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The federal Bureau of Reclamation will begin drilling in early April to collect soil samples at Ochoco Dam east of Prineville. Crews will be working…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Forest Service officials are proposing a series of regulations aimed at reducing damage from increasingly large crowds in…

A former Sunriver Fire Department firefighter-paramedic who was president of their labor association was sentenced Tuesday to nearly 200 hours of…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Jusuf Nurkic had a career-high 33 points with 16 rebounds against his former team, CJ McCollum had 39 points and the…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The state of Oregon has agreed to pay $175,000 to a former inmate who claimed she was sexually abused by a prison doctor…

The Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries confirmed Tuesday it has launched a new investigation involving gender discrimination against the Deschutes…

(Update with House Democrats’ news release, explanation) Oregon House Republicans blamed the Democrats Tuesday for rejecting a GOP minority…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Oregon’s child welfare system often leaves children in danger because workers miss or ignore threats to a…

Residents of the Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District may see reduced fire insurance rates as a result of a recently completed survey by the Insurance…

WARRENTON, Ore. (AP) – The U.S. Coast Guard helped rescue a diver near the entrance to Tillamook Bay. A Coast Guard spokesperson in Seattle…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Oregon lawmakers are considering a new approach to addressing the nation’s student debt problem. Senate Bill 1034…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Democratic lawmakers in Salem say last week’s failure of the GOP health care overhaul hasn’t changed their plans…

Three Prineville teens escaped serious injury in the rollover crash of their car west of Prineville Monday morning, but all went to the hospital and…

Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, led a hearing Tuesday on reducing traffic fatalities in Oregon and…

A group of West Coast governors and mayors, and Oregon Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley took stands Tuesday in opposition to President Trump’s…

In conjunction with National Public Health Week in April and Mental Health Month in May, the Deschutes County Public Health Advisory Board is pleased…

(Updated: Adding economist background on what rates include, how compiled) Following the state’s lead, unemployment levels dropped…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Oregon State Park officials say a record amount of people camping out may lead to a price hike for popular campground sites,…

Mid Oregon Credit Union, the member-owned financial institution headquartered in Bend, announced Tuesday that they have opened their seventh…

Around 40 to 50 people packed a room in the Deschutes Public Library on Monday evening for the first meeting of the High Desert Chapter for the…