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KidRunner: Reinventing Running and Exploring With Kids Written By: William Warne We are reinventing running and exploring with kids. And the Bend…

The Nature of Words will again present a roster of renowned guest authors at its annual literary festival November 7-10. The ninth consecutive year…

Prineville police said Monday they are still trying to find a 56-year-old man who told friends he might go “gold mining” and last was…

Central Oregon jobless rates continued to stagnate in August, but Deschutes County’s rate did dip below 10 percent for the first time in nearly…

KidRunner: Reinventing Running and Exploring With Kids Written By: William Warne We are reinventing running and exploring with kids. And the Bend…

Steam engines, diesel engines and railroad cars of all shapes — all smaller than in real life, but plenty of fun. The Eastern Cascades Model…

Five people were killed — including three children — in a house fire Sunday morning in southeast Pendleton, authorities said. Two others, both…

It may be irony, or it may just be the convergence of science (spontaneous combustion), and ever-changing market forces that brought fire crews back…

A small brushfire along Highway 97 in southern Bend on Sunday was traced to a squirrel that apparently touched two power lines and was electrocuted…

On Saturday, the nonprofit Tower Theatre Foundation surprised and rewarded its 400,000 attendee since the renovated movie house reopened as a…

A 63-year-old Bend woman was arrested Friday after firing a shot in the air during a family dispute over road access and water rights for a property…

Teddy bears and motorcyclists flooded the emergency room of St. Charles-Bend on Saturday. And as a result, more than 1,000 children who visit the ERs…

It didn’t quite look like the last day of summer in Bend on Saturday, but kids in Central Oregon sure played like it was. Hundreds came out for…

Redmond Proficiency Academy has been awarded an ASPIRE Grant for the 2013-14 school year. ASPIRE, a one-on-one volunteer mentoring program operated…

Bend police said Thursday they have received a nearly $200,000 federal grant to hire someone who will act as a coordinator between the area’s…

Bend Kiwanis Club was recently honored to receive the 2103 Oregon Park and Recreation Association Private Sector Service Award at the…

The Deschutes National Forest said Friday it will apply herbicides to invasive plants next week in an area adjacent to the Metolius River and the…

The Nature of Words will again present a roster of renowned guest authors at its annual literary festival November 7-10. The ninth consecutive year…

Sensational local& national art at dozens of businesses on the first Friday of every month in downtown Bend. Shops are matched with artists,…

The Deschutes County Community Development Department conversion to the State electronic permitting system (Accela) will take place from 12:00 p.m.…