Department of Justice is appealing a federal judge’s ruling that ordered the release or a new trial for…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Airbnb has settled a lawsuit brought by several Oregon women who said the site allowed vacation rental owners to discriminate…

(Update: Adding byline, more comments) PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The mayor of Portland said Wednesday that people planning violence or espousing…

Happy Wednesday evening, everyone! Winds will be breezy through sunset tonight gusting 15 miles per hour. We’ll see mostly clear to clear skies…

Twenty-six Central Oregon nonprofits have been collectively awarded $310,000 from United Way of Deschutes County as part of the organization’s…

More than two years after first word of its plans emerged, Chick-fil-A has begun construction of its new restaurant site on Bend’s north end,…

(Update: New photo, cleanup info from DEQ) After a cleanup and repairs, a BNSF Railway line north of Madras reopened Wednesday, two days after an…

Researchers at Oregon State University are paving the way toward greater safety for coastal residents and infrastructure by developing a better means…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A recent opinion from the Oregon Department of Justice that a former death row inmate cannot be sentenced to death upon retrial…