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A Deschutes County grand jury returned an indictment Thursday charging a 23-year-old Redmond man with aggravated murder in last Friday’s fatal…

Oregon 138E fully reopened between Roseburg and U.S. Highway 97 late Thursday afternoon after a five-day closure near Diamond Lake due to downed…

Snow and slush cover the roads in La Pine as the town was hammered with several inches of snow on top of a foot or more from earlier storms. Bend-La…

A Bend woman who has been a “high-level target” of Central Oregon drug agents for a number of years has been arrested on charges she had…

May the fur be with you during the opening weekend of the Star Wars Episode VII movie. During the Humane Society of Central Oregon’s Star…

The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed a major toxic chemical reform law backed by Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., positioning Congress to potentially…

A 28-year-old Bend man accused of holding up a northeast Bend credit union was arraigned Thursday and ordered held without bail on a probation…

Sen. Ron Wyden and Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., said Thursday their work to update outdated regulations and taxes for cider-makers in new…

Dozens of residents came out at a public hearing Wednesday night to voice their concern over a proposal by Bend-La Pine Schools to sell Troy Field, a…

In 2015, the Central Oregon Association of REALTORS® (COAR) was able to donate directly to nine area non-profits and organized members for…

Central Electric Cooperative is accepting applications from area high school juniors for the 2016 Youth Tour program. The cooperative will select two…

Neighbors living on Southeast Clairaway Avenue in Bend are angry. A property owner wants to turn a home there into a commercial site. They say the…

Gov. Kate Brown announced Thursday that she is accepting applications for a position on the Deschutes County Circuit Court to fill the vacancy…

The Oregon Department of Forestry has selected Mike Shaw as the new district forester for the Central Oregon District. Shaw replaces George Ponte,…

A fire tore through a manufactured home in the Tumalo area Wednesday afternoon, despite the efforts of Redmond and Bend fire crews, but the resident…

Both the Redmond City Council and the Redmond Urban Renewal Agency Board unanimously approved funding Tuesday night to begin work on the…

Home fires are the greatest disaster threat Americans face. According to the U.S. Fire Administration, nearly 47,000 home fires occur during the…

The rapidly expanding energy systems engineering degree at Oregon State University – Cascades has become only the fourth of its kind in the nation…

For the fifth year in a row, the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department is partnering with America’s State Parks to offer free guided First Day…

A bipartisan group of Oregon and Idaho senators praised congressional leaders Wednesday for boosting wildfire funding in a year-end spending bill,…