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The Oregon House on Thursday unanimously passed House Bill 2776, a bipartisan bill to increase protections for people in danger of domestic violence…

“I think I’m getting a pretty darned good workout,” Bend Pickleball club member Kari Schoessler said. PIckleballers can play…

Friday marks the beginning of Wildfire Awareness Month in Oregon and Saturday marks Wildfire Community Preparedness Day in Deschutes County. Across…

The U.S. House passed a bipartisan funding bill Thursday to increase resources for America’s veterans and continue reforms at the Department of…

Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) on Thursday joined Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), the leading Democrat on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP)…

A new bill passed by the Oregon House aims to help those with a criminal history land a job more easily. The Oregon House has approved a bill that…

Five World War II veterans from Central Oregon are going on an Honor Flight to Washington D.C. and NewsChannel 21’s Wanda Moore will travel…

The Oregon House passed on a 57-1 vote Thursday a measure to let valid concealed handgun licenses in one state be valid in others. Rep. Bill Post…

The Oregon House voted unanimously Thursday in favor of HB 3282, a bill introduced by Rep. Knute Buehler, R-Bend, to streamline the urban growth…

Bend-La Pine Schools Superintendent Ron Wilkinson announced Thursday that Scott Olszewski has been selected to become the next principal at Sky View…

Secretary of State Jeanne Atkins released a report Thursday focusing on three key sectors of state government that pose critical challenges to…

American consumers are now facing constant threats of their personal information being hacked, senators said Thursday in introducing legislation to…

Workers in the Bend Metropolitan Statistical Area (Deschutes County) had an average (mean) hourly wage of $20.22 in May 2014, about 11 percent below…

The sheriff of Klamath County is mincing no words when it comes to a proposal before state lawmakers to expand background checks for private gun…

A Bend woman was cited for running a stop sign and hitting the side of a school bus at slow speed at a northeast Bend intersection Wednesday morning,…

Pacific Power workers represented by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers are staging informational picketing near the utility’s…

Wildfire fuels like brush, needles and trees are already drier than normal — more typical of what would be seen in early June — officials…

Given favorable weather conditions, Deschutes National Forest fuel specialists on the Sisters Ranger District plan to conduct a prescribed burn by…

Deschutes County’s special tactical team was called out early Wednesday to a standoff at a home in La Pine that ended peacefully with the…

The road to Newberry National Volcanic Monument’s Newberry Caldera will open to motorized travel on Friday, as will other facilities, officials…