KPOV Hoopla KPOV’s 2nd annual Hoopla celebrates one year being on the air with music, food and fun. KPOV will broadcast live programming from their parking lot and studios. Community members can enjoy music from Mark Ransom and friends (local community jamming), Quincy Street (bluegrass) and Scott Huckaby (sounds illuminated), as well as food from Parrilla Grill and a kids hula hooping clinic from Fireflyte (a local fire / dance performance group). During the Hoopla, KPOV invites ... [full story]

MDU Resources Group recently announced it will acquire Cascade Natural Gas in a deal worth about $475 million.  Cascade’s customer base in Washington and Oregon will approximately double the number of MDU Resources’ natural gas utility customers. Cascade will join Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. and Great Plains Natural Gas Co. as MDU Resources utility business units. Montana-Dakota and Great Plains serve about 250,000 natural gas customers and 120,000 electric customers in five Upper Midwest states.Cascade serves ... [full story]

Limited Edition 'Discover Local Music: Vol. 1 Sacramento to Seattle' Hits Stores July 11, Captures Sounds of a West Coast Road Trip Umpqua Bank, the largest independent community bank in the Pacific Northwest and Northern California, released the first compilation album from its popular Discover Local Music Project on July 11. The album, titled Discover Local Music: Vol. 1: Sacramento to Seattle, is a diverse mix of some of the West Coast's best music, featuring ... [full story]

Oregon Association Of Mortgage Professionals Honors CompanyWestern Title & Escrow has been recognized as Affiliate Title Company of the Year Award by the Oregon Association of Mortgage Professionals.  The award was announced and presented at OAMP's 17th Annual Awards Gala & Dinner, which was recently held in Portland.Nominees were selected by a committee that included OAMP President Joe Camarena, two previous award winners, and two OAMP staff members. Winners in 16 categories were determined based ... [full story]

Deschutes County’s Weed Manager, Dan Sherwin, is participating in a statewide pilot program to improve the quality of hay and straw in Central Oregon. The voluntary fee based program allows Sherwin to inspect and certify local hay and straw fields for noxious weeds. The primary goal of the program is to prevent noxious weeds from growing on public lands and to give added value to hay and straw grown in Central Oregon. The program was ... [full story]

A Redmond man was seriously injured this morning at about 7:45 am, July 11th, in a traffic accident involving a motorcycle and a pickup. According to Lt. Jason Rogers of the Redmond Police Department, while riding his motorcycle Jay Digua, age 52, ran into the rear of a pickup stopped at the intersection of Highway 126 E and SE 9th Street in Redmond. Edward Muffley, a 68 year old Prineville resident and the driver of ... [full story]

Free summer series to be held at Meadows Golf Course Sunriver Resort, a Destination Hotels & Resorts property, will be bringing guests and community members together with “Summer Concerts on the Green.”  The free, family-friendly concerts will take place from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. on five consecutive Wednesday nights, July 12 to August 9 at the Meadows Golf Course Driving Range. Curves Ahead (formerly The David Finch Trio with Susan Benson), a jazz/sophisticated groove band, ... [full story]

17 New or Enhanced Cellular Sites, Latest GSM Technology Unicel has announced an expansion of its wireless digital network with the addition of 17 new or enhanced cellular sites in the greater Bend, Oregon area. These improvements are part of the company’s $10.4 million investment over the past year in central and eastern Oregon, providing services to residents in primarily rural areas as well as in Washington and Idaho.Unicel has been providing cellular service across ... [full story]