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Fifty Oregonians lost their lives due to fire-related injuries in 2014, officials said Friday, the highest count in six years. The 2014 tally was the…

Airsoft guns are looking so much like real ones police officers have a hard time telling them apart. But young airsoft players and their parents say…

Recent oil train accidents raise serious concerns about newer rail cars that carry crude oil in Oregon and across the country, Sen. Ron Wyden,…

We know when we’ll vote again, but who will be on that ballot is far less clear. Oregon Secretary of State Kate Brown will be sworn in as the…

The founder of Operation Elf Box is taking off on a cross-country bike ride on March 1. Josh Hart and his border collie, Jo, will ride from San Diego…

A federal judge in Portland on Thursday sentenced a former Bend psychic to more than eight years in prison for orchestrating a bold family fraud scam…

Attempting to bring some closure to a 2 1/2-year-old case, Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel announced Thursday that criminal charges…

A construction worker on a southeast Bend sewer project escaped with minor injuries Thursday morning when a large rock tumbled into the 18-foot-deep…

The game of war is evolving and growing in the backyards of Central Oregon. The weapon of choice? Airsoft guns. “With our realistic guns, it…

Deschutes County seeks two residents to voluntarily serve on the Deschutes County Investment Advisory Committee. Applications are being taken now…

A Madras woman has been cited in connection with a Monday afternoon crash that sent a well-known Madras businessman to the hospital with broken ribs…

With the NBA’s 3-point shootout this past weekend, it had me thinking: What does it take to be a good shooter? I caught up with three of the…

State Rep. Jodi Hack (R-Salem) proposed Wednesday a constitutional amendment “to increase state government oversight and accountability”…

In Oregon, Wednesday was Exclusion Day, the day to children were sent home from school or daycare if they have not had the proper immunizations or…

A Redmond man was arrested after a three-car crash Wednesday on the Old Bend-Redmond Highway north of Bend that caused minor injuries, Deschutes…

A south Deschutes County man just arrested for the 2009 killing of his ex-girlfriend had moved to China, leaving a home off Vandervert Road south of…

Freedom. Adventure. Responsibility. Oregonians expressed these values most often when asked to describe what Oregon’s Road Usage Charge Program…

April Fools’ Day may be more than a month away, but Mother Nature is already pranking Central Oregon plants into popping up early.…

A report to be published Thursday in the journal Nature suggests that global warming may increase upwelling in several ocean current systems around…

Health Republic Insurance, a non-profit health insurance carrier, announced that it has extended its enrollment window and will continue to sell…