Bikers deliver teddy bears to C. Oregon hospitals
On Saturday, Sept. 15th, about 130 motorcyclists delivered almost 1,800 teddy bears to the Bend, Prineville, Madras and Redmond hospitals. This was…
Continue ReadingOn Saturday, Sept. 15th, about 130 motorcyclists delivered almost 1,800 teddy bears to the Bend, Prineville, Madras and Redmond hospitals. This was…
Continue ReadingA late fire season around the Northwest and Friday night thunderstorms have ignited new fires in Central Oregon, several on the Warm Springs Indian…
Continue ReadingWhen a wildfire breaks out in the national forest, forest rangers sometimes risk their lives leading people out of the woods and back to safety. But…
Continue ReadingFormer COCC instructor Thomas Bray looked on in a blue jail uniform, hands and feet shackled – his first court appearance out of a suit and tie –…
Continue ReadingA heating unit in an unoccupied guest room at Bend’s Shilo Inn ignited curtains in a blaze Monday morning that fortunately went out on its own,…
Continue ReadingThe state of Oregon and HomeSource of NeighborImpact announced new resources Monday to help Deschutes, Jefferson and Crook county homeowners at risk…
Continue ReadingA 32-year-old Redmond woman was killed early Monday when her car left the Old Bend-Redmond Highway and struck a tree head-on, Deschutes County…
Continue ReadingAtelier 6000 is a professional printmaking studio and gallery in Bend but on Sunday the art was out in the parking lot and be steamrolled —…
Continue ReadingReed Market Rd. and Mt. Washington Dr. are scheduled for asphalt overlay as part of the city of Bend’s 2012 Street Maintenance Program. The…
Continue ReadingEergency officials from Deschutes County, the city of Bend, St Charles Medical Center and personnel from TransCanada Corp. will conduct a joint…
Continue ReadingThe American Red Cross said Sunday it has opened an aid station at the Sisters Elementary School gymnasium to provide a place for individuals to get…
Continue ReadingIt was supposed to be a pleasant overnight outing in the Central Oregon woods on a warm, late-summer weekend. But a week after being trapped by a…
Continue ReadingThe smoke from the Pole Creek Fire didn’t stop many residents from attending the final day of the annual Sisters Fall Street Festival on…
Continue ReadingCrook County sheriff’s deputies said they responded to two crashes within a half-hour Saturday evening that sent three people to area hospitals…
Continue ReadingIn the midst of the Pole Creek Fire and all other potential disasters, experts gathered in Sisters Saturday to get information out into the…
Continue ReadingA failed power cord on an appliance in a carport apparently caused a fire early Saturday that destroyed a northeast Bend home, displacing a family of…
Continue ReadingOregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum said Friday she has issued a declaration ending a program that allowed hundreds of parents to lower or…
Continue ReadingTo better prepare Central Oregon for a major disaster, a group in Sisters is holding a disaster preparedness fair this weekend. The group came…
Continue ReadingThe Pole Creek Fire has taken a toll on the wildlife in the area south of Sisters, forcing many out their natural habitat. Wildlife experts say…
Continue ReadingWhen people have nowhere else to turn, Bend’s Community Center is often where they end up. “This young man came in — I guess he and…
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