Redmond schools pause limited in-person instruction amid rise in COVID-19 cases
The Redmond School District notified parents Monday that limited in-person instruction will be paused, as of Wednesday, due to the major surge in…
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Bend woman cited after pickup crashes into school bus on Reed Market Road
A Bend woman who lost control of her pickup truck on icy Reed Market Road struck a school bus Monday morning and was cited for failing to drive…
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High Desert Museum reopens outdoor exhibits
The High Desert Museum’s outdoor exhibits are now open once again to the public, in accordance with recently revised state parameters to stem the…
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OSAA pushes Oregon prep sports schedule back to start in February
The Oregon School Activities Association Executive Board announced Monday it has revised the association’s calendar to start activities in…
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City of Bend approves Central Oregon Veterans Village emergency shelter
The City of Bend has approved the emergency shelter siting application for the Veterans Village project, the Bend Heroes Foundation said Monday.…
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Oregon reports 12 COVID-19 deaths, 1,331 cases; St. Charles at record 49 patients
COVID-19 has claimed 12 more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 1,045, and 1,331 new cases, the Oregon Health Authority reported…
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Prineville police, Crook County SO still make ‘Shop with a Cop’ happen
The year 2020 has been an interesting and difficult year for everyone, and we all have had to adapt in one way or another to all that has been going…
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Oregon AG announces $86 million settlement with Nationstar/’Mr. Cooper’
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum announced Monday that mortgage servicer Nationstar will pay $86.3 million to settle allegations that the…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court rejects Oregon appeal to limit transgender students
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up an appeal from parents in Oregon who want to prevent transgender students from using locker…
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Seaside surfer bitten by shark
A surfer in Seaside was bitten by a shark and suffered non-life-threatening injuries to his lower…
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‘It’s very scary’: Pandemic may cost Silver Lake its only eatery (again)
In the small Lake County town of Silver Lake, owner Maria Leckenby runs the Silver Lake Café And…
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Gov. Brown orders flags to half-staff in honor of Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
Gov. Kate Brown on Sunday ordered all flags at Oregon public institutions to be flown at half-staff in honor of National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day…
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Fugitive crashes stolen car, caught after manhunt, public alert NW of Bend
A fugitive from Warm Springs allegedly stole a car in Jefferson County on Saturday, then crashed it northwest of Bend and fled, prompting a manhunt…
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Waldport city council member slain in attempted burglary
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say a city council member in the small community of Waldport along the central Oregon coast has been killed…
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Icy roads hit C.O.: Semi rolls on north end of Redmond
Rain, freezing rain, fog and sub-freezing temperatures early Sunday made for slick roads around the High Desert and were apparent factors in a pair…
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Oregon’s SAR coordinator has winter travel message: Know before you go
Winter weather is here, and Oregon Office of Emergency Management State Search Rescue Coordinator Scott Lucas says Oregon is seeing an uptick in…
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Mount Hood climber rescued after surviving 15-foot fall into volcanic fumarole
A Portland woman climbing Mount Hood survived and was rescued Friday after falling 15 feet into a fumarole – a volcanic opening that emits steam…
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Oregon Health Authority reports 24 more COVID-19 deaths, 1,847 new cases
COVID-19 has claimed 24 more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 1,027, along with 1,847 new cases, 112 of them in Central Oregon, …
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‘Our kids are the sacrifices’: Parents push schools to open
In debates nationwide about opening schools, parents who are unhappy with distance learning are taking increasingly vocal roles in calling for more…
Continue ReadingOregon anti-mask doctor’s medical license suspended
The Oregon Medical Board has suspended the license of a doctor who said he refuses to wear a mask in his clinic west of Salem and encouraged others…
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