Wyden, Merkley: More medical marijuana research needed
A group of eight Democratic U.S. senators, including Oregon’s Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, on Monday asked federal researchers what they are…
Continue ReadingA group of eight Democratic U.S. senators, including Oregon’s Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, on Monday asked federal researchers what they are…
Continue ReadingTwo abandoned homesteads that are now part of the Crooked River National Grassland in Jefferson County are among Oregon’s latest entries in the…
Continue ReadingIn preparation for the fall term application deadline, Oregon State University – Cascades invites adults with some college experience to meet…
Continue ReadingThe Bloom Project, nonprofit providing fresh floral bouquets to hospice and palliative care patients, announces it has hired Julie McClay as…
Continue ReadingVeterans and community members in the Bend area are meeting this week to make plans for a sustainable farming operation as part of the Central Oregon…
Continue ReadingDeschutes County sheriff’s deputies are looking for the owner of three calves found by a homeowner on her property east of Bend on Saturday…
Continue ReadingA Jefferson County sheriff’s deputy tried to pull over a car in Culver Friday night, but the driver instead led deputies on a six-mile,…
Continue ReadingRain and cooler temperatures have quieted wildfire activity across Central Oregon over the weekend, also giving crews who have battled larger fires…
Continue ReadingBend city councilors found ways to squeeze an additional $1.8 million out of the budget for road maintenance. “It is because I voted no on the…
Continue ReadingWhat do Lava Lanes, Abby’s Pizza and The Riverhouse Hotel in Bend have in common? The businesses are all advertising jobs on reader-boards…
Continue ReadingA lightning-sparked brushfire that broke out south of the Three Rivers subdivision near Lake Billy Chinook late Friday afternoon was 80 percent…
Continue ReadingTwo Bend residents were hailed by police Friday after they heard cries for help, called 911 and helped an officer rescue a woman who fell into a…
Continue ReadingDeschutes County sheriff’s detectives followed up this week’s arrest of a Bend construction company worker on numerous forgery and theft…
Continue ReadingA 64-year-old Bend man reported overdue on a motorcycle ride from Bend to Baker City was killed in a crash off Highway 26 in Wheeler County, Oregon…
Continue ReadingThis week, in honor of TV’s “Shark Week,” Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., released a whiteboard video entitled “Loan Shark…
Continue ReadingBend-based Saving Grace said Friday it is energized by the governor’s signing of HB 3476, also known as the Advocate Privilege Bill. The bill…
Continue ReadingA wildfire that broke out late Wednesday afternoon about 30 miles north of Madras grew to over 6,700 acres but was 90 percent contained by Friday,…
Continue ReadingOregon State Police said Wednesday they have identified an Idaho man killed when his motorcycle struck a guardrail on Highway 26 east of Government…
Continue ReadingOregon is the second state in the nation, joining Tennessee, to make community college education free. This comes at a time when college education is…
Continue ReadingWhat might have appeared to onlookers to be a rescue on a fast-running stretch of the Deschutes River in Bend Friday morning actually was officials…
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