Deschutes County News

A Deschutes County sheriff's deputy trained in crisis intervention talked a suicidal 54-year-old La Pine man into walking out of his home and surrendering peacefully on Monday morning.

Cascade junior Shelby Dewar won four state titles and Overall High Point Championship State at the Oregon High School Equestrian Team State Finals held May 17-20 at the Deschutes County Fair and Expo Center in Redmond.

A woman crossing Highway 97 in La Pine on foot was struck and killed by a pickup truck around midnight, Deschutes County sheriff's deputies said Saturday.

The southern half of the Cascades Lakes Highway, from the Deschutes Bridge to Hwy 58 has been cleared of snow and open.

The remaining leg of the Mt. Washington/NW Crossing roundabout reconstruction project will open Friday morning at 5 a.m. The southern half of the Cascades Lakes Highway, from the Deschutes Bridge to Hwy 58 has been cleared of snow and open.

Workers in the Bend metro area had an average hourly wage of $19.50 in May 2011, about 10 percent below the nationwide average of $21.74, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report issued Thursday.

"Memorial Day weekend is upon us," and may bring with it a mix of decent and unsettled weather that could affect trail activities, said Chris Sabo, U.S. Forest Service trails specialist.

The Oregon Senate on Wednesday approved Gov. John Kitzhaber's appointment of Catherine Morrow to represent Central and Eastern Oregon on the Land Conservation and Development Commission.

It was another setback for the case against embattled real estate broker Tami Sawyer on Monday, when her defense attorney filed a motion saying he'd forgotten to keep track of the court date for a plea hearing that day.. There are two categories: those who intentionally miss their court date and those who mistakenly do so , like the case for Tami ... (more)

"We will be the first luxury-branded residential golf community in the Pacific Northwest," Pronghorn General Manager Spencer Schaub said Wednesday.

A body was found in the Deschutes River south of Bend Tuesday, Deschutes County Sheriff Larry Blanton confirmed late in the day.

The southern half of the Cascades Lakes Highway, from the Deschutes Bridge to Hwy 58 has been cleared of snow and open.

The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate did not change in two Central Oregon counties and fell slightly in the other in April, the state Employment Department reported Monday.

The reconstruction of the roundabout at NW Crossing and Mt. Washington is complete and will be open Friday morning at approximately 4 a.m. The west end leg will remained closed for a few days longer while fresh concrete sets.

Deschutes County sheriff's deputies rescued five people, including two young children, from Wickiup Reservoir Sunday afternoon after their boat took on water and flipped, throwing them into the water near the main boat ramp.

A teen party in the woods west of Bend - complete with a bonfire and, reportedly, alcohol - went awry late Saturday night when it was broken up and the young people scattered - two apparently hurt when they fell off a 20-foot cliff above Tumalo Creek in the darkness.

The reconstruction of the roundabout at NW Crossing and Mt. Washington is complete and will be open Friday morning at approximately 4 a.m. The west end leg will remained closed for a few days longer while fresh concrete sets.

A former Deschutes County deputy has been jailed on a string of domestic abuse charges that were first brought to light in 2009.

A Portland man mountain biking on the 'Whoops' trail west of Bend was seriously injured Friday afternoon when he failed to make a turn and left the trail.

A former Deschutes County Sheriff's field technician has been arrested on domestic abuse charges stemming from a series of incidents that began in 2009, deputies said Friday.