A proposed Verizon cell phone tower is being opposed by community members at Amity Creek Magnet School. The tower is slated for construction at a downtown Bend church where leaders will decide this month whether to let the wireless provider boost its 4G service to Read More
Bend, Ore. – Farmers Market Season started yesterday! The downtown Bend Farmers Market and the NW Crossing Farmers Market are both open for the season. The markets offer a variety of local goods including produce, meat, poultry and fish, plus flowers, baked Read More
Bend, Ore. – Former south Deschutes County couple, Gregory and Doreen Cater, plead guilty to sexually abusing two children in two counties. Gregory Cater was sentenced to more than 46 years with no early release. Doreen was given a sentence of more Read More
La Pine, Ore. – La Pine Units were dispatched at 615PM to a reported shop fire with no occupants trapped and all occupants evacuated from a nearby home. Crews arrived to find a workshop with metal siding, doors and roof with dark smoke coming from door. The Read More
Bend, Ore. – The Bend Police Department is currently looking for Emil Johnson to check on his welfare. Mr. Johnson is a 44 year old Bend resident who was last seen on June 7 at 12:11 am leaving his place of employment, Expressway Market and Deli on SE 15th Read More
Bend, Ore. – Oregon Department of Transportation highway managers are sharply focused on the Aug. 21 solar eclipse, already well into strategic planning of how to keep traffic flowing smoothly on Hwy.97. The city of Madras, Prineville and Mitchell, as well as much Read More
Terrebonne, Ore. – Central Oregon’s most valuable transaction in the past 18 months is a 400-acre farm overlooking a scenic stretch of the middle Deschutes River. The property sold for close to $9 million. The property, which overlooks a stretch of river that Read More
Salem, Ore. – More than 1,000 nurses, students, parents, teachers, business owners, care providers, faith leaders and community advocates rallied on the steps of the Capitol Tuesday to urge legislative action on new revenue. With just one month left in the session, Read More
Deschutes County, Ore. – During this past year, the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office has lost 21 of its employees, and has only filled a few of the vacancies. Most DSCO employees quit, five were terminated, four employees retired, and two are on paid Read More
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today voted against four Trump administration nominees that would have sweeping control over energy costs, future energy infrastructure projects and public lands, in a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee business Read More
