Residents flee as fire destroys SW Bend home
A fire that reportedly began on the deck destroyed a southwest Bend home Monday afternoon, displacing a family of three, authorities said. The…
Continue ReadingA fire that reportedly began on the deck destroyed a southwest Bend home Monday afternoon, displacing a family of three, authorities said. The…
Continue ReadingIf the Bend Community Center closes on Friday as officials said it would, board members say there will be a lot of people going to bed hungry. Many…
Continue ReadingLooking out toward the Three Sisters Sunday afternoon, from any direction, you couldn’t help but notice a huge smoke plume, visible for miles…
Continue ReadingFire officials plan to hold a public meeting Monday evening in Sisters to give the public an opportunity to ask questions about and get the latest…
Continue ReadingBend’s Family Kitchen, which serves free meals, is hearing from people who think they are closing — but they are not part of Bend’s…
Continue ReadingRedmond police and Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies shut down the Run to the Cascades Motorcycle Rally at the county fairgrounds Saturday…
Continue ReadingTwo Bend men who decided to go for a run and climb up the Middle Sister Sunday morning almost became trapped by a fast-growing wildfire that broke…
Continue ReadingBend’s Community Center Board President Bruce Abernethy announced Saturday that “due to financial uncertainties and other difficulties…
Continue ReadingA 25-year-old Redmond man was killed early Sunday morning when his car left Highway 26 west of Madras and rolled several times, throwing him from the…
Continue ReadingA total of 343 firefighters died during the attacks on 9/11. On Saturday, the owner of Big Al’s Firehouse Grill wanted to honor them, as well…
Continue ReadingIt’s the place everyone in Central Oregon relies on in case of a major emergency, St. Charles Medical Center-Bend. For 2 1/2 months, the nurses…
Continue ReadingLittle is known about ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s Disease, but volunteers and supporters want to change that with walks around the nation, to raise…
Continue ReadingA special side-scan sonar system resumed its search at Lake Billy Chinook Saturday afternoon but did not find the body of a Madras farmer who…
Continue ReadingBusiness owners are asking the city of Bend to reevaluate the rules governing the use of sandwich boards on private sidewalks, after businesses in…
Continue ReadingTwo of four Bend teen-age boys in a speeding car were injured, one seriously, when the car side-swiped a parked car and struck a home’s porch…
Continue ReadingA total of 44 cows died late Thursday night after most were struck by five commercial trucks along Highway 97 about 14 miles north of Madras, Oregon…
Continue ReadingThere are two basic ways for a local government to view voter rejection of a money request – they don’t want the proposal, or they…
Continue ReadingThe Rotary Club of Bend has awarded two $2,000 scholarships to local high school seniors with outstanding musical abilities who plan to further their…
Continue ReadingA Bend woman was arrested Friday night on charges she stabbed a male acquaintance twice, seriously wounding him, police said. Shortly before 9 p.m.,…
Continue ReadingHundreds of shoppers were locked in stores at the Forum Shopping Center in northeast Bend for a time Friday night after a woman called Deschutes…
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