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Wildfires update: Ochoco Natl. Forest douses escaped campfire, 2 ‘reckless starts’
As the state battles several major wildfires and generally dry conditions continue, the Ochoco National Forest said late Tuesday that crews had…
Continue ReadingAs the state battles several major wildfires and generally dry conditions continue, the Ochoco National Forest said late Tuesday that crews had…
Continue ReadingTuesday was National Voter Registration Day, aimed at raising awareness of voter registration opportunities ahead of the big fall election.…
Continue ReadingAs crews continue to fight wildfires across the state, the Oregon Department of Fish and wildlife is starting to address concerns about potential…
Continue ReadingAs the seasons change and Central Oregon experiences the colder temperatures of fall, hundreds of homeless in the Bend area will again face the…
Continue ReadingMajor Michael Johnson is picking up quite a takeout order. But it’s not for…
Continue ReadingAn attempted traffic stop in Redmond early Monday morning led to an eight-mile high-speed pursuit and a search by two K-9 teams and thermal-imaging…
Continue ReadingCentral Oregon’s jobless rates saw another dramatic improvement in August, with more laid-off workers returning to work, but the COVID-19 impacts are…
Continue ReadingWith a big election less than 45 days away, political tensions are rising ever higher. Sometimes too…
Continue ReadingTouring the destruction left by the Two Four Two Fire, I saw total loss and complete heartbreak, but also much gratitude for the town’s hard-working…
Continue ReadingMore than 7,500 firefighters from nearly 40 states and three Canadian provinces worked in improved weather conditions Monday to get lines around…
Continue ReadingMonday marked a very special birthday for a 2-year-old Bend boy battling cancer as his family, friends and neighbors celebrated him — safely –…
Continue ReadingThe U.S. House on Monday unanimously gave final congressional approval to legislation introduced by Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., to nullify a fraudulent…
Continue ReadingOfficials reported more significant progress Sunday toward containment of 10 major wildfires still burning across Oregon, with a growing army of…
Continue ReadingA Gilchrist man whose motorcycle wouldn’t start, leaving him stranded in the woods west of Bend, was rescued Sunday morning, cold and tired but OK,…
Continue ReadingSeveral calls to Deschutes County 911 Saturday evening of a dispute in Tumalo involving a man pointing a gun, another man armed with a knife and…
Continue ReadingThe death toll in Oregon’s devastating wildfires rose by one, to nine on Saturday, while the number of still-missing people dropped to five and the…
Continue ReadingMore residents in the wildfire-devastated Santiam Canyon can return to the area under a reduced, Level 2 evacuation, the Marion County Sheriff’s…
Continue ReadingOregon lawmakers applaud Friday’s U.S. Senate passage of bill to rename the Bend VA clinic for Robert Maxwell, who was the nation’s oldest living…
Continue ReadingAn alleged heroin and methamphetamine dealer was stopped and arrested Wednesday evening after he left his southwest Redmond home and got in the…
Continue ReadingThe air isn’t the only thing in Central Oregon that has been unusually hazy of…
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