Former Central Oregon Community College campus security officer Edwin Lara, 34, was sentenced Thursday in a Eugene Federal Courtroom.
The judge handed down a second life prison term for kidnapping and carjacking a Salem woman as Lara fled Central Oregon, shortly after the 2016 killing of Bend woman Kaylee Sawyer.
Overnight, firefighters continued to aggressively fight the 21,971-acre Flat Fire two miles northeast of Sisters, Oregon. Firefighters have been fighting the fire around the clock since Thursday afternoon. Night shift crews were able to establish initial dozer
NeighborImpact’s Child Care Resources is currently accepting applications for Baby Promise, a no-cost child care program for families with children ages six weeks to three years old. Baby Promise offers full-year, full-time child care through a network of
Volunteers in Medicine, Clinic of the Cascades (VIM Cascades) is proud to announce the expansion of its Health Within Reach initiative, thanks to generous support from the Cow Creek Umpqua Indian Foundation, the Papé Family Foundation, and SunLife
The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office has updated evacuation levels as the Flat Fire grows and moves toward the Deschutes County line. Areas are now under Level 3 (GO NOW), Level 2 (GET SET), and Level 1 (BE
The Oregon State Fire Marshal is mobilizing three structural task forces and its Red Incident Management Team to the Flat Fire in Jefferson County. The fire is burning west of Culver. It sparked Thursday and quickly spread,
