Wyden pushes energy education, jobs in Bend
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., met with OSU-Cascades officials and several energy industry employers Friday, a discussion that focused on the importance of…
Continue ReadingSen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., met with OSU-Cascades officials and several energy industry employers Friday, a discussion that focused on the importance of…
Continue ReadingThe Waterfalls 2 Fire burning on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation was less active Wednesday, but the still-growing forest fire prompted some road,…
Continue ReadingFire danger in Central Oregon has prompted fire officials to restrict certain activities on lands managed by the Prineville District Bureau of Land…
Continue ReadingOregon Gov. John Kitzhaber issued a rare statewide state of emergency Thursday evening to offer National Guard help to battle wildfires burning…
Continue ReadingAn audit released by the state of Oregon shows in 2011 the state overpaid $41 millions in jobless benefits. The audit released this week found that a…
Continue ReadingThe Bureau of Land Management Prineville District Office announced the public comment period on the Trout Creek Rock Climbing Area Access and Trail…
Continue ReadingSheriffs’ deputies in Jefferson County are looking for a Portland man they say led them on a chase early Thursday morning. Det. Starla Green…
Continue ReadingAn Oregon State Police SWAT unit peacefully talked a Central Oregon fugitive out of a rural Newberg home Wednesday afternoon, one day after he…
Continue ReadingTraining to become a Certified Ombudsman Volunteer will be held beginning September 11 in the Bend area. This is a State of Oregon volunteer program…
Continue ReadingWith the effect on gas prices of last week’s fire at the Chevron Oil refinery in California already being felt by Oregonians at the pump, Sen.…
Continue ReadingSt. Charles-Bend is the first hospital in Oregon to offer a new kind of technology that helps physicians better diagnose and treat patients with…
Continue ReadingA quiet southwest Bend neighborhood quickly turned chaotic Wednesday evening when an SUV slammed into a duplex and police approached the driver with…
Continue ReadingOregon was recognized as an All-Star state Thursday by the Military Voter Protection (MVP) Project for taking significant efforts to promote and…
Continue ReadingOregon’s 11-day party is almost here, and what an event it will be! Gates open at 10 am August 24 for the 147th Oregon State Fair in Salem,…
Continue ReadingThe Butte Fire, which broke out on the Diamond Lake Ranger District of the Umpqua National Forest late Tuesday afternoon near Windigo Butte, has…
Continue ReadingA Redmond man was critically injured Wednesday afternoon when his car crossed the center line of Highway 26 north of Prineville and collided with an…
Continue ReadingA firefighter from New Mexico forced to deploy her fire shelter while fighting the flames in southern Oregon, and a firefighter’s death in…
Continue ReadingOregon State Police bomb technicians were called in late Tuesday night to disable one of three homemade chemical-reaction explosive devices after two…
Continue ReadingAlaska’s grueling Iditarod sled-dog race is no walk in the park, but Bend’s Rachael Scdoris has been there, done that — four times. But…
Continue ReadingRedmond’s Roberts Field Municipal Airport announced Wednesday it has received a $500,000 U.S. Department of Transportation matching grant to…
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