Missing mushroom picker near Vancouver found
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — Authorities have found a 75-year-old woman who disappeared Saturday while picking mushrooms east of Vancouver, Washington.…
Continue ReadingVANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — Authorities have found a 75-year-old woman who disappeared Saturday while picking mushrooms east of Vancouver, Washington.…
Continue ReadingA more than $1.5 billion tax surplus was confirmed by the Oregon Office of Economic Analysis this month, triggering a tax surplus credit, or…
Continue ReadingGov. Kate Brown’s Executive Order to enact a temporary ban on the sale of flavored tobacco and cannabis vaping products took effect Tuesday.…
Continue ReadingAn 18-year-old Sisters resident was arrested Tuesday in a string of graffiti vandalism around the community over several weeks this summer, Deschutes…
Continue ReadingPrices at the gas pump are falling for most drivers across the country, as crude oil prices remain relatively low. It’s a different story on…
Continue ReadingOne of two La Pine-area horses who wandered away from home fell into a hole while being returned to his pasture Monday evening and needed some help…
Continue ReadingClimate change was at the forefront Monday night at the Tower Theatre in Bend, as a former NASA scientist gave a presentation on the topic. A big…
Continue Reading(Update: Adding comments from Crook County health officials, Vector Control manager; horse survived disease) West Nile virus, a disease spread by…
Continue ReadingOregon’s unemployment rate barely moved — yet again — in September, but state economists saw continued signs of a slowdown in…
Continue ReadingA 4-day trial and 3 1/2-year legal battle over playground improvements at Pine Nursery Park in Bend is over. A 12-person jury on Monday voted…
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Ted Wheeler has announced he will run for re-election as the mayor of Portland, trying to become the first person elected to…
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A Multnomah County grand jury has found no criminal wrongdoing by Portland police who fatally shot Lane Martin in the…
Continue Reading(Update: Second petition submitted, also lacks enough signatures; Oregon GOP statement) SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A pair of recall efforts by…
Continue ReadingTHE DALLES, Ore. (AP) — Two Pacific Northwest tribes are calling for the removal of three major hydroelectric dams on the Columbia River. The…
Continue ReadingAs winter and the holidays approach, Bend police are reminding it’s important to take more precautions when securing your vehicles and…
Continue ReadingChildren at play may have to be a bit more creative at one northeast Bend park this summer, as a legal dispute delays completion of playground…
Continue ReadingSALEM, Ore. (AP) — Backers of rejected ballot measures proposed by environmentalists to tighten Oregon’s forestry rules have filed a lawsuit,…
Continue Reading(Update: Adds details, quotes) BOISE, Idaho (AP) — One option in a plan to battle devastating wildfires in southwestern Idaho, southeastern Oregon…
Continue ReadingThis past Oregon wildfire season was very mild, compared with recent years — but Rep. Greg Walden, R-Oregon, said Monday in Sunriver…
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland police have arrested two men as part of its ongoing crackdown on street racing. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports…
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