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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – Frenchman Nicolas Petit is back in the lead in Alaska’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Petit had earlier led the…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Hundreds of people protested a contentious vaccine bill that would make it harder for Oregon parents to opt out of school…

(Update: Adding revised formal charge, arraignment date) A Bend man who claimed he’d found a seriously injured puppy in southwest Bend has been…

Happy Thursday evening, everyone! Tonight we’ll see a slight chance for a few snow flurries with increasing clouds. Mostly cloudy to partly…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Legislative leaders in Oregon released a conservative budget framework Thursday that includes program cuts, despite…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Wildlife officials say 23 sheep were killed in a probable wolf attack in southwestern Oregon. A USDA Wildlife Services…

Imagine getting to brew your very own homebrew recipe on a local brewery’s commercial system and your beer being served at locations around…

The Oregon State Senate voted Thursday to stop parents from collecting money from wrongful death lawsuits involving those children when their actions…

Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR), along with Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), and Rep. Elissa Slotkin…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Oregon’s dam safety regulations could be getting an overhaul, for the first time in nearly a century. The Statesman…

Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., this week wrote the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee to call for hearings on universal background…

Each year, the La Pine Rural Fire Protection District provides 12 full ride competitive academic scholarships, plus housing and intern opportunities,…

The Oregon Farm Bureau said Thursday it applauds the U.S. Department of Fish & Wildlife Service’s proposal to remove the gray wolf from the…

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) – Washington’s legislature took a first step toward funding a new Interstate 5 bridge over the Columbia River. The…

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-Calif., on Thursday introduced the bipartisan and bicameral Kittens In Traumatic Testing Ends…

With the significant amount of snow received recently, the La Pine Rural Fire District wants to remind citizens to clear away snow and ice from their…

Revised rules that are intended to protect air quality in areas of Oregon susceptible to smoke from controlled forest burns have gone into effect…

A big ownership change is coming to one of the basic services folks depend on in Central Oregon: garbage pickup — as a local, family-owned…

Survey results show that the vast majority of Oregon’s school districts have implemented key integrated pest management practices, including…

Snow probably will stick around Central Oregon for at least a little while longer. For many people, the first thing that comes to mind after a major…