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Traffic — it’s what many local businesses along Third Street depend on. But each night, when the Third Street underpass construction…

More than a year in the making, Madras High School is now big step closer to having new performing arts and athletic facilities. The Jefferson County…

The Mt. Bachelor Sports Education Foundation is excited to announce that the Annual Skyliners Winter Sports Swap will be held on October 12, 2013…

Jessica Yasutome is getting to know neighbors, parents and most importantly people who use the park. “We had been seeing a violation in some of…

Four national forests in Oregon will open the 2013 harvest season for Matsutake mushrooms following Labor Day weekend. Matsutake mushroom season…

Mt. Bachelor announced Thursday it will open its new Downhill Bike Park to the public on Friday, Sept. 13, the first expansion under its first master…

St. Charles Health Systems has helped over 3,500 kids in Central Oregon gain access to sports programs by providing the means for transportation.…

Putting more cold, clear water back in Tumalo Creek was a hot topic at times Wednesday night during a Bend City Council work session on restoration…

School is about to start here in Central Oregon, and filling your kids’ lunch boxes with the right foods can keep them healthy and alert.…

Crews from several agencies tackled and contained a grass fire that threatened several homes north of Madras Wednesday afternoon. Jefferson County…

Bend police on Tuesday released an artist’s composite drawing of a man believed to have committed a string of four bank robberies over the past…

Dr. Charles Abasa-Nyarko has been named vice president for instruction at Central Oregon Community College. Abasa-Nyarko, who assumed his new role in…

Equine Outreach, Inc., announced Wednesday that they have been awarded a $20,000 grant from the ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention…

Central Oregon Auto Value is offering $30 oil changes with full proceeds benefiting two Central Oregon nonprofits. Saving Grace and FAN are the…

Gleaning is the practice of gathering food after farmers have harvested their fields. This good Samaritan practice is making a comeback in Central…

Initial-attack crews continue to tackle small new fires popping up around Central Oregon, most holdovers from recent lightning, as a threat of more…

Bend-La Pine Schools Superintendent Ron Wilkinson announced one of the largest financial gifts from an individual in district history at…

The B&B Complex fire that burned more than 90,000 acres in August 2003, was not only unprecedented in size but shed light on new ways the Forest…

Deschutes County District Attorney Patrick Flaherty said Monday he strongly objected to the state’s settlement of a $22 million federal lawsuit…

A report of a body seen floating in the Crooked River Tuesday afternoon triggered a recovery effort that took more than seven hours and over…