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Bend is one step closer to a possible citywide vote in May on changes in city government, including a directly elected mayor and some councilors…

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) – Dozens of Symantec employees in the Springfield area have learned they will be laid off next month as the…

A new mixed-use development could be going into the former Ray’s Food Place on Bend’s Westside. The former supermarket building has been…

Governor Kate Brown has ordered all flags at Oregon public institutions to be flown at half-staff in honor of National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day…

An attic fire in a southwest Bend home early Wednesday caused about $20,000 damage before it was put out by firefighters, officials said. Bend Fire…

(Update: Comments from Madras officials, residents, Redmond brewer) Madras wants to bring a brewery to town, and while many welcome such an arrival,…

(Update: Ex-jail worker arraigned; jail outlines changes to avoid such incidents) A former contract kitchen worker at the Deschutes County Jail,…

Happy Wednesday evening, everyone! Bitter cold, clear nights are in store for the High Desert moving forward. Lows will be in the single digits and…

Here are the results of Tuesday’s KTVZ.COM Poll, asking if you have had trouble recently finding an affordable place to rent in Central Oregon:…

Volunteers from the Bend Oregon Area Team are celebrating the collection of 7,300 gift-filled shoeboxes that will remind children around the world…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Ranchers in Idaho and Oregon have begun grazing their cattle again on some of the nearly 280,000 acres burned in wildfires…

THE DALLES, Ore. (AP) – Disability Rights Oregon has released a report alleging the regional juvenile jail in The Dalles skirts Oregon law and…

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality’s Materials Management program announced Wednesday it has awarded more than $600,000 in grant…

Sandy Visnack of Bend has been named the new executive director of the Bend Endurance Academy by the organization’s governing board. Visnack…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – New figures show Oregon once again has the third-worst high school graduation rate in the country. The…

The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department is accepting comments on a proposed rule change that would establish a permit to restore, maintain or…

The Deschutes County commissioners have appointed 12 individuals to the Deschutes County Solid Waste Advisory Committee (SWAC). The committee will…

It’s a story we’ve heard many times before: the struggle to find housing in Central Oregon — and then the fight to be able to…

(Update: Board chair comments; Bend police Capt. Cory Darling to serve as interim Sunriver chief) Sunriver Police Chief Marc Mills has been placed on…

Good Wednesday Morning, Everyone…Continued high pressure over the region will deliver sunny, blue skies today. Highs will range from the mid…