Christmas Valley man jailed in poaching ‘thrill kill’ of 6 pronghorn antelope
Six pronghorn antelope run down with a pickup truck on a roadway in Lake County on April 26 are the latest in a string of poaching thrill kills in…
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Petition seeks to name Pilot Butte Trail after fallen Bend Marine
Thursday marked one week since the tragic death of 20-year-old Pfc. Jack Ryan Ostrovsky, a Bend Marine among nine people — eight Marines and a…
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DCSO Search and Rescue comes to aid of injured mountain biker west of Bend
Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue came to the aid of a mountain biker who was injured Thursday morning on the Tiddlywinks Trail…
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Wheeler County fire grows to 310 acres; lightning map technology assists C.O. fight
Wednesday night’s lightning storm sparked dozens of fires across Central Oregon that have been caught small — and one to the east, in Wheeler…
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Kids take flight at Bend ‘Aviation Camp’
The Bend Aviation Camp, organized by Bend Science Station with some help from aviation business partners, really took off on Tuesday, to the joy of…
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‘Lucky 13’ golfers have made holes-in-one at Bend’s Awbrey Glen since May
A lucky 13 golfers at Bend’s Awbrey Glen Golf Club are feeling even more fortunate lately.
Each golfer has made a hole-in-one at the course on…
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La Pine resident says trash, pollution a growing issue on BLM lands
Many Central Oregonians enjoy walking, hiking and horseback riding on BLM-managed lands, but they have to endure what some say are growing amounts of…
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Mtn. View HS coach, multi-sport athlete react to OSAA’s condensed sports calendar
When Mountain View High School head football Coach Brian Crum got the news his team would still have a season, he was ecstatic.…
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Some new Bend residents say it’s tough to find housing amid COVID-19
Bend continues to see a rise in out-of-town visitors amid the coronavirus pandemic, but people hoping to relocate to Bend may have a difficult time…
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Oregon Supreme Court upholds reductions in PERS benefits
The Oregon Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the reductions in public employee pension benefits that state lawmakers passed last year to help address…
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Gov. Brown removes Lake County from COVID-19 ‘Watch List’
– Oregon Gov. Kate Brown announced Thursday that Lake County has succeeded in reducing the spread of COVID-19 sufficiently enough to be removed from…
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Bend woman killed in crash near Suttle Lake
A 24-year-old Bend woman was killed in a single-vehicle crash near Suttle Lake on Wednesday night, Jefferson County Sheriff Jim Adkins…
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Portland police, protesters clash for 2nd straight night
Police and protesters in Portland have clashed for the second night in a row and the city’s police chief says the ongoing violence is harming the…
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Bend-La Pine Schools names Cuadros new curriculum, instruction leader
Bend-La Pine Schools interim Superintendent Lora Nordquist announced Thursday that Juan Carlos Cuadros has been selected to serve as the district’s…
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US appeals court denies bid to resurrect Bundy standoff case
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A U.S. appeals court refused to resurrect the criminal case against states’ rights figure Cliven Bundy and family members…
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Oregon reports 1 new COVID-19 death, 267 more cases, 23 in Central Oregon
COVID-19 has claimed one more life in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 339, along with 267 new cases, including 23 in Central Oregon, the…
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NBC’s new ‘True Story’ show looks to share funny, wild stories from C. Oregonians
Hey, Central Oregon! Do you have a funny story to share? Or maybe just an absolutely wild and crazy (but true) story? Well, now is your chance to…
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Thunderstorms rumble through C.O. with hail, rain, lightning – and new fires
Thunderstorms moved through the High Desert late Wednesday afternoon and evening, bringing hail in La Pine, the first significant rain for much of…
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2 stranded Bend rafters rescued from rock in middle of Deschutes River
A rope-and-raft rescue effort helped two young, stranded rafters off a rock on the Deschutes River below the Sunrise Village neighborhood Wednesday…
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Crook County Fair set to open with small-scale, COVID-19-conscious plan
The Crook County Fair begins Thursday in Prineville, and like so many things in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, things will look quite a bit…
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