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Flat Fire in SW Oregon at more than 31,000 acres, crews reach 28% containment
The nearly 3-week-old Flat Fire on southwest Oregon’s Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest has grown to more than 31,000 acres, but the over 1,100…
Continue ReadingThe nearly 3-week-old Flat Fire on southwest Oregon’s Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest has grown to more than 31,000 acres, but the over 1,100…
Continue ReadingJust over a week after after 56-year-old Joseph Taylor Keeton was fatally mauled by three dogs at an encampment in Juniper Ridge north of Bend, an…
Continue ReadingDeschutes County commissioners, in a somewhat surprising unanimous vote, agreed Wednesday to proceed with new limits and restrictions for camping on…
Continue ReadingTwo unconnected reports within five minutes Monday night of armed subjects in an area of northeast Bend brought a large police response and prompted…
Continue ReadingAfter months of delays and a court fight that ended with an injunction denied by Deschutes County Circuit Judge Wells Ashby on Monday, the city of…
Continue ReadingThree years ago, St. Charles Health System was experiencing a persistent shortage of certified nursing assistants, with just 30 to 40 percent of…
Continue ReadingA $181,250 federal grant announced Wednesday will give Cascades East Transit a start down the path of low- or no-emission vehicles, starting with…
Continue ReadingDeschutes County’s newly established Wolf Depredation Compensation and Financial Assistance Committee will hold its first meeting on Monday, June 26,…
Continue ReadingThe Bend Heroes Foundation conducted its traditional, annual Flag Day ceremony at the Bend Heroes Memorial in Brooks Park on Wednesday morning, and…
Continue ReadingJefferson County School District 509J School Board member Jamie Hurd announced her resignation at the board’s Monday meeting, for an interesting…
Continue ReadingThere still might be at least a few long-time Bend residents who can remember when you could buy a pretty decent home in town for…
Continue ReadingWe continue our series of Salute to Seniors features with Carly Keenan’s look at La Pine High School’s Class of 2023, a group full of curiosity who…
Continue ReadingThe Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife on Friday confirmed five more livestock kills by wolves across the state, including the second in the…
Continue ReadingCheyenne Purrington submitted her resignation Tuesday as director of Deschutes County’s Coordinated Houseless Response Office at the close of a…
Continue ReadingWeekend rainfall has prompted firefighters on the Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District to delay prescribed burn operations planned for Monday a half-mile…
Continue ReadingAn Air Force F-15D went off the runway while landing and plunged into an irrigation canal Monday afternoon at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, but…
Continue ReadingAfter more than five months of contract talks, nearly 1,000 frontline nurses at St. Charles Bend, Oregon’s largest hospital east of the Cascades,…
Continue ReadingThe Ochoco National Forest and Crooked River National Grassland says it has authorized increased fees at some developed recreation sites, starting…
Continue ReadingA Bend woman waving a large hunting knife ran along South Highway 97 Friday morning, screaming and threatening people, at one point running at an…
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz and Dakin Andone, CNN The US Department of Justice on Wednesday announced it had reached an “agreement in principle”…
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