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Bend’s two-year 27 th Street sewer line project kicks off Monday, starting with up to eight weeks of night work and detours near the Highway 20…

Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., joined with 39 other Senate Democrats Thursday in a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and…

Bethlehem Inn announced Thursday that it is has received grant support from the Arthur R. Dubs Foundation in the amount of $4,000. The Arthur R. Dubs…

Crook County School District is the recipient of a $6,875 grant award from the U.S. Bank Foundation. Funds will be used to purchase new musical…

More than 500 firefighters are battling a more than 6,500-acre wildfire in Eastern Oregon that broke out Sunday afternoon. The 525 firefighters on…

The Bend City Council made significant headway Wednesday night toward adopting a climate action plan resolution, but not without a lot of crosswinds…

Another cool night helped firefighters hold the lines on the Paulina Fire northeast of La Pine, which held at 80 percent containment Thursday. A…

Police departments across the nation are seeing challenges filling positions within their departments, and it’s the same here in Bend. Bend…

A wind-whipped brushfire broke out late Monday afternoon east of Sisters, racing across more than eight acres while prompting road closures and…

The Bybee Creek Fire west of Crater Lake has grown to 720 acres and is 12 percent contained, officials said, as a Level 1 (“Be Ready”)…

Two cadets from the Civil Air Patrol’s High Desert Squadron in Bend just returned from the Desert Eagle Flight Academy in Ephrata, Washington.…

In the heat of summer, the threat of wildfire is on the minds of many Oregonians. On Tuesday the Oregon Department of Forestry celebrated milestone…

Don’t know what to do with that old paint, brake fluid, or garden fertilizer in your garage? Residents in Sisters, La Pine and Redmond will…

In one of the farthest reaches of northeastern Oregon is a quaint Western town called Pendleton. I traveled there with reporter Dani Fried and…

The Bend Fire Department has been given a little extra breathing room, so to speak. With the help of a grant, Bend firefighters are now using brand…

Last Friday, firefighters from the Oregon Department of Forestry, US Forest Service, Sisters Camp Sherman Fire District and Cloverdale Fire District…

With what it termed “reasonable regulations” in place, Deschutes County commissioners on Monday lifted the prohibition on…

The search for a Portland man missing in the Mt. Jefferson Wilderness area continued Monday, without success, and will resume Tuesday morning,…

Due to hot and dry weather conditions and the low amount of live fuel moisture, Bend Fire & Rescue and other area fire departments have increased…

Free passes for Deschutes County Fair concerts are now available every day at all Central Oregon McDonald’s restaurants. No purchase is…