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Raids on 3 Bend massage businesses put spotlight on issue of sex trafficking
Bend police and FBI raids this week at three massage businesses amid complaints of possible sex trafficking have brought renewed attention to an…
Continue ReadingBend police and FBI raids this week at three massage businesses amid complaints of possible sex trafficking have brought renewed attention to an…
Continue ReadingWith an investigation still underway, the Bend Police Department shared four social media videos and issued a statement Thursday defending officers’…
Continue ReadingThe Bend area’s median home sales price soared $17,000 to a record $547,000 last month as high-end sales grew to be a larger part of the region’s hot…
Continue ReadingFire season in the Oregon Department of Forestry’s Central Oregon District remains in effect across private ownership, as well as state and…
Continue ReadingThe Oregon Department of Environmental Quality expanded and extended an air quality advisory Thursday to Central Oregon and other areas due to smoke…
Continue ReadingBend police, assisted by the FBI, have raided three Bend massage businesses, part of a 2-year investigation of community complaints that sex acts…
Continue ReadingA Bend man was killed in a single-vehicle crash Wednesday evening on U.S. Highway 97 south of Shaniko in Wasco County, Oregon State Police…
Continue ReadingA three-vehicle crash on state Highway 126 East in Redmond Wednesday evening sent two people to the hospital, one with likely serious injuries,…
Continue ReadingDeschutes County Sheriff Shane Nelson said Wednesday he is self-isolating at home after a “low-risk exposure to COVID-19” earlier this…
Continue ReadingDrug agents raided a La Pine home on Wednesday, just after the arrest of a 25-year-old resident who allegedly was acquiring large quantities of…
Continue ReadingDays after two groups’ gathering by Pilot Butte turned into a disturbing melee, Police Chief Mike Krantz talked with city councilors Wednesday…
Continue ReadingCentral Oregon businesses have seen a dramatic loss of business during the COVID-19 pandemic, but a new challenge is right around the corner.…
Continue ReadingThe Oregon Health Authority says five employees at Flex Pak Corporation in Bend have tested positive for…
Continue ReadingThe mother of a Sisters High School student killed in a car crash last Thursday said she wants to keep her memory…
Continue ReadingA 21-year-old Sisters man faces several theft and other charges, accused of entering seven vehicles left unlocked in Sisters driveways early one…
Continue ReadingThe 204,000-acre Lionshead Fire is still less than half-contained, officially, but much of the firefighting effort has shifted toward removing hazard…
Continue ReadingSome experts are warning of a “twindemic” in this country, with both the coronavirus and the seasonal flu. So many people are taking precautions,…
Continue ReadingA Gresham fugitive who fled Warm Springs tribal police at high speed on U.S. Highway 26 was stopped near Rhododendron early Monday morning, but it…
Continue ReadingThree separate, related crashes Tuesday afternoon near Deschutes Junction closed Highway 97’s northbound lanes for 90 minutes and sent 6 people to…
Continue ReadingSen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced Wednesday he will have a live online Central Oregon town hall next Monday, hosted by Town Hall Project for…
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