Small brushfire doused near Alfalfa
A “holdover” brushfire, apparently sparked by lightning nearly a week ago, burned about 2 acres near Alfalfa, east of Bend, Saturday…
Continue ReadingA “holdover” brushfire, apparently sparked by lightning nearly a week ago, burned about 2 acres near Alfalfa, east of Bend, Saturday…
Continue ReadingThe Perseid meteor shower will peak this weekend across Central Oregon, and NASA scientists say it will be the most impressive show in the past few…
Continue ReadingAn overnight search for a Harrisburg, Ore. woman and two children overdue on a camping trip to the Ochoco National Forest ended Saturday morning when…
Continue ReadingPortland police are seeking the public’s help as they try to find a missing Portland man who may last have been in the Warm Springs area. On…
Continue ReadingA cure for cancer was the goal of Saturday’s Relay for Life event in Bend, continuing through Tuesday morning. More than 100 cancer survivors…
Continue ReadingA young male cougar was trapped and killed east of Bend overnight, having apparently killed two sheep in two days on a property off Chickadee Lane,…
Continue ReadingThe road to London has been paved with Olympic gold. Thanks to Bend’s hometown hero, Ashton Eaton. many budding young Olympians have tuned in…
Continue ReadingThursday night was a tragic one on Central Oregon streets, as two deadly car-motorcycle crashes occurred within about minutes — one in…
Continue ReadingFrom data centers to fish, they all need some of the water flowing down the Crooked River. Senator Jeff Merkley introduced a bill helping define how…
Continue ReadingIt’s still summer, but Bend Park & Recreation District is thinking about the cooler days of fall! Registration for fall recreation programs…
Continue ReadingA team of more than 800 volunteers will join forces to provide free medical, dental and social services at Project Connect to be held at the Hooker…
Continue ReadingOn Friday, August 17 and Saturday, August 18, the Bend Fire Department Historical Society will hold its’ 4th annual garage sale. Help from the…
Continue ReadingMore than a week after he was confronted by two masked gunmen who smashed jewelry cases, took handmade jewelry items and fled, a downtown Redmond…
Continue ReadingBend’s Tower Theatre has hosted many special events over the years, but never one quite like this — a packed crowd watching a hometown…
Continue ReadingWhen Mitch Modin was younger, all he dreamed about was becoming a professional basketball player. Now, his dreams have shifted, as he hopes to…
Continue ReadingSections of Brookswood Blvd., Purcell Blvd. and Butler Market Rd. are scheduled for pavement restoration work as part of the City of Bend 2012 Street…
Continue ReadingAfter a year-long investigation, three simultaneous drug raids in Bend on Wednesday morning, a fourth later at a storage unit and other raids out of…
Continue ReadingA log truck driven by a Prineville man tipped onto its side on a curve on Hwy. 197 south of The Dalles Thursday morning and its load of logs broke…
Continue ReadingBindi was one of the lucky ones — a dog adopted into a new family from the Humane Society of Central Oregon. But Bindi is a pit bull, and her…
Continue ReadingOn a stretch of Highway 97 just south of Gilchrist, a memorial sign will soon go up, the first in the state of Oregon east of the Cascades, honoring…
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