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Nearly a year after a massive fire broke out just west of Bend, there could be a break in the case. Oregon Department of Forestry Spokesman Rod…

The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service in Oregon on Friday released its June water supply outlook report, the last of the season, which…

A long-time, retired Madras High School teacher was killed and his wife seriously injured Thursday night in a head-on crash of their station wagon…

The Lookout Mountain Ranger District of the Ochoco National Forest said Friday it is seeking feedback on a proposal to selectively thin and replant…

Complaints of apparent drug sales from a northeast Bend apartment led to a raid Friday morning in which a woman was arrested trying to escape out a…

Zachary J. Boone has been hired as the new executive director of the Central Oregon Community College Foundation. He replaces Jim Weaver, who is…

A group called “Now For Bend” that supports OSU-Cascades’ disputed Westside location has issued a community survey that it says…

Anticipated warmer and drier weather is prompting officials with the Oregon Department of Forestry to declare the start of fire season with…

Beginning July 1, Oregon households will be allowed to legally grow up to four marijuana plants as a result of the statewide legalization of…

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., wrote the following op-ed piece on his introduction of the Breaking Down Barriers to Innovation Act, aimed at fixing what he…

A 70-year-old Sisters man was killed Thursday night in a rollover crash on Fryrear Road east of Sisters, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies…

As the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau considers new rules to rein in predatory practices in payday and similar types of lending, Sen. Jeff…

School is not quite out yet for Central Oregon students, but the countdown to full-day kindergarten has already begun. “It’s great that…

Becky Stock has joined BrightSide Animal Center, a high-save shelter in Redmond, as its new executive director, board president Mark Crose announced…

Craft Kitchen and Brewery will be opening their doors on Saturday, June 13 th . With farm to table foods blended with southern flavors, this small…

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on Thursday again urged lifting the federal ban on industrial hemp, saying it has a wide variety of uses and economic…

The Oregon Senate agreed Thursday to raise the statute of limitations on rape from six years to 12, but that fell short of a 20-year limit backed by…

NeighborImpact is participating in the 2015 Backpack Buddies Food Drive from now until June 12. As a community partner in Central Oregon, the…

A climber fell hundreds of feet to his death on Mt. Hood Thursday morning and a recovery effort has begun to carry his body off the mountain,…

The Oregon Student Information Protection Act was passed out of the Oregon House Education Committee on Wednesday and is on its way to the House…