Gov. Kate Brown has named Anis Mojgani, a two-time individual champion of the National Poetry Slam and an International World Cup Poetry Slam winner, to a two-year appointment as Poet Laureate of Oregon.
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Authorities turned to the public Monday for any information on what happened to leave 17 Canadian geese sick or dead on a wildlife refuge in Polk County.
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No FDA-approved COVID-19 antibody tests are available in Central Oregon, St. Charles President and CEO Joe Sluka said Monday in his weekly update to the community.
Continue ReadingState Rep. Jack Zika, R-Redmond, wrote a letter Monday to Gov. Kate Brown, urging that places of worship be included in discussions of reopening the state.
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The toys will help keep the kids with Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Central Oregon entertained and occupied during this Covid-19 pandemic.
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The church and volunteers also gathered and distributed cleaning supplies and hygiene products on Monday.
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A Bend dentist who donated surplus medical gear to the state’s emergency supply during his closure faces some challenges now but will restart his practice slowly.
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Due to the pandemic, the city has decided to push back the 30-day notice period for homeless campers to leave Juniper Ridge. The 30-day notice period was originally scheduled for the week of March 16th. It was then moved to the week of April 27th.
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As we continue battling this pandemic, a Redmond man and his family have created an app they say will benefit you in case of an emergency.
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A Willamina man said he was shot by a stray bullet while riding a Polaris Razr side-by-side with friends near the Christmas Valley sand dunes on Saturday.
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Bend, OR — In January 2016, Cassie Hanlin went on a first date with a man she knew from mutual friends. “He just said he wanted to hang out and get to know me better. We ordered a pizza, grabbed a couple beers, started talking, and then things started getting fuzzy. And then I started
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Three years of “health check-ups” on Oregon’s summer resident gray whales shows a compelling relationship between whales’ overall body condition and changing ocean conditions that likely limited availability of prey for the mammals, a new study from Oregon State University indicates.
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To help #StopTheSpread and support #SocialDistancing, a local HVAC contractor will pick up and drop off groceries and medications to residents in Bend, Redmond and Madras, at no cost.
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Monday’s lows will be in the upper 30s to low 40s under party cloudy skies, with light and variable winds.
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The 24th annual Pacific Crest Endurance Sports Festival, which usually brings thousands of athletes, family and friends to Sunriver each June, will of course be affected by the COVID-19 outbreak, and just how will be decided this week, an organizer said Monday.
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A 382-acre parcel of state-owned land in southeast Bend is expected to sell for $22 million – a transaction that state officials said Monday will add much-needed housing to the city and benefit Oregon’s public schools.
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COVID-19 has claimed another life in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 92, the Oregon Health Authority reported Monday.
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The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said Monday it wants to remind anglers that fishing for wild winter steelhead is closed throughout the Santiam Basin, including the North and South Santiam rivers.
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The Internal Revenue Service has issued a special alert for Supplemental Security Income and Department of Veterans Affairs beneficiaries to act by Tuesday, May 5 if they didn’t file a tax return in 2018 or 2019 and have dependents, so they can quickly receive the full amount of their Economic Impact Payment.
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Construction is well underway for the Empire Avenue corridor improvements in Bend, but a vandal or vandals have been frequenting work sites and taking or moving traffic control devices from them.
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