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Barbecue ashes put in a plastic garbage can sparked a fire that heavily damaged one Eagle Crest home and spread to another after a propane tank…

You don’t even have to leave Bend before the effects of the Pole Creek Fire near Sisters are apparent. A sign on the north side of town warned…

NPG of Oregon Inc., a cluster of television stations that includes NBC, FOX, The CW, and Telemundo affiliates in Bend, Oregon, is accepting…

The Pole Creek fire continues to burn 5 miles southwest of Sisters. The blaze has now consumed 17,500 acres but by Tuesday night was 20 percent…

Wildfires can have devastating consequences on our forests, but what about the impacts on our economy? For the firefighting companies who were…

The Bend-Ft. Rock Ranger District of the Deschutes National Forest issued its final decision Tuesday on the development of a new sno-park at Kapka…

The first week of October will see hundreds of cultural events occurring throughout Oregon, including Bend, Sisters and Moro. A historic talk at the…

Parking in the Centennial Parking Garage in Downtown Bend will be limited next week due to maintenance work. The garage will be closed from the 2nd…

The Sisters Area Chamber of Commerce wants to assure people that Sisters is open for business despite the Pole Creek Fire currently burning southwest…

“We can’t afford to have a careless fire now,” says Tom Fields , fire prevention coordinator for the Oregon Department of Forestry.…

Prineville Chamber of Commerce announced the resignation of Bill Gowen, who has served as Chamber CEO since 2010. Prineville native and local…

Wildfires have damaged thousands of acres of Oregon’s High Desert land this summer, and restoring it will be a prime topic at this week’s…

Oregon State Police and Wasco County officials are investigating a fatal officer-involved shooting around midnight Tuesdaymorning in the Dalles. The…

Another packed crowd of Sisters-area residents heard some hopeful news from the lines of the Pole Creek Fire on Monday evening, as the containment…

The recess bell rings out across an empty school yard as a normally chaotic playground stays empty at Sisters Elementary School. Smoke has blanketed…

On Thursday, Sept. 13, stakeholders throughout Deschutes County participated in a one-day workshop for the development of integrated strategies to…

On Saturday, Sept. 15th, about 130 motorcyclists delivered almost 1,800 teddy bears to the Bend, Prineville, Madras and Redmond hospitals. This was…

A late fire season around the Northwest and Friday night thunderstorms have ignited new fires in Central Oregon, several on the Warm Springs Indian…

When a wildfire breaks out in the national forest, forest rangers sometimes risk their lives leading people out of the woods and back to safety. But…

Former COCC instructor Thomas Bray looked on in a blue jail uniform, hands and feet shackled – his first court appearance out of a suit and tie –…