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A new AARP survey of Oregon registered voters age 45 and older found that 85 percent of Oregonians want to live independently at home for as long as…

The Bureau of Land Management Prineville District has started implementing a series of annual wildlife closures to protect several species of birds…

The City of Bend Community Development Department said Wednesday it is enhancing and refining its building safety and land-use permit processes. Over…

Bend officially advanced Wednesday to the semifinal round of the Georgetown University Energy Prize, a national competition that is challenging…

The Redmond City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to award the Evergreen Elementary Rehabilitation Project design services contract to FFA…

A large meadow out near Dillon Falls south of Bend will once again return to its historic wetland state, as a construction crew began installing…

A 47-year-old Bend transient was arrested Tuesday, charged with placing a metal rail on railroad tracks in northeast Bend late last month, puncturing…

Oregon businesses reported 45,700 vacancies in the fall, an increase of 13,400 vacancies from the prior year, the state Employment Department…

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on Wednesday applauded the announcement of funding for six majorconservation projects in the state. The six projects – all…

he 2015 tax filing season will begin next Tuesday, as scheduled, for both the Oregon Department of Revenue and the Internal Revenue Service. Both…

The results of the 2014-2015 Oregon Kindergarten Assessment were released Wednesday. This is the second year the state has collected a snapshot of…

In aneffort to encourage families to start saving for college early, the OregonCollege SavingsPlan hasannounced its Baby Grad promotion. Any Oregon…

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on Tuesday introduced two amendments to a Senate bill to approve the Keystone XL pipeline. Wyden said his amendments would…

This year Sisters Folk Festival’s Americana Arts Outreach Scholarship (APAOS) fund received over $15,000 in grant awards. The fund provides…

Bend’s Project Connect seeks volunteers for service projects on behalf of non-profits, including BrightSide Animal Center’s Thrift Store,…

As soon as Redmond police officers learned Tuesday a missing woman was found safe, they turned to Facebook to offer an update — it’s…

The Bend-La Pine School Board unanimously chose Pacific Crest as the name for the new Bend middle school Tuesday night. The name was chosen from a…

The year 2015 is a big budget year for Oregon state government, with a recovering economy making for shifting priorities. Gov. John Kitzhaber is…

Seven people, including a 2-week-old baby, escaped a house fire in La Pine Monday night. The house is gone — and amazingly, this is not the…

In honor of the one-year anniversary of Oregon’s historic anti-tethering law, Fences For Fido’s Central Oregon chapter is launching…