07/11/11 Dylan Wu has already enjoyed a breakout year on the golf course.
07/05/11 An elderly driver was killed when his SUV left Highway 97 south of Sunriver, plunged down an embankment and crashed into a tree late Tuesday afternoon, Oregon State Police said.
07/01/11 After 150 days, the Oregon Legislature closed up shop and headed home Thursday night, marking the shortest session in 42 years. And with the sine die pound of the gavel, our Central Oregon lawmakers are coming back home. But what exactly will they be up to?
06/30/11 Oregon lawmakers approved legislation Thursday that will help fund the purchase of a permanent building for Oregon State University-Cascades graduate programs; OSU-Cascades cheered the news and offered more details later in the day.
06/30/11 The Oregon Legislature finished its work for the year and adjourned Thursday, ending a five-month session that's the shortest in 40-plus years and marked by a 30-30 House split that prompted some historic compromises -- though no one got all they wanted. Here's a look at what many had to say after the gavel fell
06/29/11 A 54-year-old Vancouver man died in a fiery commercial truck crash Tuesday on Highway 26, six miles east of Warm Springs, according the Oregon State Police. David Lee Spooner was driving a tractor trailer rig loaded with 8,300 gallons of aviation fuel on an uphill stretch of the highway. For an unknown reason, the truck traveled onto the shoulder and continued along a guardrail for about 100 ...
06/28/11 A truck driver killed in a fiery tanker truck crash on Highway 26 near Warm Springs was identified Wednesday by Oregon State Police as a 54-year-old man from Vancouver, Wash.
06/27/11 The Harney County sheriff's office says a biplane flown by a California aerobatic pilot crashed in the remote high desert southwest of Burns, Ore., but she escaped serious injury.
06/26/11 The 2011 Rolex Tournament of Champions kicks off this week (June 28-July 1) at the Crosswater Course at Sunriver (Ore.) Resort. Golfweek takes a quick look at the field:
06/25/11 More than 5,000 competitors and 15,000 spectators poured into Sunriver Saturday for the 15th annual Pacific Crest Sports Festival, attracting both weekend warriors and hard-core athletes with triathlons, marathons and 5K and 10K races.
06/25/11 Legislators are still wrestling with bills and trying to get their work done by the June 30 deadline. It's now looking like adjournment could come early next week. As the final days arrive, NewsChannel 21 asked our Central Oregon lawmakers how they would grade their work so far.
06/22/11 State Rep. Gene Whisnant (R-Sunriver) said Wednesday he supported 13 of 14 bills in a bipartisan package of education reforms, including measures that will increase student achievement and expand educational opportunities for children. He also supported providing an additional $25 million for the K-12 budget.
06/21/11 State Rep. Gene Whisnant (R-Sunriver) said Tuesday he had two bills, which he sponsored successfully; complete the legislative process on Monday, and they are now on their way to the governor.
06/17/11 Robert M. Sauer, 83, of Wenatchee, died Wednesday, June 15, 2011.
06/16/11 A Bend Realtor reported a healthy jump in Bends May home sales Thursday, compared to a year ago. But a national Website claims that when it comes to expected selling prices, Bend leads the nation as the worst housing market in the country for this year.
06/15/11 LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Lowe Enterprises Investors (LEI) announced it has completed the $71 million acquisition of the Red Lion Hotel on Fifth Avenue in downtown Seattle from Red Lion Hotels Corporation (NYSE: RLH).
06/15/11 In a major step toward completion of the $16 million Highway 97 Lava Butte widening project south of Bend, Oregon Department of Transportation traffic managers tentatively plan to shift southbound traffic on Friday.
06/14/11 Redmond's Fourth of July fireworks show was in serious jeopardy of not happening, but city councilors got the good news Tuesday night: High Desert Aggregate and Paving will cover this year's fund-raising gap -- and be title sponsor next year.
05/31/11 MIAMI -- Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade was back at practice on Monday after being held out Sunday so he could rest.
05/31/11 The Obama administration has extended for another year a rule that blocks most logging and mining in millions of acres of remote sections of national forests. |