Month: September 2019

(Update: Adding regional economist comments) The job situation is once again largely unchanged across all three Central Oregon counties, the state…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — After two wildfire-filled seasons, Oregonians got a break this summer. Oregon’s fire season was the mildest since 2004 and…

Fire managers plan to burn piles of slash left over from thinning projects in several units this fall across the Ochoco National Forest, as weather…

Cool, rainy weather across much of the state has allowed the first controlled burns to be lit in parts of Oregon. New rules governing smoke may allow…

Redmond Municipal Airport and Redmond Fire and Rescue will conduct a full-scale emergency response disaster training drill on Thursday, Oct. 3,…

While Central Oregon has seen a rash of online and other school threats prompting arrests and parental concern, another potential threat posted…

This week, the Oregon FBI’s Tech Tuesday segment focuses on building a digital defense against scams targeting international students. Kids are…

-Good Tuesday Morning, Everyone… We sit at the leading edge of a nearly motionless high pressure center and that will bring us a very pleasant…

Economic expansion after the Great Recession of 2008 has done little to get Oregon children out of high-poverty neighborhoods, according to a new…

A 14-year-old Three Rivers School student was arrested Monday afternoon on charges he made up a report of hearing another student threaten a shooting…

(Update: Adding comments from director of corporate affairs of Fred Meyer and UFCW Local 555 communications director) The union representing…

(Update: More comments from school officials; adding Three Rivers false threat) A 12-year-old Bend boy was arrested Monday on charges he made an…

Dutch Bros is celebrating National Coffee Day a few days early with the company’s annual Buck for Kids event. On Friday, all of Dutch…

Happy First few hours of Fall, everyone! Partly sunny to partly cloudy skies will be overhead between now and midnight. Winds will be light gusting…

(Updating with second burn planned south of Crescent) Deschutes National Forest fire managers are planning to do burns in two separate prescribed…

Here is ODOT Region 4’s weekly construction update for the week of Sept. 23: The Oregon Department of Transportation is committed to providing…

Only one of eight Sunriver-area licensees sold alcohol to a minor decoy in a recent sting operation, for an 88 percent compliance rate, the Oregon…

(Update: Adding other mugshots, correcting 2 names) Neighbors’ complaints of possible drug sales led to a raid on a southeast Madras home…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon state representative is encouraging people to loiter at Clackamas Town Center after she says her teenage daughter…

Dozens of students moved into the residence hall at OSU-Cascades on Sunday, three days before the official start of the school year. Among the 176…