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Deschutes National Forest Supervisor John Allen announced Thursday a new district ranger for the Bend-Ft. Rock Ranger District. Kevin Larkin,…

As predictable as the colorful, sparkling skies over Pilot Butte on Fourth of July night were the kennels full of frightened, barking dogs at the…

After months of debate and public input, the Bend Park and Rec Board voted unanimously Tuesday night to place a $29 million bond on the November…

The Oregon Health Authority has put Pacific Source Community Solutions in charge of the region’s first CCO, or Community Care Organization. The…

Despite the well-known challenges Bend has faced in seeking to escape from a deep recession after years of sizzling growth, the city is still growing…

Do you know an individual, family, business or organization, who has made a positive impact on the lives of fair goers or an outstanding contribution…

More than 50 donors have put Oregon State University-Cascades $1.575 million closer to becoming a comprehensive, four-year branch campus of OSU with…

Ed Keith has been hired as the new Deschutes County forester and will start on Monday, July 16. Keith will replace County Forester and Project…

Two Bend women have been arrested in a drug raid on a northeast Bend motel that turned up a small amount of methamphetamine and other evidence,…

Central Oregon boasts about its sunny weather. But it also has one of the highest rates of new melanoma diagnoses in the country. The most deadly…

Jefferson County firefighters corralled a brushfire that broke out below a train trestle off Canyon Drive in Madras Monday afternoon. Interim…

The Mountain View Hospital said Monday it has installed a new Siemens SOMATOM Definition AS, 64-slice CT unit in the hospital’s Medical Imaging…

Robbie Kirzy from Kirzy’s Place Equine Rescue and Rehabilitation took in 37 neglected horses in May. But she soon found out it was too much to…

BendFilm has garnered a clever way to sponsor its film awards thanks to the innovative thinking of Pamela Hulse Andrews, CEO/Founder of Cascade…

The Oregon State Public Health Lab has confirmed that three Central Oregon residents who were hospitalized contracted botulism at a private barbecue,…

The House Interior Appropriations Subcommittee is directing the Environmental Protection Agency to provide cities with flexibility in implementing a…

The Cow Creek Umpqua Indian Foundation has awarded a $10,000 grant to Volunteers in Medicine Clinic of the Cascades to provide necessary primary and…

A popular day-use site on Elk Lake temporarily is closed while hazardous trees are removed from the area. The Beach Day-Use site at Elk Lake, on the…

Deschutes National Forest Supervisor John Allen is reminding visitors and campers that the use of all fireworks is prohibited on all national forests…

The Bend-La Pine Schools Summer Meals program is under way, serving hundreds of local students healthy, tasty meals each weekday at nine locations…