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Deputy Superintendent Rob Saxton announced the performance of Oregon’s 2012 graduates on the SAT college entrance exam Monday and found cause…

Seasonally adjusted unemployment rates saw little change for all three Central Oregon counties in August, the state Employment Department reported…

Bend Park & Recreation District is seeking adult volunteers to come make a splash with adaptive swimming programs for school age children with…

The Redmond community was shocked and saddened to learn Saturday that John Hartford, principal of Elton Gregory Middle School in Redmond, was killed…

Fire destroyed a detached garage in Deschutes River Woods Sunday afternoon and began spreading to the nearby home, but Bend firefighters prevented it…

Dogs of all shapes and sizes showed off their talents at Ponderosa Elementary School on Sunday. It was all part of the Bend Agility Action Dogs…

Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies, including a K-9 unit, and Bend police searched an area just north of town Sunday morning but were unable…

An Oregon Army National Guard Black Hawk helicopter flew into the Crooked River Canyon Saturday morning and plucked a Redmond hiker from a precarious…

As many of us are heading to bed, night crew fire fighters are heading to the fire lines of the Pole Creek Fire. Firefighting is already a difficult…

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality issued an Air Quality Alert for the High Desert on Friday, extending it until 5 p.m. Monday due to…

Two young hikers who became stranded more than 300 feet down the Crooked River Canyon were rescued in a complex, four-hour rope-rescue operation…

Air Force First Lt. Justin J. Wilkens, 26, of Bend died in a plane crash in Djibouti, Africa on Feb. 18, 2012. A funeral for Wilkens was held in Bend…

Strong, fit girls are cool girls! Bend Park and Recreation invites girls ages 10 to 15 years old to join the new Will Power for Girl Power program.…

Reed Market Road (Bond Street to Bend Parkway) is scheduled for asphalt overlay Monday. Low nighttime temperatures require the paving work to be…

With the opening of the rifle deer season a week away on Saturday, Sept. 29, ODFW and Oregon Department of Forestry are warning hunters they may find…

With hot and dry conditions and now the threat of lightning, fire officials spent Friday preparing for any new fire starts. Firefighting resources…

The Ochoco National Forest building and parking lot will be reopened to the public on Monday, after being closed during renovations. All public…

Fire erupted early Friday in several piles of wood chips and brush in southwest Redmond, sending up flames visible for miles before it could be…

Redmond Fire and Rescue respond to an early morning woodchip fire just after midnight on Friday. Several woodchip piles at the Bar 7 A facility on…

As the Pole Creek Fire continues to burn, were getting a much different view. Fire information officers released new video Thursday of a burn-out…