Gov. Brown releases budget proposal as state deals with multiple crises
Gov. Kate Brown on Tuesday released her recommended budget and policy agenda for the 2021-23 biennium, which she said focuses on the key challenges…
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Sisters schools fifth-grade return delayed; all may have to go back to online learning
Sisters fifth-graders cannot return to in-person learning until at least Jan. 11 — and if Deschutes County’s COVID-19 case numbers don’t improve,…
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Bend man gets 21-month federal prison term for courthouse hoax bomb
A Bend man was sentenced Tuesday to 21 months in federal prison for crafting a hoax bomb and phoning in a threat to blow up the Deschutes County…
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US: Mountain pine tree that feeds grizzlies is threatened
Federal officials say climate change, beetles and a deadly fungus are imperiling the long-term survival of a high-elevation pine tree that’s a key…
Continue ReadingBend has a warmer, wetter than normal November, NWS says
Bend’s string of warmer-than-normal months continued in November, but the drier-than normal period was snapped by a much rainier month than usual,…
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Deschutes DA Hummel won’t file charges in downtown Bend anti-mask protest
Participants in a recent downtown Bend protest against Gov. Kate Brown’s two-week “freeze” won’t be charged with violating her order related…
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Deschutes County courts implement new online tools for jury duty
The Deschutes County Circuit Court is among the first in Oregon to implement an improved, online system for prospective jurors to respond to a…
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Deschutes County seeks applicants for Fair Board openings
Deschutes County residents are invited to apply to serve on the Deschutes County Fair Board.…
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USDA invests $542 million in homes for low-income rural Oregonians in 2020
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development said Monday it invested a record $542.6 million this year to help more than 2,225 low-income…
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Bend man killed in Lake County rollover crash
A 37-year-old Bend man was killed when his pickup left state Highway 31 in Lake County, overturned and struck a power pole, Oregon State Police…
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St. Charles reports record 29 COVID-19 patients, delays 100s of elective surgeries
COVID-19 has claimed seven more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 912, along with 1,314 new cases that push the state’s tally past…
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Holiday miracle in La Pine: Cat missing for four years is reunited with happy owner
A holiday miracle is at hand for a former La Pine resident who was reunited with her cat, Schrodinger, who has been missing for the past four…
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C.O. restaurants await new guidelines, prepare for winter outdoor dining
The statewide two-week freeze officially comes to an end on Wednesday, meaning restaurants in Deschutes County can open up for outdoor dining on…
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Oregon delegation seeks health insurance enrollment extension to Dec. 31
Oregon’s congressional delegation pushed the Trump administration Monday to extend the open enrollment for the Health Insurance Marketplace through…
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Forest Service looking for vandals who defaced pictographs west of Bend
U.S. Forest Service law enforcement officials reached out for the public’s help Monday to find whoever recently vandalized some rock art…
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Oregon DHS to issue supplemental food assistance benefits Dec. 11
The Oregon Department of Human Services said Monday it will issue emergency supplemental allotments to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program…
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Protesters gather at home of Oregon OSHA regulator over $90,000 COVID gym fine
About 50 protesters converged on the Silverton home of a state workplace safety regulator over the weekend to protest a large fine levied against the…
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OSU receives $2 million grant to expand TRACE-COVID-19 project nationally
Oregon State University researchers have received a $2 million grant from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation to create a national TRACE Center…
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State closes $22 million sale of Stevens Road tract in SE Bend for mix of uses
The Oregon Department of State Lands, on behalf of the Common School Fund, has closed its $22 million sale of the 382-acre Stevens Road tract in…
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La Pine man arrested on drug, weapon charges after pursuit, crash
A driver who turned off his headlights in an apparent attempt to avoid detection was pursued and arrested on several charges Sunday night after…
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