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A Bend woman who went hiking in the Green Lakes area west of Bend with her dog Thursday called for help when she said patches of snow obscured the…

Nearly a year after the Pole Creek Fire sparked near Sisters and burned nearly 27,000 acres, restoration work in underway along Whychus, Snow and…

Thursday was National HIV Testing Day, an annual effort to encourage people to get screened for the virus that causes aids. Although Deschutes County…

A K-12 state budget has been approved by the Oregon Senate, but some senators and school leaders are unhappy with the decision and hope more money…

Walking through downtown Redmond, three empty buildings stand within feet of each other on Sixth Street. That’s just three of the dozen…

For the second year in a row, the Prineville Police Department partnered with the Crook County Sheriff’s Office, Oregon State Police, Crook…

Predicted increases in temperature and drought in the coming century may make it more difficult for conifers such as Ponderosa pine to regenerate…

Bend residents Lindsey Lombard and Gretchen Boutin have been waiting to get married for more than 30 years. On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court…

An 18-month-old Redmond-area boy who nearly drowned after falling into in an irrigation pond has been flown to a Portland hospital for treatment,…

Join Bend Area Habitat for Humanity on a build trip to Santa Rosa de Copan, Honduras on November 30-December 8, 2013. Bend Habitat is looking for a…

NorthWest Crossing has installed a new bicycle rack in its neighborhood center, just in time for the Hullabaloo street festival. The rack, which was…

The Crook County Community Health Improvement Project (CHIP) is donating $10,000 to the Central Oregon Trail Alliance’s Crook County Chapter to…

Online registration and competition handbooks for the 2013 Oregon State Fair are now available. Competitors have more options for submitting and…

Thursday was Deschutes Brewery‘s silver anniversary, and what better way to celebrate than with the long-awaited announcement that their beers…

After two days of negotiations, hotel owners and other Bend-area business leaders announced a compromise Wednesday evening on a controversial…

The Nature of Words (NOW) announces the winners of the 2013 Rising Star Writing Competition. Now in its eighth year, Rising Star attracted nearly 200…

Stan Hammett and Melody Sanchez of Redmond haven’t yet held their son, Luka. At nearly a month old, he’s fighting for his life —…

Brief closures of a boat ramp on Wickiup Reservoir will occur this weekend to accommodate two triathlons during the Pacific Crest Weekend Sports…

Central Oregon is no stranger to elite-level mountain bike races. But you don’t have to be an experienced cyclist to take on all the trails the…

The Bend Police Department conducted a Pedestrian Safety Detail on Wednesday June 26. The operation was held at the intersections of NW Galveston…