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Textbooks are old school — iPads are the future for five Bend and La Pine schools. “We struggle to keep current, relevant, rigorous…

Climate change is expected to amplify both droughts and wildfires across the western United States. A new study shows that the effects of drought and…

After a 5-day battle, the 330-acre Stagecoach Fire northeast of Gilchrist in northern Klamath County was declared fully contained Friday evening,…

Rep. Greg Walden was at St. Charles-Bend for over an hour Friday morning talking to a dozen health professionals. That includes, doctors and…

The Deschutes National Forest on Friday issued a revised environmental assessment and notice of a draft decision to issue a revised special use…

The City of Bend is seeking applicants for one position on the Planning Commission. Committee members are appointed by the City Council to review and…

An audit released Thursday found significant duplication, overlap and fragmentation throughout 120 state programs that help low-income Oregonians…

A new report projects that by the middle of this century, there will be an average 56 percent drop in the amount of water stored in peak snowpack in…

The City of Bend Police Department conducted a Pedestrian Safety Detail on Wednesday . The operation was held at the intersections of SE 15th Street…

Recent bee deaths across the country have Congress and farmers paying close attention to a declining part of the U.S. economy. But what exactly makes…

Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and John Thune (R-S.D.), members of the Senate Finance Committee, introduced legislation Thursday to prevent what they call…

Oregon Lions Clubs are working with the Oregon Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation to combat preventative blindness and deafness in the community…

The rapid growth has slowed considerably on the Sunnyside Turnoff Fire on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, now mapped at just over 47,000 acres,…

Bend-La Pine Schools Superintendent Ron Wilkinson on Thursday named Anissa Wiseman interim principal for Bear Creek Elementary School, filling in as…

For many people, it’s hard to imagine camping without building a fire. “We roast marshmallows and we make s’mores,” a young…

A 21-year-old Bend man was seriously injured early Wednesday morning and later cited on drugged and reckless driving charges after he tried to make a…

A 27-year-old Redmond man was killed when a 1,500-pound metal press, supported by a forklift, fell on him Wednesday at the Fontana Wood Products mill…

I’ve fished with a spin caster since a young age, but I’ve always wanted to test fly-fishing. So I went to Fly and Field Outfitters in…

The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office is proud to offer the citizens of Deschutes County an awareness and personal protection “Take Care,…

A 34-year-old Bend man, arrested at a Mexico orphanage, has been returned to the U.S. and is awaiting extradition back to Bend to face trial on…