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The federal Bureau of Land Management announced Friday that it is making sage grouse habitat protection a high natural resource priority, focusing…

The FORCE Lab, the biomechanics laboratory led by Oregon State University – Cascades and private partners, is seeking subjects for two research…

If you haven’t registered any of your vegetables or flowers for the Deschutes County Fair, there’s still time to register them in person…

A witness to a bike theft in NE Bend Wednesday afternoon chased the suspect while police were called, leading to a 26-year-old Bend man’s…

The Waterman Complex fire was at 35 percent containment among the three blazes, fire officials said late Thursday. The fire has burned over 6,000…

Heat and winds steered the 6,020-acre Waterman Complex Fire toward trouble Wednesday as the residents of the Marks Creek area were told to pack up…

A 57-year-old Bend man was killed in a motorcycle crash discovered by a passer-by who had stopped along Highway 395 near Ukiah in northeast Oregon,…

Back in August of 1996, a nasty thunderstorm strikes Central Oregon. “I looked up in the sky and there were these huge billowing clouds, and I…

The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office issued evacuation orders and warnings Thursday due to the fast-growing Bridge 99 Complex of fires that…

With many families still priced out of homes and rental units in Central Oregon, NeighborImpact and Housing Works announced Thursday a unique…

Nine months after placing him on paid leave due to an unspecified investigation, the city of Prineville tersely announced Wednesday that Police Chief…

Effective Friday at 12:01 a.m, Industrial Fire Precaution Level III (IFPL) will be implemented on lands administered by the Deschutes National…

Beginning next week, fish passage for bull trout and redband trout will be restored on Jack Creek. Starting on Monday, the Sisters Ranger District,…

Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum filed a lawsuit Thursday against Living Essentials and Innovation Ventures, the makers of the energy drink…

In possibly one of the most extensive investigations involving Oregon State Police Fish & Wildlife Division troopers, a Bend man has pleaded…

The Shaniko Butte Fire was very activeon Wednesday, growing to about 18,000 acres – and the wind and fire never let up through the night. Thursday…

Redmond Fire and Rescue said Wednesday it has hired paramedic Dan Cox to be Central Oregon’s first community paramedic. Tom Wright, retired…

Smoke covered the High Desert Wednesday, which some long-time residents are used to seeing during fire season. But for visitors and newcomers, it can…

Governor Kitzhaber on Wednesday verbally declared a state of emergency in response to wildfire activity across the state. The emergency declaration…

Drones: the launch of a whole new perspective, a soaring industry — and it’s happening on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation.…