St. Charles nurses call memo ‘slap in the face,’ demand more COVID-19 protections
Local nurses delivered a petition to St. Charles Health System executives Wednesday, calling on executives to provide adequate personal protective…
Continue ReadingLocal nurses delivered a petition to St. Charles Health System executives Wednesday, calling on executives to provide adequate personal protective…
Continue ReadingThis year, many Central Oregonians will be spending Thanksgiving alone, or with a small group at their home, for the first time.…
Continue ReadingBars and restaurants can reopen for limited outdoor service next week, but many restrictions will remain in place until a vaccine against the…
Continue ReadingWith home-building continuing at strong levels despite COVID-19, Madras-based Bright Wood Corp., the region’s largest manufacturing business, is…
Continue ReadingThe Oregon Employment Department announced Wednesday a reduction in extended benefits as a result of Oregon’s falling unemployment rate. Following a…
Continue ReadingCOVID-19 has claimed 20 more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 867, along with 1,189 new cases, including a record 75 in Deschutes…
Continue ReadingA diverse team of nonprofits, working with grant funds from the CARES Act, said Friday it is able to provide support and assistance with food and…
Continue ReadingAs Thanksgiving approaches, more Oregonians are struggling with hunger because of the economic downturn from the COVID-19…
Continue ReadingThe Oregon Restaurant and Lodging Association expressed disappointment after a federal judge on Tuesday refused to grant a temporary restraining…
Continue ReadingCOVID-19 has claimed 21 more lives in Oregon, one more than the daily record set last week, raising the state’s death toll to 847, along with 1,011…
Continue ReadingCars were lined up Tuesday along Bend’s Northeast Division Street near the Shepherd’s House, some to donate food items, and others to bring food home…
Continue ReadingMore than a week after a mule deer buck was poached west of Bend, Oregon State Police troopers again requested the public’s assistance Tuesday in…
Continue ReadingA pursuit from Crooked River Ranch into Terrebonne and onto BLM land Monday evening led to a collision of two Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies’…
Continue ReadingFrom now until Jan. 4, the city of Bend is accepting applications from those interested in filling up to 13 seats on the city’s new Human Rights and…
Continue ReadingCentral Oregon’s recovery from the COVID-19 shock continued in October, with strong monthly employment gains on a seasonally adjusted basis across…
Continue ReadingA La Pine man faces several drug charges after a raid on his home Monday turned up an illegal marijuana grow, including more than 500 plants, a…
Continue ReadingCulver resident Thomas Ray Campbell, 29, was sentenced Monday to five years federal probation “for the flagrant and repeated poaching of protected…
Continue ReadingThree officers were legally justified in firing shots during an attempted traffic stop north of Prineville earlier this month, one of which wounded a…
Continue ReadingSome Central Oregonians say they’ll celebrate the holidays as usual, against the advice, even urgent pleas of local, state and federal health…
Continue ReadingLast Friday evening, Redmond police say 90-year-old resident Leroy Hall was struck and killed by two vehicles while attempting to cross Northwest…
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