1,000-acre wildfire east of Madras reaches 60% containment
Firefighters made good progress and reached 60% containment Wednesday of a day-old, 1,000-acre fire on private land about 10 miles east of Madras,…
Continue ReadingFirefighters made good progress and reached 60% containment Wednesday of a day-old, 1,000-acre fire on private land about 10 miles east of Madras,…
Continue ReadingCOVID-19 has claimed three more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 195, along with 171 more cases, the Oregon Health Authority…
Continue ReadingThe former Burger King located at 1091 SE 3rd Street in Bend recently sold to Kendall Development Group for $2,050,000 to Kendall Development Group…
Continue ReadingOregon lawmakers, most wearing masks and trying to maintain social distance, began a special session Wednesday to crack down on police brutality and…
Continue ReadingRedmond city councilors, meeting as the city’s Urban Renewal Board, approved a $1 million contract Tuesday night to demolish an 80-year-old…
Continue ReadingThe Fourth of July is less than two weeks away, and stands opened up on the High Desert Tuesday for customers to buy fireworks.…
Continue ReadingAnother summer, another minimum wage increase. For the last four years, Oregon’s minimum wage has increased at least 25 cents every July. But this…
Continue ReadingOregon’s law enforcement unions are objecting to all six police accountability bills that have been introduced for the special legislative session…
Continue ReadingSALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Gov. Kate Brown has requested federal agriculture disaster designation for six Oregon counties, including Crook, Deschutes and…
Continue ReadingOLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington state will require people to wear facial coverings in public settings under a statewide public health order…
Continue ReadingThe state’s death toll from COVID-19 is unchanged from Monday and remains at 192, along with 191 new cases statewide and an outbreak at an Eastern…
Continue ReadingWith a warm, dry spring and a hot summer forecast, the Forest Service and BLM in Central Oregon are implementing public use restrictions, starting…
Continue ReadingDeschutes and Crook counties saw some recovery in May from a major COVID-19-related spike in unemployment, but wood product layoffs in Jefferson…
Continue ReadingA gravel truck’s trailer overturned and spilled its load on Highway 97 north of Bend Tuesday morning, making for a big cleanup and slowing traffic in…
Continue ReadingSen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced Tuesday he will hold a live online town hall next Monday, hosted by Town Hall Project, for residents of Deschutes,…
Continue ReadingCOVID-19 issues have prompted another, four-month delay in Tuesday’s planned retrial of a Bend man whose murder conviction in the 2013 shooting…
Continue ReadingA motor home was destroyed by a fire just east of Redmond Monday morning, one of several RVs that have burned in recent months on public lands…
Continue ReadingBEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Through a partnership, North Pacific Juniors Volleyball Club and the Bend Park and Recreation District worked together to bring…
Continue ReadingThe Office of State Fire Marshal, the Oregon Fire Service, natural resource agencies, Oregon licensed fireworks wholesalers and safety experts are…
Continue ReadingThe Bend Police Department is encouraging anyone who owns a motorcycle or dirt bike to make sure they’re securely placed, out of the reach of…
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