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Maturity has its rewards, and at the Humane Society of Central Oregon that means all animals six years and older will have the bonus of half off the…

The head track and field coach at Madras High School was arrested Monday by Oregon State Police on charges she engaged in an unlawful sexual…

The American Red Cross said Tuesday it is facing a looming blood shortage, leading to an urgent need for donors of all blood types to roll up a…

Local youth are invited to participate in Bend Park and Recreation District’s Youth Flag Football League this fall. The league is open to boys…

Aircrews from the Wyoming Air National Guard’s 153rd Airlift Wing, who fly C-130 Hercules aircraft equipped with the Modular Airborne…

Catastrophic disasters often impact rural areas and the human cost can be very high. In these times of crisis, small, rural communities are often…

Smokejumping — it’s the kind of firefighting adrenaline junkies fall for. But don’t be fooled: This work is no walk in the park.…

In eawrly June, it was smoke-filled skies over Bend, now smoke blankets nearly everywhere else on the High Desert. “In Deschutes County —…

Bend police staked out, surrounded and arrested an Idaho man wanted on aggravated assault and strangulation charges in the parking lot of a northeast…

Smoke is a burning topic on on the minds of Central Oregonians. And Monday, Samantha O’Connor went out to Warm Springs to find out more about…

The Logging Unit Fires is a newly established and jointly managed group of nine fires on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, one of which is…

NE Smith Rock Way will be closed to thru traffic on Monday, July 28 , and Tuesday, July 29 , from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. each day to facilitate…

There was widespread improvement to unemployment levels across the High Desert in June after several months of stagnation, the Oregon Employment…

Cascade Natural Gas Company has begun work on Phase III of the Bend Gas Line Replacement Project. For the next few weeks, pipeline replacement crews…

A week after thunderstorms ignited numerous wildfires around the area, Marks Creek residents east of Prineville got news they they can go home after…

The Central Oregon District of the Oregon Department of Forestry, the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, and the Central Oregon Fire Management…

Red Cross volunteers from around the region — Salem, Bend, Portland and southwest Washington — are gathered in central Oregon to assist…

A fast-moving southeast Bend duplex fire Saturday afternoon that spread to neighboring brush and trees, threatening nearby homes and prompting…

At 6,300 acres, the Bridge 99 Fire has put residents of one area on high alert with the flames heading north — and thinking back to 2002, when…

Firefighters have made progress containing the Shaniko Butte Fire, so fire officials said late Saturday they made the decision to re-open the Lower…