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Oregon Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley and Reps. Peter DeFazio, Kurt Schrader, Earl Blumenauer and Suzanne Bonamici asked the Oregon Department of…

After 65 years of serving Crook County, Pioneer Memorial Hospital will close on Sept. 21, the same day the new hospital — St. Charles Prineville…

A passer-by alerted authorities to a deck on fire at a northeast Bend home early Sunday — the city’s second such deck fire this weekend…

Forests worldwide are vulnerable to growing risks of drought- and heat-induced tree mortality and forest die-off because of a rapidly warming Earth,…

Firefighters are making good progress on the 22,500-acre Stouts Creek Fire in southwest Oregon — but a wind shift sent major amounts of smoke…

A fire destroyed a barn more than five miles north of Prineville Sunday afternoon, but the owner was able to get the animals out before it was…

A citizen helping police search for a missing Bend woman with severe dementia found her in apparently good shape Saturday evening, officers said.…

A 34-year-old Powell Butte man escaped serious injuries early Saturday when he tried to avoid a group of deer in the road and his pickup truck hit a…

Smaller brushfires continue to keep fire crews busy on the High Desert, including two on Saturday in Crook County’s Juniper Canyon and earlier…

It was a heated debate; now Senate Bill 941 is about to go into effect. Starting Sunday, all private gun sales require background checks through a…

Three days after a horrific three-car crash on Highway 97 south of Redmond, Oregon State Police said Friday they believe road rage might have been a…

The father of a Bend man who was shot and killed in June 2012 after he was found asleep inside an Awbrey Butte home has filed a lawsuit alleging the…

The Redmond Police Department conducted enhanced DUII patrols throughout the month of July, with special emphasis during the Deschutes County Fair. A…

Community members, neighbors, parents and students are invited to meet Bend-La Pine Schools’ principals during ice cream socials at local…

This weekend, hundreds of classic cars will descend on Bend for the 2015 Flashback Cruz. Roadsters and hot rods are expected to blanket the grass of…

People from all over Central Oregon gathered Friday to discuss the 2015 legislative session with state Rep. Knute Buehler. More than 50 people were…

Hours after he shot and killed his friend and landlord, Daniel Norquist re-enacted the shooting while Bend police filmed — telling detectives…

Five Bend-area residents were injured, four critically, Saturday afternoon in a head-on three-vehicle collision on South Century Drive south of…

A Madras man who pulled his pickup onto the shoulder of Lower Bridge Road to take a phone call Thursday afternoon then pulled out in front of a…

A construction backhoe accidentally pulled a natural gas line off a northwest Bend building Friday afternoon, triggering a leak that prompted an…