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Board members and officers of the Oregon School Boards Association are heading to the nation’s Capitol to meet with members of Oregon’s…

The 38th Annual U.S. Bank Pole Pedal Paddle online registration is now open. Just click pppbend.com and go to the Register tab and all the…

In light of recent privacy breaches at retailers like Target, Neiman Marcus and a potential breach this past week at Michaels, OSPIRG today released…

The nearly year-old, partial resolution of a nearly 2-year-old missing-person mystery was sadly revealed Tuesday as Crook County sheriff’s…

The Oregon University System (OUS) is pleased to announce that the Bend team Girls On Fire! proudly took home a 1st Place Google Presentation Award…

Cooler temperatures across Central Oregon will allow Prineville Bureau of Land Management fuels specialists to begin burning in the Cline Buttes…

The Cow Creek Umpqua Indian Foundation awarded the Healthy Families of the High Desert $10,000 to provide additional one-on-one counseling and parent…

Mingle with fellow animal friends in a local brew pub during the Pup Crawl and help raise money for homeless animals. Join us for the Humane Society…

What parent doesn’t have questions….. Is your child’s development on track? Will their smile last a lifetime and can they hear and see…

A new federal report finds that Oregon’s job growth in 2013 ranked among the fastest in the nation. Oregon had the third-fastest job growth…

A U.S. Forest Service officer and Deschutes County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue volunteers helped a hiker in the Badlands Wilderness Area who…

Deschutes County seeks a new volunteer Planning Commission member from the Sisters area and is accepting applications until Friday, February 21. This…

Freezing rain encased much of the High Desert in a slick sheet of ice early Tuesday, canceling Bend-La Pine, Redmond, Sisters, COCC and OSU-Cascades…

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2014 Governor’s Volunteer Awards, conducted by Oregon Volunteers Commission for Voluntary Action and…

A southern Oregon man led an Oregon State Police trooper on a high-speed chase in a stolen car south of Bend Monday afternoon. The driver headed onto…

A 29-year-old Bend man was arrested Saturday night during a raid on a northeast Bend home that turned up a psilocybin mushroom growing operation,…

It’s National School Choice Week, and one Bend charter school is using it as an opportunity to showcase its curriculum. Rimrock Expeditionary…

It’s time to take out that calculator: Tax season begins Friday. “No question about it there’s going to be changes at my…

Central Oregon’s economy ended 2013 on a positive note, with unemployment falling to levels not seen in over five years and hiring on the rise,…

Here on the High Desert, we’re known for our tourism, and lots of jobs catering to our guests. But 2013 was a different type of year.…