All you have to do is look outside to see that Central Oregon is in the midst of a severe winter storm …  blowing snow flurries, vehicles slipping and sliding on largely unplowed city streets, neighbors shoveling buried driveways. But according to the National Weather Service (NWS), it is about to get a lot worse with accumulations of up to 10 inches of snow possible by Tuesday night. The NWS issued a ‘Severe Weather Warning’ ... [full story]

Deputies say that icy road conditions contributed to two separate single-vehicle rollover crashes in Crook County over the weekend.  In one incident, an elderly Prineville man and his wife were sent to the hospital, and in the second incident the driver and passenger were uninjured. The first crash occurred Saturday morning about 10 a.m. on Highway 26 West at Winters Lane. Crook County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the scene and found the driver, Carl Hammons, ... [full story]

One person died and seven others, five children and two adults, were injured Saturday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash on an icy and snow-packed Highway 126E about seven miles south of the Highway 20 junction, Oregon State Police (OSP) reported.   One person died and seven others were injured in this crash Saturday - OSP photo Shortly after 2 p.m. on January 5, 30-year old Norman D. Good of Eugene lost control of his 2001 Isuzu Rodeo ... [full story]

Dear Editor,I am truly disappointed in the City of Bend and the City Manager, specifically.  In all my years living in Bend, never have I seen such a deplorable and dangerous condition caused by the fact that the majority of roads and streets have not been plowed during the past several days.I was involved in one fender bender, and witnessed four more during a short and necessary foray through our fine city on Saturday.  I ... [full story]