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Bend Fire Department’s Santa Express food and clothing drive is heading into Bend Neighborhoods Monday December 3 rd through Thursday December…

A statewide network that uses Oregon citizens to collect local data on rain, snow and even hail is seeking a new wave of volunteers. Coordinated by…

Over 6,000 citizens have written to the Bureau of Land Management’s Prineville District in opposition to its plan to round up and remove…

Colette Peters, director of the Oregon Department of Corrections, recently announced the appointment of superintendents to lead three Oregon state…

Please join the Smolich Motors family in support of Central Oregon’s Toys for Tots campaign organized by Marine Corps Detachment 1308 and help…

At least 17 of the 36 county courthouses across Oregon, and OSP headquarters in Salem, were searched and some evacuated Monday afternoon after an…

The Humane Society of Central Oregon would like to offer some pet safety tips for the high winds hitting our area now. The Bend animal shelter has…

Observations of nature inspire inventions. Almost 1,200 Central Oregon students were inspired by characteristics of living organisms to create…

Ken Callaway knows what what it’s like to not be able to taste food, to be sick, to lose hair. Callaway is now cancer-free, but he still…

Tattoo artists say the number of Americans with tattoos is expected to grow because they say it’s becoming more accepted in society. Still,…

La Pine is expected to get a state letter soon that officially makes the small south county town a city. La Pine voters chose to incorporate in 2006,…

All Oregon DMV offices including DMV Headquarters will be closed for both the Thanksgiving holiday and for the statewide furlough on Friday, Nov. 23.…

Four Bend police officers and a detective who helped prevent a suicide at Bend’s downtown parking garage this summer have been honored with a…

Seasonally adjusted unemployment rates dropped slightly for all three Central Oregon counties in October. The statewide unemployment rate also fell…

It’s that time of year to dust off the turkey fryer or, for first-timers, to give deep frying a turkey a try. Every year at this time however…

The Redmond Sears Hometown Stores announces its annual holiday food drive for 2012. Stores across the nation will collect non-perishable food items…

As most people start making preparations for family gatherings and a big Thanksgiving dinner, those who are homeless find that Thanksgiving Day is…

High Desert Chamber Music presented by Bank of America has been awarded the James F. & Marion L. Miller Foundation grant, in the amount of…

The Thanksgiving holiday period is one of the busiest travel times of the year, and with thousands of Oregonians hitting the road to travel long or…

Two southeast Bend residents had a loud awakening early Sunday when an alleged drunk driver slammed his SUV into the corner of their home and was…