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After a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs audit released earlier this week showed that Oregon’s VA medical centers were among the worst in…

The Oregon Transportation Commission will hold its regular monthly meeting at 10 a.m. on Friday, June 20 , in the Barnes and Sawyer Room of the…

The OSU Open Campus program has had special impacts in Crook and Jefferson counties in recent years, as local experts, volunteers and educators work…

The High Desert Food & Farm Alliance was recently granted $4,582 from the Clabough Foundation (www.claboughfoundation.com) to develop their…

In just six days, $5 million has been spent fighting the 6,908-acre Two Bulls Fire west of Bend. Not exactly a fire sale price tag, but for the…

There was no lack of emotion on the witness stand Wednesday afternoon as a Bend man accused of murder choked back tears and told why he felt hewas…

A Bend man, Luke Wirkkala, has waited more than a year to find out if he’ll go to prison for shooting and killing his house guest, 31-year-old…

Casey Roats, a small business owner and fourth-generation Bend resident, announced Thursday he is running for a seat on the Bend City Council in the…

In remarks on the Senate floor, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., highlighted a provision in the 2014 Intelligence Authorization bill which provides new…

Change the luck for a shelter animal on Friday the 13 th . Turn the tables on superstition and adopt a fortunate feline or canine from the Humane…

Think your talents are competition ready? Is your item blue-ribbon worthy? The 149th Oregon State Fair is officially accepting entries for the…

Bend has been selected yet again as a top retirement destination — this time, for its lure of great fishing, by the magazine Where to Retire,…

Dr. Knute Buehler, candidate for State Representative, announced Thursday that he will visit every school in House District 54 before Election Day.…

A Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office K-9 helped deputies track down and arrest a La Pine motorcyclist who failed to pull over for a traffic…

The MD-87 was created to fly passengers. But the one standing by on the tarmac of Redmond Airport is fighting fires — and was ready for its new…

The average Bend-area (Deschutes County) worker earned just over $20 an hour in May of last year, about 10 percent below the national average, new…

The Mt. Bachelor Rotary Club selected Bend’s Sister-City of Condega, Nicaragua for one of its 2014 World Service projects by providing eighty…

Residents at Skyliners Road west of Bend who had to be evacuated Saturday evening after the outbreak of the Two Bulls Fire finally were able to…

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and Oregon State University are collaborating on an effort to survey Oregon hunters about their use and…

Location: Tumalo Reservoir Area, west of Bend, OR Date: June 11, 2014 at 5:10 p.m. By Captain Shane Nelson, 541-617-3386 Evacuations Levels will…