Because he was willing to risk his life in a flaming building to save a prized violin, J. M. Sharp, elderly employee of the Brooks-Scanlon Lumber Co., is in the Lumberman’s Hospital today, his hands ...

You don’t need AI to figure out why some big businesses invite government oversight. Over the last few days, leaders of major ...

City leaders discussed the possibility of installing speed bumps, humps and other traffic furniture on neighborhood streets in an effort to reduce speeding and improve safety but concerns of noise, ...

Today I set out in my car with two destinations in mind — both of which turned out to be blocked by construction — so I was forced to find a circuitous route to each of them. A mild inconvenience, ...

Rajinder Kumar, the Indian-born truck driver involved in a fatal Highway 20 crash in 2025, was likely deported — meaning he will not face a trial and instead evade manslaughter charges in Deschutes ...

A La Pine woman accused of aiding in the kidnapping, cutting off of a finger and tattooing a victim says she was forced to do it at gunpoint. “In this case (Chelsey) Moore is also a victim,” Aaron ...

Oregon has recently been placing foster children with their relatives rather than with an unrelated family at rates higher than the nationwide average, according to a recent state report. For three ...

Recently, I had a conversation with my editor, David Jasper, about how much we both love Steve Zahn. He’s one of those actors who, whenever he pops up in a show or movie, you can’t help but smile a ...

The Deschutes County Board of Commissioners approved $275,000 to continue to fund the temporary safe stay area at Juniper Ridge north of Bend through June 2027. Commissioners Phil Chang and Patti ...

We wanted to know for sure how the Democratic and Republican candidates for governor feel about voting by mail. It’s one issue of many that could help voters decide how to vote in November. It was ...

Oregon has new rules for building new homes with fire resistant materials. The landscaping around the new home? The state defensible space code is voluntary. The state fire marshal created a model ...