Deschutes County Jail inmate taken to hospital after apparent suicide attempt
The Central Oregon Major Incident Team was called in to investigate an apparent suicide attempt Thursday evening at the Deschutes County…
Continue ReadingThe Central Oregon Major Incident Team was called in to investigate an apparent suicide attempt Thursday evening at the Deschutes County…
Continue ReadingFriends of the Children Central Oregon announced Thursday the kickoff of its capital campaign for The Ranch – a Sanctuary for Friends. The campaign…
Continue ReadingFor the first time in two weeks, restaurants in Central Oregon were able to offer outdoor seating Thursday, though the cold weather made it a…
Continue ReadingA Bend man who was shot and seriously wounded at a northwest Bend home last month was charged Thursday with burglarizing the home and robbing its…
Continue ReadingBend city councilors and councilors-elect, Bend-La Pine School Board members and other local officials wrote to Gov. Kate Brown, seeking more testing…
Continue ReadingAn Alfalfa-area resident was sentenced to three years in federal prison Thursday for running an illicit Butane Honey Oil (BHO) extraction lab on…
Continue ReadingCentral Oregon Veterans Outreach (COVO) received $5,000 Thursday as part of Bend’s first Hero grant from Graham for Heroes, a local branch of the…
Continue ReadingThe American Forest Resource Council and Crook County on Wednesday applauded the Ochoco National Forest’s decision to move forward once again with…
Continue ReadingA 33-year-old Bend man was arrested and jailed Tuesday night on drunk driving, hit-and-run and other charges after nearly hitting a police car,…
Continue ReadingBend city councilors voted 5-2 Wednesday night to reject two colleagues’ proposal to forbid the city spending any money to enforce Gov. Kate Brown’s…
Continue ReadingCentral Oregonians have always rallied to help others in the community, especially during a year in which many of us needed it most. Now, several…
Continue ReadingA 38-year-old Bend man has been indicted on criminal mistreatment and assault charges in connection with injuries to his infant daughter that were…
Continue ReadingA 33-year-old Bend woman has been indicted on criminal mistreatment and assault charges in connection with injuries to her infant son that were…
Continue ReadingThe Oregon Water Resources Commission has awarded $4.8 million in grants to three canal piping projects, two in Central Oregon, for the 2020 cycle of…
Continue ReadingThe Bend Park & Recreation District Board met Tuesday night to discuss several topics, including a proposal to waive more development fees for…
Continue ReadingConditions are already superb at Mt. Bachelor, with a 40-inch base as of Dec. 1.
But there are no skiers or snowboarders…
Continue ReadingSisters fifth-graders cannot return to in-person learning until at least Jan. 11 — and if Deschutes County’s COVID-19 case numbers don’t improve,…
Continue ReadingBend’s string of warmer-than-normal months continued in November, but the drier-than normal period was snapped by a much rainier month than usual,…
Continue ReadingParticipants in a recent downtown Bend protest against Gov. Kate Brown’s two-week “freeze” won’t be charged with violating her order related…
Continue ReadingThe Deschutes County Circuit Court is among the first in Oregon to implement an improved, online system for prospective jurors to respond to a…
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