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An updated version of the Central Oregon Rockhounding Map is now available through a joint effort from the Ochoco National Forest, the Prineville…

Central Oregon Partnerships for Youth (COPY), a program of the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, is offering a class to prepare volunteers to…

With an intense, cold and blustery winter storm dumping plenty of new snow on the High Desert and a lot more on the way, some Central Oregon schools…

The Crook County clerk officially announced Tuesday morning one commissioner seat is vacated after Seth Crawford was elected as judge in November.…

The never-ending battle to keep the High Desert’s roads clear is on yet again. “(For) this storm coming in, we’re transitioning to…

If being outside for more than a few minutes in this weather sounds less than appealing, few could blame you. It’s hard enough driving in this…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Gov. Kate Brown’s chief of staff, Kristen Leonard, has resigned, effective only a day before the 2017 legislative…

Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., said Tuesday he was pleased his GOP colleagues quickly reversed course on a controversial move he’d opposed, to gut…

A citizen safety complaint brought Prineville police to a parking lot Monday morning, where they found a rental truck carrying four adults and six…

A 33-year-old Bend man turned himself in to police and was arrested Monday on an assault charge, accused of hitting another man over the head with a…

BOISE, Idaho (AP) – Interior Secretary Sally Jewell says a new wildfire-fighting plan to protect a wide swath of sagebrush country in the West…

SEATTLE (AP) – Some state lawmakers are pushing to toughen Washington’s decade-old distracted-driving laws. The Seattle Times reports…

HUBBARD, Ore. (AP) – Firefighters responded to a report of a fire near the Willamette Valley town of Hubbard found three separate structures…

RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) – Radioactive contamination is spreading inside a deteriorating processing plant on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. The…

MOLALLA, Ore. (AP) – Authorities say a man is in custody after fatally shooting his wife during an alcohol-fueled domestic dispute. KGW reports…

MYRTLE CREEK, Ore. (AP) – Oregon State Police say two women have died after apparently falling from a bridge on Interstate 5 following a…

A year ago Monday, Ammon Bundy and his followers occupied the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Harney County. We went back to Burns one year later…

Several Bend and Redmond businesses reported break-ins early Monday, and Bend police said at least two incidents on the north end of town are…

A shooting at a Sunriver vacation rental home early New Year’s Day sent one Sacramento-area resident to the hospital with a gunshot wound and…

MERLIN, Ore. (AP) – Authorities in southwestern Oregon say a preliminary investigation has determined that a 16-year-old boy handling a firearm…