Five artists’ sculpture designs chosen for public review for Colorado-Columbia roundabout
Art in Public Places announced Thursday the design renderings of the five proposed sculptures for Bend’s Colorado Avenue and Columbia Street…
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Water contamination in Oregon could prompt EPA to step in
BOARDMAN, Ore. (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is urging Oregon to clean up water contamination from nitrates in the eastern part of the…
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California fugitive arrested in La Pine guns-drawn traffic stop; several hundred pieces of stolen mail recovered
A Southern California fugitive visiting a relative in La Pine was arrested in a guns-drawn traffic stop Monday afternoon, and authorities said they…
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Rare, threatened wolverine spotted by anglers along Columbia River near Portland
A wolverine, rare and listed as threatened in Oregon, was spotted by two people who were fishing on the Columbia River near Portland on Monday…
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City of Redmond to add 100 new security cameras, upgrade 50 others to keep an eye out for crime
The city of Redmond is cracking down on graffiti, vandalism and other crimes with extra eyes on patrol. Close to 150 cameras, 2/3 of them new, will…
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Lighthouse Navigation Center in Bend adding behavioral health specialist to support houseless community
Deschutes County commissioners on Wednesday approved use of a three-year, $405,000 grant from the city of Bend for the county to provide a behavioral…
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Bend man shot at least 6 times with BB gun; police use pepper spray, Taser to arrest suspect
It took pepper spray and a Taser for police to arrest a Bend man Wednesday afternoon. He’s accused of shooting another man at least six times with…
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Not just ‘plows and cows’: Young Oregon leaders gather in Redmond for FFA State Convention
It’s a beautiful Saturday at the Deschutes County Fairgrounds for the Oregon Future Farmers of America State Convention, attended by over 2,500…
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Oregon Psilocybin Services issues state’s first license to Portland farm
Oregon Health Authority has issued the state’s first psilocybin license as part of the nation’s first regulatory framework for psilocybin…
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Report: 119K people hurt by riot-control weapons since 2015
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — More than 119,000 people have been injured by tear gas and other chemical irritants around the…
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Oregon lawmakers approve $200M for housing, homelessness
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon lawmakers passed a sweeping $200 million housing and homelessness…
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Fire destroys shop south of Sunriver; exploding ammunition, propane add to firefighter challenges
A fire heavily damaged a shop south of Sunriver Tuesday afternoon. Despite exploding ammunition and propane tanks, La Pine and Sunriver fire crews…
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Terrebonne sewer district measure was losing by single vote a week ago; later ballots bring 8-vote passage
The only measure on last week’s special election ballot, to create a Terrebonne sanitary (sewer) district, was losing by a single vote when ballots…
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Young Bend skeleton racer 8th best in the world, home after five months of competition
The Caldera freshman has only been competing for two…
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Ideal Option opens Redmond addiction medicine clinic to help curb drug crisis fueled by fentanyl’s rise
Ideal Option opened a Redmond addiction medicine clinic on Monday, after establishing a Bend clinic several years ago. With the use of deadly…
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Courts strike down non-unanimous jury verdicts, bringing some high-profile cases back to Deschutes County
Rulings by the U.S. and Oregon supreme courts mean several Deschutes County criminal convictions are being struck down and those cases returned for…
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Biden designates area sacred to tribes as largest national monument of his presidency
By Ella Nilsen and Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden on Tuesday officially designated a new national monument in Southern Nevada while speaking…
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Temporary La Pine Library space opens as major remodeling project begins
A temporary Deschutes Public Library location in La Pine opened Tuesday as a major remodeling project is underway at the…
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Knopp, Breese-Iverson, Boquist urge Gov. Kotek to launch independent investigations of OLCC
Senate Republican Leader Tim Knopp (R-Bend), House Republican Leader Vikki Breese-Iverson (R-Prineville), and Senate Independent Leader Brian…
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Oregon’s unemployment rate barely budges in February as job gains stall
Oregon’s unemployment rate stood at 4.7% in February, little changed from January’s rate of 4.8%, but total job gains seen in January slowed to a…
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