Fire heavily damages SE Bend home; 3 residents escape unhurt
A fire late Sunday night heavily damaged a southeast Bend home, but all three occupants were able to escape uninjured, fire officials…
Continue ReadingA fire late Sunday night heavily damaged a southeast Bend home, but all three occupants were able to escape uninjured, fire officials…
Continue ReadingA man arrested Sunday evening for using a Molotov cocktail to start a brush fire near an east Portland freeway was released from jail — and was…
Continue ReadingState, federal, county and tribal partners are fully engaged in response and recovery efforts for the more than 30 fires burning statewide in Oregon,…
Continue ReadingA Madras man was arrested in a traffic stop Sunday afternoon on attempted murder and other charges, accused of bashing in the windows of a parked SUV…
Continue ReadingHere are Sunday’s full updates on several of the major wildfires burning in or near Central…
Continue ReadingTo ensure public safety and prioritize travel for emergency responders, ODOT crews will barricade portions of Oregon Highway 22 (the North Santiam…
Continue ReadingAt the Super 8 Motel in Redmond on Sunday, smoke and worry filled the air, as anxious evacuees heard from the town of Detroit’s mayor while they wait…
Continue ReadingWhile Crook County schools work to hit one set of numbers –COVID-19 metrics — to make it possible for older Crook County students to return to…
Continue ReadingWildfire evacuees are still arriving at the Deschutes County Fairgrounds from various fire-stricken areas around Oregon, and many Central Oregonians…
Continue ReadingAbout 200 Deer Ridge state prison inmates near Madras refused to return to temporary quarters late Friday night due to thick smoke and other…
Continue ReadingA man who confronted a Lake County sheriff’s deputy with a handgun at a Lakeview motel Saturday afternoon apparently was shot by the deputy and died…
Continue ReadingCOVID-19 has claimed five more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 509, the Oregon Health Authority reported…
Continue ReadingA Warm Springs man was killed Friday evening in a single-vehicle rollover crash on U.S. Highway 26 north of Madras, Oregon State Police reported…
Continue ReadingOn Friday, the results of a nearly four-month investigation into allegations of racism and sexism in the Deschutes County District Attorney’s office…
Continue ReadingAs expected, a shift in winds blew thick smoke from the region’s wildfires into the High Desert late Thursday and Friday morning, sending air-quality…
Continue ReadingA southern Oregon transient has been arrested on arson and other charges, accused of setting a fire during the battle to stop the Almeda Fire,…
Continue ReadingAs poor air quality continues to hit Central Oregon, there seems to be no escape from the…
Continue ReadingGov. Kate Brown announced Friday that Jefferson and Jackson counties have succeeded in reducing the spread of COVID-19 sufficiently enough to be…
Continue ReadingCOVID-19 has claimed two more lives in Oregon, including a 64-year-old Jefferson County man, raising the state’s death toll to 499, the Oregon…
Continue ReadingThe FBI in Oregon joined local law enforcement on Friday in saying they have investigated reports and found no evidence that extremist groups are…
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