Bend assault suspect runs, caught with Taser, K-9’s bite
A 29-year-old man accused of assaulting his roommate at a northeast Bend duplex ran away and hid Wednesday night, prompting a search of the…
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Boy Scouts to collect food Nov. 14
The Boy Scouts of America’s Fremont District will be collecting food in Central Oregon again this year on Saturday, November 14th . Food may be…
Continue Reading Facebook seeking applications for Crook County grants
Applications are now open for Facebook Prineville Data Center Local Community Action Grants at https://www.facebook.com/PrinevilleDataCenter .…
Continue Reading No-cost community college program starts Nov. 1
Oregon’s Higher Education Coordinating Commission has finalized administrative rules to implement the Oregon Promise, which the Legislature…
Continue Reading Paraglider hits Tumalo power lines; pilot not seriously hurt
A visitor from London on a powered paraglider flight from Madras to Bend escaped serious injury Thursday evening when the craft’s parachute…
Continue Reading Busy NW fire season ending, but danger lingers
It is a fire season for the record books across the Pacific Northwest. In Oregon, there were 2,273 fires that burned 631,547 acres. “I would…
Continue Reading Fire restrictions easing on C.O. private, public lands
Fire restrictions will be reduced in coming days on private and non-federal public forest and rangelands protected by Oregon Department of…
Continue Reading Pile burning planned near Crane Prairie Reservoir
Starting Friday, Deschutes National Forests fuels specialists will be burning piles of chipped material 3 miles north of Crane Prairie Reservoir.…
Continue Reading North Twin Lake fishing extended until Nov. 9
Anglers will have an additional three weeks to enjoy fall fishing at North Twin Lake near Bend. The lake was scheduled to close to all fishing on…
Continue Reading Oregon senior, disabled abuse cases on the rise
The third annual Adult Abuse Prevention and Investigations report is now available. The 2014 report combines abuse information about older adults,…
Continue Reading OSU report: Ocean protection advances, still lags behind land
Extraordinary progress in the past decade has brought 1.6 percent of the world’s ocean to a category of “strongly protected,”…
Continue Reading Life or death struggle on the Deschutes: Another fish rescue
As thousands of fish die in the Deschutes River, a few thousand more were saved during this week’s multi-day effort that’s becoming a…
Continue Reading Wyden to FCC: Cut exorbitant inmate, family phone rates
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., joined colleagues Thursday in a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Thomas Wheeler applauding the…
Continue Reading Redmond car theft, Hwy. 97 hit-and-run lead to arrest
A 22-year-old transient who stole a car from a northeast Redmond driveway Wednesday morning was involved in a hit-and-run crash on Highway 97 in…
Continue Reading Deschutes County may bar permits for code violators
The Deschutes County Planning Commission will receive public input on proposed changes to the county’s development code next Thursday, Oct. 22,…
Continue Reading For one year, no rating on Ore. school report cards
The state Department of Education released annual report cards Thursday for Oregon’s 1,236 schools and 197 school districts — but they…
Continue Reading Oregon officials raise cougar kill quota
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announced Wednesday they will be focusing on targeted areas around the state to decrease the cougar…
Continue Reading C. Oregonians gather for prescription drug abuse summit
More than 100 people gathered Wednesday at the Deschutes County Fairgrounds for a regional summit aimed at finding ways to tackle the growing problem…
Continue Reading OSU-Cascades to decide soon whether to buy ex-pumice mine
Experts who analyzed the 46-acre site that Oregon State University-Cascades is considering for its expansion will present their findings and answer…
Continue Reading Bend woman named to new ‘Oregon Talent Council’
Oregon Employment Department Director Lisa Nisenfeld announced Wednesday the appointment of the first nine industry members of the Oregon Talent…
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