After 2 C.O. dogs caught in traps, owners urge stricter limits
Residents who enjoy activities like hiking or biking have encountered steel traps near trailheads, campgrounds and public areas. Some have reported…
Continue ReadingResidents who enjoy activities like hiking or biking have encountered steel traps near trailheads, campgrounds and public areas. Some have reported…
Continue ReadingThe Oregon Legislature may convene its 2020 session on Monday without Senate President Peter Courtney, who has been in a Portland hospital for nearly…
Continue ReadingThe U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s public charge rule, which can make it more difficult for immigrants to receive green cards, does not…
Continue ReadingA $15 million lawsuit filed by the family of a Medford man who died at the Oregon State Penitentiary accuses prison staff of failing to treat the…
Continue ReadingNew Oregon radon data show that many regions of the state are at moderate risk of having high radon…
Continue ReadingSen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced Wednesday he is co-sponsoring legislation that he said would prohibit Donald Trump from diverting billions of…
Continue ReadingSen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on Thursday blasted the Trump administration’s new Medicaid guidance that he said will let states cut benefits and limit…
Continue ReadingOne week after Tillamook County was hit by a cyberattack, the county computers remain unplugged while a cybersecurity firm tries to negotiate with…
Continue ReadingDemocrats in the Oregon Legislature are now seeking to have voters change its quorum rules, so walkouts by lawmakers can no longer stymie…
Continue ReadingThe Purcell Boulevard Bridge that crosses the North Unit Irrigation District main canal north of NE Butler Market Road and south of Empire Avenue in…
Continue ReadingThe city of Bend and the Downtown Bend Business Association are considering a revision in city codes to reduce the number of days downtown streets…
Continue ReadingThe American Lung Association on Wednesday gave Oregon a decidedly mixed grade on its tobacco control efforts: A grades in some areas, flunking or…
Continue ReadingTwo crashes in recent months involving Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies driving patrol cars has led to some added training for deputies in safely…
Continue ReadingFirefighters on the Sisters Ranger District will continue pile burning in the Melvin Butte project area Wednesday. The piles are located about 9…
Continue ReadingAlthough the stats are undergoing revisions, Central Oregon’s employment picture ended 2019 with strong hiring and a continued drop in jobless rates,…
Continue ReadingThe Deschutes County Public Library has asked Friends of the Bend Library and the other Friends groups in Sisters, Redmond, La Pine and Sunriver to…
Continue ReadingOregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum on Tuesday announced a statewide public service campaign to make Oregonians aware of the state’s new hate…
Continue ReadingChanges and improvements could be on the way soon to the trail along the Deschutes River in…
Continue ReadingA Multnomah County grand jury has found no criminal wrongdoing in the Portland police fatal police shooting of Koben Henriksen, who was seen waving…
Continue ReadingA lifetime sentence of physical and mental disabilities — that’s how 4-year-old Ezra Thomas will live the rest of his life after being severely…
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