Oregon state prisons may end partnerships with community colleges
The Oregon Department of Corrections recently announced it is proposing to end its partnership with the state’s community colleges and move its Adult…
Continue ReadingThe Oregon Department of Corrections recently announced it is proposing to end its partnership with the state’s community colleges and move its Adult…
Continue ReadingThe more than 204,000-acre Lionshead Fire, sparked by lightning west of Warm Springs in mid-August, is approaching 50% containment, the last of…
Continue ReadingSafeway and Albertsons pharmacies in Oregon and Southwest Washington are now offering at-home COVID-19 test kits, the companies announced…
Continue ReadingThe state’s death toll from COVID-19 is unchanged from Sunday and remains at 572, along with 288 new cases, the Oregon Health Authority reported…
Continue ReadingOne day after rallies by President Trump supporters and Black Lives Matter participants turned into a melee, Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz vowed a…
Continue ReadingA Redmond woman was arrested by citation on drunken driving and other charges after her pickup truck crashed into the front of a southwest Redmond…
Continue ReadingA Redmond man was killed late Saturday night when his car left a southwest Redmond intersection at a 90-degree turn and struck a large tree, police…
Continue ReadingA southwest Madras duplex was heavily damaged by a fire early Sunday morning, and while the residents escaped, two cats perished, an official…
Continue ReadingA boisterous confrontation amid dual rallies by President Trump supporters and Black Lives Matter protesters near Pilot Butte turned violent and…
Continue ReadingA Trump 2020 ‘caravan cruise rally’ is set to begin Saturday afternoon near Bend’s Drake Park.…
Continue ReadingThe Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission staff is recommending the panel reject a request by Ochoco Irrigation District for a waiver of fish passage…
Continue ReadingThree teens — two of them Sisters High School students — were killed Thursday night when their SUV left a Forest Service road west of Sisters and…
Continue ReadingThe Deschutes County Stabilization Center has been up and running for about four months now. But in just over two weeks, it’ll be staffed 24/7 for…
Continue ReadingHousing Works announced Friday it has begun construction of Midtown Place, a 47-unit affordable housing apartment community designed to support…
Continue ReadingCleanup from the recent wildfires and wind damage is set to begin in eight Oregon counties as federal, state and local officials have finalized…
Continue ReadingCOVID-19 has claimed three more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 563, along with 314 new cases, the Oregon Health Authority…
Continue ReadingOctober brings numerous traditional fall events in Bend, but like many festivals and events already this year, most are now going virtual or have…
Continue ReadingThe FBI said Friday it is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of whoever shot and…
Continue ReadingA fire that spread from an attached storage shed to a northeast Bend cabinet shop early Thursday morning caused about $500,000 in damage, but a…
Continue ReadingWildfire evacuees in Bend and Redmond received about 130 pizzas Thursday, thanks to a collaborative effort among The Salvation Army, the American…
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