Family Access Network expands to Crook County schools
An organization that over 23 years has provided support to thousands of families in Deschutes County has just expanded to Crook County. The Family…
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Bend advisor talks of how to ride market decline
The stock market is starting 2016 out horribly. The Dow Jones industrial average was down more than 500 points at one point Wednesday. Bend financial…
Continue Reading Takeover Day 19: Governor angry over feds’ refuge response
Oregon’s governor expressed anger Wednesday over federal authorities’ handling of the occupation of a national wildlife refuge by an…
Continue Reading NW senators urge USDA to back GMO-free alfalfa exports to China
Oregon Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley and Washington Sens. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell urged U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on…
Continue Reading Land-use group, Westside land owners reach Bend UGB compromise
A land-use watchdog group said Wednesday it has reached a compromise with land owners on Bend’s Westside on where to draw an expanded urban…
Continue Reading Deschutes County seeks audit committee members
Deschutes County has reopened its search for Audit Committee members. Citizens with financial or local government experience are encouraged to apply.…
Continue Reading Oregon bike-pedestrian committee seeks youth member
The OregonBicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee is seeking to fill a recently vacated position that represents the youth community. The committee…
Continue Reading The Center partners with Bend FC Timbers
The Center Orthopedic & Neurosurgical Care & Research is teaming up with the Bend FC Timbers as their official sports medicine provider. The…
Continue Reading Bend protesters urge action to end Malheur occupation
Just like water off a duck’s back, pouring rain didn’t drown out the cheers as roughly 250 people gathered in downtown Bend Tuesday,…
Continue Reading CEC to dedicate community solar project
Members of Central Electric Cooperative, its community solar participants and the general public are invited to attend the official dedication of the…
Continue Reading Oregon College Savings Plan sees record contributions
The Oregon College Savings Plan saw record contributions and assets in 2015, bolstering the fact that Oregon families are embracing the concept of…
Continue Reading Sisters crash victim remembered as avid outdoorsman
A 54-year-old long-time Sisters resident who died in a car crash on Highway 20 east of Sisters over the weekend is being mourned by family and…
Continue Reading Discover the thrill of the chill: Be a junior snow ranger
Discover Your Forest, in partnership with the Deschutes National Forest, will be hosting their annual “Junior Snow Ranger” program at Mt.…
Continue Reading Family Access Network expands to Prineville schools
The Family Access Network announced Tuesday that it has expanded to offer services at Barnes Butte and Crooked River elementary schools in…
Continue Reading Harney sheriff details recent incidents; law enforcement, hospital preps
Harney County Sheriff David Ward issued a statement Tuesday evening outlining recent arrests and incidents involving reported members of the armed…
Continue Reading Walden expects peaceful end to takeover, backs Hammond clemency
Rep. Greg Walden, the Republican whose vast Second District includes Harney County and the occupied Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, said Monday he…
Continue Reading Hundreds gather in Bend to protest Malheur refuge takeover
About 250 people gathered in steady rain Tuesday in downtown Bend to urge an end to the occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, one of…
Continue Reading How many NW families in a squeeze? Go ask ALICE
There are 1.6 million Pacific Northwest households unable to afford the region’s high cost of living, with conditions still lagging behind…
Continue Reading ‘Hella Big Air’ competitors soar at Bachelor
Perfect weather brought a big crowd to the first annual Hella Big Air competition at Mt. Bachelor on Monday. The snow competition was sponsored by 10…
Continue Reading Central Oregonians react to minimum wage proposal
The fire under the debate over raising the minimum wage was rekindled Thursday as Gov. Kate Brown unveiled a new plan to proposal to raise the wages…
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