Tree slams Sisters restaurant as windstorm rips C.O.
A fierce windstorm raked the High Desert with winds to 50 mph or higher Sunday, sending several trees toppling – one smashing into a long-time…
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Save $5 in Dec. on state park day-use permits
December is “good deal” month at Oregon State Parks. From December 1 – December 31 , visitors and gift-givers can save $5 on the…
Continue Reading Redmond Starlight Parade winners announced
The Redmond Chamber of Commerce & CVB held their annual Starlight Holiday Parade, sponsored by St. Charles Redmond Medical Center on Saturday,…
Continue Reading ‘Buck for Kids’ Friday benefits C.O. schools
On Friday , Central Oregon Dutch Bros. Coffee locations will donate $1 from every drink to the Bend-La Pine, Redmond and Sisters school districts.…
Continue Reading Bend man’s friends hold race in his memory
Nine days after Tyler Keinonen was shot and killed by Bend police Officer Erick Supplee, Keinonen’s friends and family remembered him Sunday,…
Continue Reading Crescent rollover crash injures three, one seriously
A 12-year-old Colorado girl who was not wearing a seat belt was partially ejected and seriously injured in a crash late Friday night on an icy…
Continue Reading Deschutes DA ID’s Bend officer who shot, killed man
A Bend police officer who shot and killed a 31-year-old man as he left the back of a northeast Bend home a week ago was identified Friday as a…
Continue Reading ‘Small Business Saturday’ a downtown Bend boon
The holiday shopping season is here, and Black Friday is traditionally one for scoring nationwide deals, but what about your options downtown? Small…
Continue Reading Ducks win Red Cross Civil War Blood Drive
The Civil War Blood Drive between the University of Oregon Ducks and the Oregon State University Beavers has ended. The core mission of the rivalry…
Continue Reading Tyler Keinonen’s grieving friend speaks out
Justin Van Patton and Tyler Keinonen were best friends and co-workers. “He’s been my best friend for the past 12 years. We were all…
Continue Reading C.O. gives thanks — on the run, at the table
Thanksgiving — a time to spend with family and friends watching parades, football — oh, and stuffing your belly with turkey, mashed…
Continue Reading Bend family out of homelessness; how to help others
A growing number of people are finding they have no place to call home. But the High Desert’s homeless population might not be what you think,…
Continue Reading Walls going up on new Warm Springs school
Piece by piece, a new school, long overdue, is finally taking shape in Warm Springs. “The project actually started about 30 years ago,”…
Continue Reading S. County assault leads to Tasering, arrest
A report of a possible assault and stabbing along Spring River Road south of Sunriver Tuesday morning led to the use of a Taser and the arrest of a…
Continue Reading Drilling planned on new OSU-Cascades site
Workers next week will begin drilling test holes on the site of the future home of Oregon State University – Cascades as part of a geotechnical…
Continue Reading Pole Creek Fire area roads reopened
The Sisters Ranger District of the Deschutes National Forest has reopened roads to the public that were closed because of fire recovery and…
Continue Reading ‘Black Furday,’ Saturday adoption special at HSCO
The Humane Society of Central Oregon is having a “Black Furday and Saturday” adoption special the 29th and 30th of November. All cats…
Continue Reading OSP finds missing Wash. man south of Maupin
Oregon State Police and Kennewick, Wash., police teamed up Tuesday night to find a missing 80-year-old man who reportedly has…
Continue Reading Deschutes United Way promotes ‘Giving Tuesday’
We told our mother “We aren’t hungry.” as if we were ashamed to have for dinner the only food we had.” “I am the face…
Continue Reading Bend firefighter rescues dog from icy pond
A tethered Bend firefighter in an “ice rescue” suit helped a German Shepherd reach safety Tuesday afternoon after the dog fell through…
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