Deschutes Leaders Move Ahead On Jail Money Request
Deschutes County Sheriff Larry Blanton made his pitch Thursday to put a $45 million jail expansion before voters next May,and commissioners agreed:…
Continue ReadingDeschutes County Sheriff Larry Blanton made his pitch Thursday to put a $45 million jail expansion before voters next May,and commissioners agreed:…
Continue ReadingThirteen people entered not guilty pleas Wednesday in Eugene federal court and had trial dates seton a variety of federalmortgage and loan fraud…
Continue ReadingAs part of the national Wreaths Across America program honoring America’s veterans, members of the Civil Air Patrol’s High Desert…
Continue ReadingMonths after shutting its doors at the Bend Municipal Airport, once high-flying Epic Aircraft has four bidders vying to buy the company out of…
Continue ReadingAttorney General John Kroger warned Oregon families Monday about scammers who pose as grandchildren claiming to be in trouble and needing money…
Continue ReadingA thunderous roar from a small explosive charge marked the official start of construction Monday on the $26 million Juniper Ridge Project, an…
Continue ReadingThe Deschutes River Conservancy will receive $3.66 million over the next two years to help fund large-scale water conservation projects and put more…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON -Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced Thursday that the Bureau of Reclamation has identified two Challenge Grant projects in…
Continue ReadingThe doors are locked, the parking lot is empty and the owner of Bend’s kit plane maker, Epic Air, is apparently nowhere to be found, according…
Continue ReadingWe have an update on the 13 neglected horses seized from a Powell Butte ranch earlier this year: All of them are now in foster homes, and eight of…
Continue ReadingPerry South Campground at Lake Billy Chinook on the Sisters Ranger District is temporarily closed, effective immediately, due to bears in the…
Continue ReadingA big announcement out Wednesday from Prineville’s Pioneer Memorial Hospital: It’s shutting down its obstetrics department, meaning…
Continue ReadingThe continued monsoon-like flow of stormy weather into Central Oregon poured down with a vengeance Saturday evening, flooding all three of…
Continue ReadingAnother intense storm dumped heavy rain on the Bend area Wednesday evening, closing all three major underpasses for a time and causing high water in…
Continue ReadingThe flooding in Bend’s underpasses Tuesday (followed by another, brieferround Wednesday evening) brought some people to tears, caused thousands…
Continue ReadingCentral Oregonians and visitors traveling Highway 97 should soon see new road signs, honoring Oregon’s World War II veterans for their service…
Continue ReadingIn two unrelated incidents just two hours apart,twoalleged drunk drivers left separate paths of destruction in a pair of northeast Bend neighborhoods…
Continue ReadingThe man at the center of a major horse neglect investigation turned himself in to the Crook County Jail Tuesday morning, but was released after a…
Continue ReadingTami and Kevin Sawyer, whose real estate dealings remain the focus of civil lawsuits and an FBI investigation, repeatedly “pleaded the…
Continue ReadingTami and Kevin Sawyer met with creditors behind closed doors Friday, then made their first public statement as the embattled Bend property managers…
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