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A 14-year-old Madras boy on a family firewood-cutting trip northeast of Prineville was struck by a falling tree and fatally injured Saturday morning,…

Launching a larger boat at Prineville Reservoir is proving difficult if not impossible due to low water levels – at levels typically seen in…

The Bethlehem Inn announced Monday that it is has received grant funding from Bank of the Cascades in the amount of $2,500. The Bank of the Cascades…

Three Siberian huskies have been taken into custody and their owner cited on accusations the dogs attacked a group of alpacas in a pasture southeast…

A heavy ground and air assault has slowed a new, 70-acre fire burning in the forested hills above Detroit Lake, allowing ODOT to keep Highway 22 open…

The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office participated in a statewide traffic safety campaign increasing traffic patrols during the 4 th of July…

A forest fire broke out Saturday afternoon in the steep, tree-covered hills over Detroit Lake and within hours was within a mile of state Highway 22,…

Two days after a resident east of Bend called 911 to report he’d been shot in an encounter with a masked intruder at his home, Deschutes County…

As crews continued mop-up work Friday, investigators said the 10-acre wildfire that broke out Thursday afternoon along Tumalo Creek in Shevlin Park…

A smoky fire destroyed a detached garage/shop in Deschutes River Woods south of Bend Friday evening, with losses topping $100,000 to the structure…

A two-story home was heavily damaged by fire Friday night in the Juniper Canyon area southeast of Prineville, Crook County Fire and Rescue officials…

More heat has meant more rapid growth — and no real holiday in sight for close to 850 firefighters working to corral a now over-19,000-acre…

Drivers with fuel-efficient vehicles are not contributing as much to the gas tax as their low-mileage counterparts. “We have to find another…

A hiker from Eugene injured in a fall near a lake north of the North Sister was hoisted aboard an Oregon Army National Guard helicopter late Thursday…

A transient pulled over for speeding in southeast Bend Thursday morning took off and led police on a chase, eventually crashing into and exploding a…

The Deschutes National Forest has closed the Tumalo Creek Trail due to people crossing the city of Bend’s construction zone to get there,…

A bill that would refer the issue of eliminating the statute of limitations for rape to the 2016 general election ballot was introduced in the Oregon…

After members of the public flying drones disrupted wildfire operations in Southern California twice recently, federal, state, and local wildfire…

While final test results will not be available until later this summer, preliminary state-level results show that more students than anticipated met…

The children who need legal representation most are often those who don’t have access to it, and lawyers in Bend are working to close the gap.…