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The New Year started much as 2013 ended, with Central Oregon unemployment rates on the decline and seasonally adjusted employment on the rise, the…

Is your child ready for kindergarten? In Crook Count,y a big grant is being put into action to make sure the answer is yes. A $75,000 grant was…

Four U.S. senators, including Oregon’s Ron Wyden, commended the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Monday for taking a step toward greater…

Days after a Malaysian Airlines flight to Beijing vanished off the coast of the South China Sea, the search for wreckage — and answers —…

Selected among several local outstanding youth, Jennie Pedrick received this year’s Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Oregon’s Youth of…

Temporary signs can restrict sight distance at intersections, interfere with maintenance work and present a safety hazard. With statewide political…

NeighborImpact is helping to promote reading by handing out 2,500 books to children of Head Start. The books are made available by Toys for Tots,…

Redmond Proficiency Academy announced today that students interested in attending the charter school during the 2014-15 school year should apply for…

On Sunday, March 9th, Bend firefighters competed in the annual Scott Firefighter Stair Climb challenge in Seattle. This event is a fundraiser for the…

A transient wanted for violating probation refused to pull over for Redmond police Sunday afternoon and led them on a brief chase, then stopped and…

Please be advised that, contrary to TV programming guides, there will be no ‘NBC Nightly News’ at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, due to the…

Bend-La Pine Schools Superintendent Ron Wilkinson announced Friday that Tim Broadbent, currently with the South Lane School District in Cottage…

It’s the new frontier — legal medical marijuana dispensaries. And with the recent official state stamp of approval also comes new rules…

Central Oregon lawmakers cheered funding for the OSU-Cascades expansion, but found little else to applaud as the short 2014 session adjourned Friday…

Kristopher Saccurato has been part of the Cloverdale Fire District for about a year, but a part of him will forever be in New York City.…

Prineville police turned to the public for tips Friday in hopes of solving a two-month rash of window-smashing car vandalism, totaling more than a…

Seventeen miles up the road from Bend — or, as some might say, the heart of High Desert microbrewing — a new brewery cracked open its…

The Central Oregon Community College Board of Directors confirmed Friday that Prineville native Dr. Patrick Lanning is the top candidate in the…

An upset Bend motel guest allegedly destroyed the motel’s phone operator board, then led police on a chase Wednesday night. Officers said he…

Blustery doesn’t even begin to describe Thursday’s stormy morning in Bend, as gusts topping 50 mph caused problems ranging from downed…