Hummel: ‘Multiple suspects’ under investigation in NE Bend double-homicide
A very active investigation, including serving of 40 search warrants, has identified “multiple suspects” in a mid-August double-homicide in…
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Bend Park & Rec Board discusses future fee waivers for affordable housing
The Bend Park & Recreation District Board met Tuesday night to discuss several topics, including a proposal to waive more development fees for…
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Three elk killed by poachers east of Sisters; OSP seeks tips to solve crime
Poachers killed a bull, a cow and a spike elk east of Sisters on or about Oct. 28, and Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife troopers are looking for…
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Petitioner seeks to have Deschutes River classified as navigable waterway
Josh Pardee, an angler from Bend, has been fishing in Central Oregon for a long time.…
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Mt. Bachelor: Parking inventory not 100% released
Conditions are already superb at Mt. Bachelor, with a 40-inch base as of Dec. 1.
But there are no skiers or snowboarders…
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Four more Oregon counties moved into ‘extreme risk’ level, including Crook
Gov. Kate Brown announced updates Tuesday to county risk levels under the state’s new public health framework to reduce transmission and protect…
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Wyden-Merkley bill aims to ensure more wildfire-resistant power grid
Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., introduced new legislation Tuesday to incentivize utility companies to do more to reduce wildfire risks as…
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Gov. Brown releases budget proposal as state deals with multiple crises
Gov. Kate Brown on Tuesday released her recommended budget and policy agenda for the 2021-23 biennium, which she said focuses on the key challenges…
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Sisters schools fifth-grade return delayed; all may have to go back to online learning
Sisters fifth-graders cannot return to in-person learning until at least Jan. 11 — and if Deschutes County’s COVID-19 case numbers don’t improve,…
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Bend man gets 21-month federal prison term for courthouse hoax bomb
A Bend man was sentenced Tuesday to 21 months in federal prison for crafting a hoax bomb and phoning in a threat to blow up the Deschutes County…
Continue ReadingBend has a warmer, wetter than normal November, NWS says
Bend’s string of warmer-than-normal months continued in November, but the drier-than normal period was snapped by a much rainier month than usual,…
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Deschutes DA Hummel won’t file charges in downtown Bend anti-mask protest
Participants in a recent downtown Bend protest against Gov. Kate Brown’s two-week “freeze” won’t be charged with violating her order related…
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Deschutes County courts implement new online tools for jury duty
The Deschutes County Circuit Court is among the first in Oregon to implement an improved, online system for prospective jurors to respond to a…
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Bend man killed in Lake County rollover crash
A 37-year-old Bend man was killed when his pickup left state Highway 31 in Lake County, overturned and struck a power pole, Oregon State Police…
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St. Charles reports record 29 COVID-19 patients, delays 100s of elective surgeries
COVID-19 has claimed seven more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 912, along with 1,314 new cases that push the state’s tally past…
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Holiday miracle in La Pine: Cat missing for four years is reunited with happy owner
A holiday miracle is at hand for a former La Pine resident who was reunited with her cat, Schrodinger, who has been missing for the past four…
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C.O. restaurants await new guidelines, prepare for winter outdoor dining
The statewide two-week freeze officially comes to an end on Wednesday, meaning restaurants in Deschutes County can open up for outdoor dining on…
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Forest Service looking for vandals who defaced pictographs west of Bend
U.S. Forest Service law enforcement officials reached out for the public’s help Monday to find whoever recently vandalized some rock art…
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Oregon DHS to issue supplemental food assistance benefits Dec. 11
The Oregon Department of Human Services said Monday it will issue emergency supplemental allotments to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program…
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OSU receives $2 million grant to expand TRACE-COVID-19 project nationally
Oregon State University researchers have received a $2 million grant from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation to create a national TRACE Center…
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